| Author | Message | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 278 Registered: 2-2003 |
Thanks DES and everyone else for the kind words! | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 7202 Registered: 8-2002 |
Dan, the pictures are great, but the story is the best... This is awesome, congratulations... A Countach, i'm so jealous... Ralph, you're a stand-up guy... This is a great story... | ||
| John Leaman (365boy)
New member Username: 365boy Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2003 |
Dan, I'll bet that everyone who 'made it happen' for you enjoyed it as much as you did ! Reading your story makes me very nostalgic. many years ago, I had a similar unforgettable day when a kindly Countach owner took me for a blast along local roads. Like you, I got the full treatment - full-throttle acceleration, high speed corners etc etc. Fantastic. Now that I'm lucky enough to have an exotic of my own, the greatest thrill I get is from sharing it with other people - just like you will when you get your Countach. Forza Lambo - and good luck ! John | ||
| Alan Leach (Speedy308)
Member Username: Speedy308 Post Number: 283 Registered: 12-2002 |
Yea, Rob. It's funny at an Art Car event to see the artists of the Pez Dispenser Car or The Sock Monkey Car say "Don't touch, Don't Touch"!!!LOL I go out of my way to tell the teachers "It's OK, I'm the TOUCHABLE Art Car. Look to Luigi's site for the typical toddler reaction. Before the handprints were on the car, I saw a little girl walk by and pet the top of the fender like she was stroking a horse! I think I set a record when I appeared at an Abused Women and Children's shelter, top secret location, and crammed seven or eight little kids in who wanted to "drive" and shut the door! Gotta be some kind of record there. You leave something like that thinking pretty deep thoughts, with a lump in your throat. I usually blame the prints on my technician!! I'm taking them off soon. Tired out from all the attention of the "Public Eye". Ya'll will have to keep the flame with Child Advocates. "The Racer's Edge" group seemed interested. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Intermediate Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 1364 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ralph, haven't forgotten, my eyes/ears are open- and whenever I have the chance I'm going to come visit! | ||
| Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Member Username: Ralfabco Post Number: 952 Registered: 3-2002 |
Kenny: Don't forget about that girl I spoke to you about in Manhattan. She is 38 beautiful and has a child. Time for a shidduch ? Yes she is beautiful. You can collect telephone #'s; if you come down here. | ||
| Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Member Username: Ralfabco Post Number: 950 Registered: 3-2002 |
Kenny: Greetings. Happy Sukhot. Grab a ticket and come down. I can introduce you to some nice single girls here. | ||
| Kenny Herman (Kennyh)
Intermediate Member Username: Kennyh Post Number: 1362 Registered: 8-2001 |
Ralph, next year I'm getting shotgun. Beautiful car! Very cool pictures. | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 275 Registered: 2-2003 |
Thanks Ralph! Hopefully I will see ya next year with my own Countach! I also Forgot to thank Rob for having such a great site were I meet such wonderful people! | ||
| Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Member Username: Ralfabco Post Number: 947 Registered: 3-2002 |
Dan pursue your dream. Your Countach is waiting for you. | ||
| Ralph Koslin (Ralfabco)
Member Username: Ralfabco Post Number: 946 Registered: 3-2002 |
Dan: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. You should be ashamed that you left out how you completly BUSTED your *ss waxing polishing and cleaning the car till when ? 3:30AM ? I fell asleep in the chair and you worked your tail off. This guy is 100% class. I looked at his books for a day. He offered to give me any of the books. One last thing. Dan cleaned the car AFTER he just got in to Houston having drove 12 hours from K.C. That is real automobile affection. You almost ask as many Lamborghini questions as my ten year old !!!! Thanks Dan. Please come down again when you are in the area. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6593 Registered: 12-2000 |
Thanks Dan. Very nice Alan! Do people laugh when you tell them "Not to touch".  | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 273 Registered: 2-2003 |
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| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6589 Registered: 12-2000 |
Any closer pics of Alan's car? I like the yellow/black. | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 271 Registered: 2-2003 |
Thanks Rob more pics including a one owner espada!     | ||
| Thomas I (Wax)
Member Username: Wax Post Number: 562 Registered: 7-2003 |
Glad you got to fulfill a dream, Dan. Very, very nice of Ralph to oblige. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 6588 Registered: 12-2000 |
Great story Dan! | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 270 Registered: 2-2003 |
Ralph in the background with his son me in the drivers seat    | ||
| Dan Gordon (Ferruccio)
Member Username: Ferruccio Post Number: 269 Registered: 2-2003 |
TEXAS RUNNING OF THE BULLS This story is about my experience with Fellow forum members especially Ralph Kolsin who graciously invited me down for a ride in his car at TEXAS RUNNING OF THE BULLS. The Lamborghini Countach barrels down the freeway hard, loud, and fast. Followed close by is a firebird Cop car with the cherries screaming for the countach to pull over. The Countach�s engine sound is amazing as it plays with the cop car, then suddenly its gone faster than you think is possible. That�s one of the first memories I can recall, watching the beginning of the car movie classic Cannon Ball Run (I was six years of age). That�s the movie that changed me. What it did was start a dream inside me, a dream to someday drive a Countach. (and perhaps mabey to own one) Intill that dream was realized I wanted to know every stat, figure, everything about the Countach. Then later every Lamborghini. And then a little later I had to know about every Ferrari. I love (and I don�t use that word loosely) LOVE exotic cars. Will I mentioned that I wanted to know everything about Lamborghinis and Ferraris will the best place to do that is the Internet. Especially forums. I met Ralph on F-chat and Lambo-talk about 6 months ago we have been friends ever since. After learning of my love of Lamborghinis Ralph invited me down to Texas for the Texas Running of the Bulls. Needless to say I was excited! And graciously accepted his invitation. After what seemed like forever it was finally time to go to Houston for the TROTB. The 12-hour drive down there was nothing for my girlfriend and I if I was able to even ride in a Countach. Once there I meet up with Ralph that night. It was then that I saw his beautiful 88 white Countach with wing. The way it looked just standing there was amazing. No one who ever saw a Countach would ever question why they sold more posters of the Countach car than any other car. At the next days event I was hopeing for just a ride in a Lamborghini. It would have met everything to me. There were plenty of Lamborghinis there everything from a Miura to a Murcielago. But as the day progressed it seemed like it wasn�t going to happen. Ralph hadn�t arrived yet. It was getting a little late and JR the event coordinator saw my disappointment. So he persuaded a man from Lamborghini Dallas to give me a ride in a Murcielago. The Murci was so silky smooth and comfortable that I didn�t even realize how fast he was going. I looked at the speedometer we were flying at 120 mph. It was increadible! Just as I felt like I had accomplished what I had set out to do along comes Ralph in his stunning 88 Countach. He had gotten lost but now he was here and I was ready! Ralph kindly asked me to get in to the hand stitched leather passenger seat. We were going for a ride. Ralph slowly went up the drive passing all the other Lamborghinis everyone was starring listening to the engine idle loudly. At the top of the drive he took a left and cruised down the country road. Passing �normal� cars with starring passengers including a carload of girls screaming (half falling out of the car) their approval. After we arrived at the end of the road Ralph slowly turned around looked up at me and smiled. He then slammed on the gas all 12 cylinders woke up and pushed with every horse they had. There I was plastered to the seat gasping for breath as we approached the first corner. At what was an incredible velocity Ralph took the first corner with ease. Then the second corner he took to the outside lane passing a much slower SUV. (Which I am sure the driver pissed his pants) It was unforgetable. Ralph than looked at me and said, � I am going to pull over so you can drive her� HOLY •••• I AM GOING TO DRIVE A COUNTACH!!! I have read books, watched videos, and surfed the Internet for 100s of hours trying to get an idea of what it was like to drive a Countach and now I will get to find out first hand! I took off my shoes because anyone with normal feet could not operate the pedals correctly. (Way to close together) Climbed in the driver�s seat, closed the butterfly wing door, and started the beast. The 12 cylinder 4 valve Countach roared to life in a way no other car can. I was going to drive an automotive legend. They won�t make anything like it again. It�s one of the most individualistic cars ever made. I slowly let out the clutch and eased into the gas it was incredible. The sound, the power, and the feel of it was like nothing I had ever driven. All the magazines that said this was the hardest car they had ever tested were (pardon my French) pussies. This car didn�t take anything to drive. The cars controls were firm but never hard to oporate. I liked the weight the controls had. It made the car feel solid. Just knowing what went into making such a machine makes you realize the car was art. And the fact that it lived up to all my expectations made the Countach even more unforgetable. The Countach has so much character compared to anything I have ever driven. It was an experience more than it was a drive. An experience that I will never forget! My dream was finally realized. I want to thank Ralph, Luigi, Taek, JR, Jason, Lamborghini Dallas, and everyone else for such a fun trip! Posting pictures soon! |