Riva Aquarama owned by Ferruccio Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini’s custom made Riva Aquarama powerboat has just been restored to its original condition, complete with the twin 4.0 litre Lamborghini V12 engines, each producing 350 horsepower. Dutch specialists Riva-World undertook the restoration of the 45-year old boat after tracking down the almost-forgotten vessel and rescuing it from under an old tarpaulin. The restoration has taken three years, and involved numerous cross-continent trips to document and record elements of the boat using photographs from the Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum.
The wooden hull was repaired, sanded and no fewer than 25 coatings were applied. The wooden interior was repaired and the seats were reupholstered in the famous Riva design, all the buttons and switches were disassembled, repaired and reinstalled, and all the chrome parts shine like new.
Sandro Zani, , owner of Riva-World explains how the Aquarama came back to life: “One of the two original engines from the Riva can still be seen in the Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum in Italy, but unfortunately wasn’t available for sale for this project. That is why we bought two other V12 engines, one of which in the US, and converted them so they would be fully suitable for use in a boat. Thanks to the Ferruccio Lamborghini Museum, we were allowed to disassemble and re-create various original parts of the original engine in the museum. In addition, Lino Morosini, who 45 years ago was head of the Riva engine division and one of the fathers of the Aquarama Lamborghini, provided us with additional information with which we were able to adapt the twin V12 powerhouses, water-cooled via specially designed closed circuit, so they were completely in line with the original specimens.”
Source: www.diseno-art.com
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