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https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1968/Riva-Aquarama-Lamborghini-2859790/#.W1pnHy2B1Bw.....
"Ferruccio demanded that his Riva be powered by his very own Lamborghini 4.0 liter V12 engines instead of the regular Chevrolet based Riva engines.
Despite the considerable resistance from Carlo Riva to allow such a significant alteration he eventually agreed, and so the world’s only factory Lamborghini
powered Riva Aquarama was produced.
Ferruccio regularly enjoyed his unique Aquarama and could be seen using it in either the Adriatic Sea, or at his house in Lago Trasimeno.
He also famously used his Aquarama for water ski records between Cervia, Italy and Pula, Yugoslavia on the Adriatic Sea.
After 20 proud years of ownership, Ferruccio sold the boat to a very close friend in 1988. The new owner eventually decided that the maintenance
of the two Lamborghini engines was too much work and so had them removed and replaced with the regular Riva 220 hp engines.
In 2010 the boat was purchased by the current owner (who bought it from the family who succeeded Ferruccio). Thankfully the new owner recognized
her significance, as a one of a kind, and so set about restoring her to her original specification.
The boat was brought to Holland where the painstaking restoration, of the wood work and engineering, was entrusted to Riva-World in Uithoorn.
With close assistance from Fabio Lamborghini (of the Lamborghini family museum in Funo) the two engines were replaced with original era Lamborghini V12’s.
The meticulous restoration also included all upholstery and chrome work, giving this truly unique Aquarama a brand new lease of life while encapsulating its
incredible beauty.
During her first sea trial she reached speeds in excess of 90 kilometers per hour, which makes her not only special in her rarity but also the fastest Aquarama
in the world.
To be honest, a boat like this should be in either a museum or in a private collection. References to her can be found in all the historic books of both
Lamborghini and Riva.
Of all the many Lamborghini’s ever sold and of all the Aquarama’s ever produced there was only ONE Lamborghini Aquarama. This unique collaboration
between two of Italy’s finest companies represents the panicle of excellence, beauty, passion, and rarity."
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Nice close family friend to gut their dear friends boat and all the significance it hard prior to the restoration. I’d kick those close family friends in the vagina for such selfish stupidity. I’m sure The Lamborghini engines drank a bit more fuel than the stock Riva motors and I doubt that parts were readily available for a one off marine adaptation but still......😁
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A collector's dream--a mechanic's nightmare. 
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The Lamborghini family should have just kept it and put it in their Lambo museum next to the tractors and sports cars...  its not like they needed the money..  btw; Lambo is offering a limited run centenary retro- tractor.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hco0v8Msgy4and they still make a wide range of regular tractors... http://www.lamborghini-tractors.com/en-fe/A collector's dream--a mechanic's nightmare. I wonder what a Lambo service centre would charge to send a technician out to service those two engines on site at a marina? ... a first world problem of the uber rich - 
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I wouldn't want the job of synchronizing those carbs.
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Beautiful boat.
POS engine.
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I wouldn't want the job of synchronizing those carbs. That was my first thought also. Not to mention separate keys/ignitions. Be a real beatch to have one fire on the other not when you're out and about.
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Imagine you own a waterfront villa on the Amalfi coast.. at times you just need to get out of the house so you crank up the old girls two v12s
and rip down to the bay for your morning expresso...if you are feeling tight you can stand and have your coffee at the bar and save a few euro..
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didn't they use two Rivas in one of the Indiana Jones movies?
one of which got chopped up by a freighters props?
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I wouldn't want the job of synchronizing those carbs. I had a boss with an LM002, among other exotics. It took a mercury manometer for each carb. Sucked, but the XKE sucked more. POS...
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No kicker motor or rod holders?
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About as useful as a side-saddle on a piss ant!!
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Would love to hear it at full throttle...with someone else paying fuel and maintenance....would be a sweet sound
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Would love to hear it at full throttle......would be a sweet sound [/ next video shows Mr.Lambo in the Riva factory ordering his dream, the boys in the 60s factory building Riva vessels.. ..the aged condition of the Lambo Riva just before restoration....as well as the restoration process. (well worth 20min it takes to watch) .. looks and sounds truly sumptuous when reversing up to the dock... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHB7BXOLMk
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Ain't a whole lotta things in this world that are prettier than a well put together wood boat.
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I wouldn't want the job of synchronizing those carbs. I'd take the job, but not if they were in a hurry - takes patience and a good ear as well as understanding those carbs/manifolds.
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