Bargain Lamborghini Murcielago is renovator's delight

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Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

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Almost everyone with a passing interest in cars has stopped and gawked at a mid-engined V12 Italian supercar at some point. But boy are they expensive... 

Unless you’re a bit handy on the tools and stumble across a written-off V12 Lamborghini Murcielago going up for auction in Sydney!

Manheim Auctions have recently posted this eye-belting yellow 2004 Murcielago, which they’re listing as a statutory write-off. That will mean you can’t re-register it in NSW but what a machine to turn into a track car! With just under 24,000km that big-hipped 12-pot monster is barely run-in, although we’re not sure how much it will cost to fix. Given a windscreen for this model reportedly costs over $32,000 to replace it won’t be back on the road for $500!

The auction is on Tuesday, May 29 so bust open those piggybanks and get to counting your pennies!

Is this Lamborghini redeemable or is it just bull? Tell us what you think in the comments.

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Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro.  For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights.  Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.
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