Riva Aquarama Lamborghini - Tuning the Most Beautiful Boat in the World | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

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It's time for a very special episode this week, one of those "once in a lifetime" moments for Iain as he's invited to Lake Iseo in Italy at the kind request of the Bellini family to their boatyard where they house and restore an enviable collection of stunning Riva powerboats. And it is one truly unique and priceless example that Iain has been invited to see and tune and savour and that is the boat that Ferruccio Lamborghini himself commissioned from Carlo Riva back in 1968, requesting not one but two of his V12 engines to be fitted onboard, each producing 350 HP. So join Iain as he looks into the history of this incredible one-off boat, meets with Battista and Martina Bellini at the Bellini Museum and factory to learn more about the collection and restoration process, before unpacking the hose-pipe to set about tuning this stunning machine. And once all that's done, it would only be right to take it out on the stunning Lake Iseo to check she's running smoothly on all cylinders. Thanks to Lamborghini expert Olivier Nameche for his help with this video. "Take Time Out" Written and Performed by Iain Tyrrell Available to Buy or Stream Now from all major music platforms. This video was brought to you by Aston Lark - https://www.astonlark.com/tyrrellsworkshop A Whipp3dCream Ltd production Museum and restoration footage courtesy of Daniele Lucca Follow Iain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iain_tyrrell/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:14 Riva Aquarama Lamborghini 04:22 The Bellini Collection with Battista and Martina 07:18 More history of the Riva Aquarama Lamborghini 08:28 What makes the Riva Aquarama so special? 09:58 Restoration process - layered mahogany 12:43 Restoration process - varnishing 14:08 Chrome parts 16:30 Mahogany panel aging process 18:45 Boat meet lake 19:33 Not your average hose-pipe 20:27 Tuning the twin engines 23:47 All tuned, what next? 24:15 Boat trip on Lake Iseo 28:34 Outro