IN BELATED RESPONSE to your Lamborghini Espada vs Ferrari 365 GTC/4 cover feature in Octane 233, I thought my own Espada encounter might amuse.
In 1970-71 I was in my third year of studying history at the recently opened University of Warwick, where the founding professor of history, JR Hale, had a reputation as a maverick. He was rarely at the university; as an Italian history specialist he was often in Florence and Venice.
The history course required us to spend the first term of Year Three in Venice, and at mid-term we were allowed one week off to travel. I decided to hitchhike to Naples, and a very pretty girl on the course asked to come with me. Her mother was Italian and her language skills were far superior to mine, so it was not a hard decision.
Just south of Modena an amazing-looking car pulled up and the driver invited us to get in. It was a brand-new Lamborghini Espada, silver like the one in your article, with blue interior, and the
