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billf:
This guy, Ken, hand built a replica of a Lamborghini Countach in his basement.  Yes, you heard me right, in his basement.  I met this guy once through a friend of a friend back in 1991 at a wedding.  At the time he was well into the planning stages and had answers for every question thrown his way about how he was going to do it.  The guy has done an incredible and meticulous job on it.  He built the body and frame by hand.  This friend of the friend kept me sort of in the loop all these years, by occasionally emailing pictures he got as the guy took them.  It still amazing to me to see these pictures and now know its done and out of the basement.

This link is to Ken's website with pictures and some details about the build.

This link is to a forum that actually has more photos than are on Ken's website

DaveMMR:
That's pretty sick!   But did he not have a garage or something where it would have been easier to get it out? 

billf:
Nope.  If my recollection is correct (remember I met the guy 17 years ago!) he wanted it "close" by as an incentive to keep working on it.  He figured if it was out in the garage he wouldn't go out there and work on it during the winter - too cold.  By having it in the basement, he could literally open the door to basement and see the car sitting there giving him an incentive.

Mauzy:
So...how does he get it out to drive it? or does he?

billf:

--- Quote from: Mauzy on October 20, 2008, 11:15:45 pm ---So...how does he get it out to drive it? or does he?

--- End quote ---

Did you not see the pictures where the car is now out of the basement?  He had a contractor come in, take out a section of the basement wall, build an earthen ramp and dragged the car up to ground level.

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