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cazalea
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Regarding the LM002

I once talked to Phil Hill who had worked on an LM002 for weeks. Phil, then half of Hill & Vaughan, restorers of elderly and rare automobiles, had wrestled with the Lamborghini.

He told the LA Times,

"It has a wonderful, dual character," he says. The power range is "extremely flexible and not unlike the 12-cylinder Ferraris . . . and at the same time, if you need (pulling) power, you simply double the revs (engine revolutions) and you have an entirely different kind of machine."

With such a surplus of oomph and weight, Hill continued, the Lamborghini could evolve as a "ultra-powerful tow vehicle" for safer long distance lugging of boats--or his antique cars.

He told me he was stopped by the Santa Monica Police for going 70 mph on Santa Monica Blvd (35 mph limit there).

When he explained he was trying to tune the 6 down-draft Webers, the young policeman called the station to confirm his identity. Upon being told he was America's first F1 champion, the cop walked back to his car and said,

"Mr Hill, I'm only going to give you a warning, but next time, please don't do it with the camping trailer attached."

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