John Wunderlin

View John's Completed car

email: lambo_sv_dreamin@hotmail.com
City, State: Kalamazoo, Michigan

Type of car: SV
Body: D&R
Chassis: 87 Fiero
Engine: 350 Chevy
Transmission: Fiero 5 speed
Starting date: July 3, 2003
Projected finish date: 07/11/06

Influences: There is one saying that my old mountain bike racing coach used to say " Gotta want it ". You have to apply that saying to this type of a project or you will have just another incompleted project on e-bay.
Influence from others: A fellow machinist, Scott Johnson, he is building a complete steam car ( now that is a project ). Darrell Kirban, Robert Proulx, Luis Yanez these guys are great builders who always offer advice on these projects.

Occupation: Machine shop foreman, also in charge of estimating, purchasing etc. ( many hats )

Hobbies: Hockey, Mountain Biking, Motorcycles

About Me: I actually started dreamin about replica Lamborghinis back in the mid to late 80's. I was at a horse show in Colombus Ohio, state fair grounds, and there was a replica show across the street. I saw a white Countach there and was amazed.

When I went to collage at the University of Arizona I seen a real Countach and my heart started to pump again. I raced motorcycle road coarse from 1987-1995 achieved expert class status. Married my supportive and understanding wife in 1991 our first boy was born in 1995. At that point I decided I no longer had the desire to push myself to the limit racing motorcycles, end of racing. Became boared very quickly, started mountain bike racing in 1995 and shortly later achieved expert class status also started to bicycle roadrace. Our second boy was born and I no longer had the time to train as hard as I needed to, end of mountain bike racing.

Then about 1999 I came across a web page with some Countach replicas and my new desire started. We took a family trip to Carisle in 2000. We were going to see Allan and his Euroworks Countach, I met Jason Jones that year he was also deciding on a car. I thought we were settled with the Euroworks Countach but then Darrell Kirban rolled out the Devil in the Blue Dress car, and my wife fell in love with that car. If you are after a Countach Euroworks has the best. In 2000 our third boy was born I also built my workshop and started to design and build my V-8 conversion. Well three years later and we have our D&R SV kit. I have a comletion dream date of 7-4-04. Follow along at Kit Car Central build diaries.

Final Note: Thanks again to my wife for her understanding and long term support on all the hobbies and projects I have ever taken on. You are awesome Karen!!!