The Espada was the company’s four-seat grand tourer, less mythologised than the Miura but more usable and, in period, hardly a secondary product. By the time the Series II arrived, the model had gained a cleaner dashboard layout and mechanical development, but the basic appeal remained the same: Gandini styling, a front-mounted V12 and an unusually ambitious attempt to combine speed, space and presence in one car. That is the context. The real question, as always, is the quality of the individual car.

This 1971 example is presented as a Series II out of 50 years of ownership and 30 years of storage, and the photos broadly support the idea of a long-stationary, largely intact car rather than a dismantled project. The body looks complete, the interior is worn but still substantially present, and the engine bay appears full and recognisable rather than stripped or improvised. The 5-speed manual is a plus, and the overall impression is of an Espada that has aged in place. The seller describes it as straight, solid and honest; from the photos, it does read as complete and fundamentally coherent, though the front end shows at least some visible distortion or poor fit around the left front corner and nose area, which deserves closer scrutiny rather than being dismissed as cosmetic.

This is not a light recommissioning job. It is a stored, dormant V12 Lamborghini, and that alone resets the economics. Even if the car is fundamentally sound, the restoration will depend on the condition of the structure, the correctness and completeness of model-specific trim, and the real state of the engine, cooling, fuel and braking systems after three decades off the road. The attraction here is easy to understand: only 575 Series II Espadas were built, and finding one still in original project form is less common than finding a finished car. But the buyer would need to look hard at front-end damage, panel fit, corrosion, and the cost of bringing a complex twelve-cylinder GT back properly. Find it for sale at $67,500 here in Astoria, NY, USA.