RESCUED! We Found the Lamborghini Diablo SE30 Prototype in the Arctic Circle - EP. 15 

“Rescued”? How disrespectful to the guys who CLEARLY took great care of the car

I live in Gällivare, where this car was "found". To me, it was never lost to begin with. This car has been around where I live for over 20 years. I've seen it out on town, I''ve driven past it, I've seen it on several local car shows and spoken to Loffe(The previous owner) many times. And I have sat in it. I knew it was special, but to be honest, I never knew it was THAT special.

I'm actually from this town in Sweden and my family always talked about the "purple Diablo" driving around. I believe he actually used the car as a daily back in the day.

The locations John finds gems, wow.

I would personally love to hear more about the stories this car’s long time owner has about it. I love that it has actually been driven from time to time. This would also tell a greater story than just the factory records. Please do a part 2 with the full private use history, if you can 😍

I hope you record more of the adventure and recovery of these finds. Talking with the previous owners about their time with it and how _they_ acquired it is a huge part of the story

John is the perfect example of someone who chose to do something better than anyone else and succeeded. It doesn't hurt that it's also his passion. Great role model.

Glad to se that our towns famous Lambo gets restored, cleaned and taken care of!

I don’t know how you do it, John. But every video is just better than the last. Quick question: why no dry ice blasting? I’ve seen some insane videos of that.

That is something truly special. The presence that thing has! Color and all, Metallic purple over blue suede, are you kidding me? ❤ It also found it's way to the right person, i know you're going to restore it right and not overdo it!

These are hands down the best super car find stories on RU-vid. You can’t replicate John and his fathers passion. It’s incredible! Respect from Philadelphia

Absolutely legendary! Thank you for sharing this content .

The underdog element is what has drawn me to the Lamborghini brand since the 80s too, John. Thank you for your hard work and for articulating this so well.

According to an interview with Swedish media after the sale, he told that Zlatan Ibrahimovic wanted to buy the car some years ago. Being a fan of Zlatan the owner was apparently willing to potentially give it to him for free. But as Zlatan did not call him personally, instead there was an agent calling, he declined the offer. I doubt they knew at the time that this was such a special car. I’m so very happy that it ended up this way instead🙌🏻

The story of this lambo is like a fairy tale

I got goosebumps while you were tellling the story of this car! What a find.

That dude in the Arctic is a G.

Detailer did an amazing job! He clearly shares respect for the car’s history with John.

This!!! More of this! Best video ever and we need more just like it. Love the car and the restoration is awesome to watch. Diablos are incredible

fascinating, John! your content just keeps getting better and better. 👊👊

WOW!!!! Can't wait to hear this cars full story.. And OF Course see it restored.

Another absolute stunning chapter of automotive art. The guys at Curated are the only people that could have done this car and it’s story the justice it deserves.

Loving the behind the scenes stuff. Love the raw footage!

Love this. John and Curated made me fall in love with the Diablo.

Simply the best automotive content on RU-vid right now. Can’t wait for the next chapter of this find.

This is incredible. John your passion for unicorn, rare cars like this is on another level. I buy and sell extremely rare Jordan’s, and hope to transfer that passion to rare cars one day like you do, but your passion bleeds into other categories at least for me. When I watch your videos it makes me more passionate about what I’m doing. You’re an inspiration, to many. I know you know that, but thank you for what you do. It’s absolutely incredible

Again, these videos is like art, I watch it in portions so that I can savor every moment. The music, the photography... oh man it's art at its best. Thanks for all the hard work going into the making of these videos.

Absolutely love this stuff!! Discovering untold history is so valuable and fascinating

Unbelievable story again... I really like all your videos and stories. Thanks all. 🙏🏼😀🇮🇹

What a find! Love the uploads!

Wow! What an amazing score! I cannot wait to see this thing brought back to life. Awesome video!

love this format !

That is gorgeous! The colour! Wow!

Excellent production, good work.

Great story. Amazing spectacular fantastic car. Words cannot describe. Looking forward to the rest of the story..

I love SE30s! This one is an amazing find.

Great stuff John, you have come a long way from doing showroom tours. (I love those by the way!) and you are opening us up to a whole new level of richer, deeper content. Look forward to the next one.

John is the Indiana Jones of Lamborghinis 👍🏻

The dream car we all grew up on. Amazing find john

This is so freaking cool. I want to go to that town

Excellent episode John. Looking forward to the next.

Thank you for taking care of this jewel!! I remember seeing this diablo a long time ago as a kid in Piteå on a vacation and it has since been the coolest car(and loudest) I've ever witnessed. I've lived in Gällivare since 2011 and I don't think I've ever seen it out on the streets in the twelve years I've been in this town.

Stellar car Jon & Curated! 💪😎

I seen this car at a car show in sweden. I had no idea it was such a special car🤯

Thank you, John. Thank you. That passion.

fun to see a car from sweden makes it way to Curated cant wait to see the final state of this car

Remarkable story and effort. Thank you!

Legendary John amazing find the story is amazing keep being great

Lamborghini Diablo innovating with that color, an incredible rescue, this work cannot be more beautiful, Lamborghini forever

What a find john! Can’t wait to see this one come together 🍻

Another banger, thanks for the afternoon entertainment at my desk job!

Fascinating and great story. What a find and so cool to be sitting like that in the driveway

This is why I follow Curated, their the only guys who can find & restore these very special cars, Rj in Oz

Mind blowing story and discovery! You have to keep this one in Curated private collection.

I have to take a comment now! :) I live in Gällivare and you can say it "GELLIVARE" it was so funny pronunciation that you did. But any how! Im little familiar with "Loffe" that owned the Lamborghini... Very down to earth guy, he doesnt brag or anything..I remebered that he had a Hummer H1 and the Testarossa he traded in for the Lambo. He used to be a electrican once a time (Had his own company). Now he have a little of estate's here in town and other stuff as well, dad knows him a bit. I hoped you liked the visit to Gällivare and liked the town.. And youre very welcome back for another visit :) Greetings Linus from Gällivare :D

wow what a piece of history!

These stories are inspiring

Garge find! I have heard of barn finds etc. but 'garge find' has to be the first in the world!

Lovely to see and amazing that you found it in my country!!😊An interesting thing I noted at 4:42 the fuel cap has an elephant on it which would mean it was made by Cagiva the then owner of Ducati, and it really looks like a Ducati fuel cap, a cool detail!

This is incredible

Boy do I have a story about this very car for you! In early 2000s me and my buddies where hanging out in my hometown of Luleå, the capital of the northen most region in Sweden, same region as Gällivare where this car was ”found”. I’m in my moms 1984 Volvo 240 GL (112 hp), don’t forget this. I’m at the parking lot of the south harbour in Luleå when all of a sudden, I hear a rumbling noice. At first I thought that there was some car guy with a bb v8 starting his engine. But the sound was too smooth, yet low and growling. This noice fills the air, it’s all over down town, it’s 8-9 pm so there’s little traffic going on, guess that’s why we could hear it. I just HAVE to find out what it is. I start up ”my” Volvo and start searching. Going to a nearby gas station, nope. Go to the central park, nope. Go down to the NORTH harbour and just as I come to the parking lot, I see a purple wedge, at the stop light. The light turns green and the purple wedge starts moving. I realised at once what it was. A Diablo! I slam 2nd gear and floor it, run the light…not going to tell you what color it was…but it wasn’t green 😬 By now the purple monster has passed another stop light. I’m in third, reving the life out if the red block B23. Pass that stop light as I hit 4th gear. All this time the Lambo has just been cruising, not reving it at all, short shifting even. I still have trouble keeping up, I hit 5th gear and make the pistons make friends with the valves, moms old Volvo is doing speeds that the factory in Gothenburg never thought was possible, 150(95 mph)-160(100 mph)-170(105 mph)-175(110mph)… I continuing following this car, alone, no one else is following, they probably didn’t realise what a gem of a car this is. Finally we get to the highway, the Lambo stops at the stop sign to enter the highway northbound. This gives me a few seconds to catch up a bit. I storm through the curves of the exit of the first road just to see two bikes, think it was two Suzuki CBR900RR Fireblade, at least one if them was. They overtake me on both sides just to catch up with the Lambo. I make it close enough to see the guy roll out on the high way, slow! Steering the car so that it’s completly straight inline with the road, and stops! Then he revs it, and lets go of the clutch….the sound….WOW! I’ll NEVER forget it. He took of like a pay check. He was GONE! I drove back to town, told my friends about it and then I went home, couldn’t sleep for a few hours. Oh, and nowadays I work in the town of Gällivare and one of my collegues know the guy who owned it. He was cleaning out his garage, then he found the first page if the title to the Lambo. He gave it to my collegue as a gift, I got to see and hold it, a bit cool too.

Just to know that I've seen this car driving around at the streets in the town that I live is absolutely amazing. I love this!! 😍

Cant wait to hear about this xl30

One of my favorite episodes

I have that Road & Track, wow!

Very awesome! I love getting to do this kind of work when I have the customers who are willing to go for it. Fantastic job.

The music makes this feel like an old mafia movie. Love this story

Amazing

How this channel isn’t at a million + subs is beyond me. Every other episode is a chapter of automotive history

Well done John .. all the best ..

I can't believe what I just watched. This is next level content. Thanks so many for sharing and props to the production team for doing such an amazing job

Very cool!

What a find :)

awesome vid

I am from that area and I'm quite "surprised". This must be clever guys, how come they drive for 15 hours when there's an airport in Gällivare? Arrive to Sweden at Arlanda, Stockholm, walk over to the national terminal and take a plane to Gällivare would make far more sense.

That is by far my favorite color for a Diablo

John, that is a brutal cliff hanger my man!

That's the one I want! 😍😍

Bruh what a gem!

Possibly my all-time favorite color, not only on cars, but on 60's factory-original Fender guitars as well.

Wow! So fascinating and love the way it feels watching, like we're joining you all on the journey. Can't wait to see what you find out next. Thanks so much for sharing!

This is insane that it was up there just sitting out in the weather!! What a great find better than my 55 vw panel bush find ;)

👍👍 Ferruccio would be proud

Incredible content lately John. Props to you and all the team at Curated. I hope to purchase a vehicle from you someday.

Nooooooo! John how could you stop mid-story.... Can't wait to hear the rest!

Zlatan wanted to buy that exact car back in the days!

This is addictive

So cool

What an amazing find! Congrats Curated Team!! Can't wait to hear and see the next chapter in this cars story! 👌👍💪

This IS the colour for a Diablo.. though I was partial to that dark green one you also talked about.

13:03 *you missed a spot!* Just kidding, great work thus far

Wow, there are so many Zonda lines and design cues on the L30. The V on the hood, lower bumper, side view proportions and especially the tail lights and rear design.

The se30 is in my opinion the ultimate diablo and three best colour for an se 30 is this ultraviolet colour. Just a truly incredible example.

Adrian we get all these lovely stories about all these special car only you can find can we get a background storie about that massive speed hump you call a nose

John made me fall in love with Diablos again, this is a great project!

i would photograph the car and all its details just like it sits , such history

WOW ❤

Looking forward to part 2 and the continuing story of this car. Need to find more info on the the red prototype the pagani did. Perhaps it's related somehow to this car? It's amazing finding a car of such significance in the arctic. We're the owners even aware of the significance of this car? It's amazing Lamborghini let this car get out of their grasp. Perhaps you can restore it and offer it back to Lamborghini at some point. It's interesting the car car driver of a McLaren f1 ends up owning one of these. Se30 prototype is special but I would think he would want a McLaren f1. Interesting story their itself. Dealing with a prototype it's going to be interesting seeing what all the different quirks and features this had that may or may not make it into production. I would think it would be darn near impossible to make it back to exactly how the prototype was with how many different parts were used. Not a parts bin car but not a production car either. I hope lots of close up documantion and pictures exist on this car. Thanks for the epic content !

Great car from my country Sweden. We now only have 23 Diablo's in register in Sweden.. .

I think this is one that John needs to keep