Countach 25th Anniversario

Awesome to see LLA12995 surface again and be shared.

FWIW, LLA12995 was delivered in MARCH 1990 and this is clearly supported by the documents you have just posted. The Lamborghini factory Museo LLA12085 was not completed till JUNE 1990, and this is much-documented within this thread.

It is simply indisputable that LLA 12995 is not the last Countach built by the works, and this is affirmed by the delivery date of LLA12995 as issued by an independent regulatory authority.

Never mind that the chassis number appears to be the highest one out there, as we have discussed ad nauseum, Lamborghini delivery dates consistently are not in-sequence with chassis numbers, and this is basic production knowledge.

That the Argento 25th Anniversario that sits in the Museo is the LAST Countach built by the works on the standard production line, is clear, but, we are aware that the factory put together @ 2 post-production cars out of spare parts for a UK customer and a Far East customer. These are not considered production cars.

FWIW I belive that LLA12995 was built to Canada-spec with USA side-markers and Fuelie engine - please confirm.

Correct.

Great that it will be shared at the Concours.

Walter Wolf did not buy or receive the last Miura SV.

I spoke with Wally myself @ 12 years ago when his memory was arguably fresher, and all he said was: "Ubaldo Sgarzi told me that I was getting the last Miura SV" (apparently this was not the only time Sgarzi said that). My reporting on this has been misconstrued, because I actually told him in one of our conversations that 5092 was not the last SV, and that there were several car built on the production line afterwards, and he accepted that. Its worth noting too, that when I spoke to Wally, he could not remember the chassis or engine numbers or corresponding dates of ANY of his Miuras or Countachs, period. We both concluded that back in those days before the advent of the internet, nobody kept that data. As such, Walter Wolf cannot corroborate anything to you, and perhaps, Sgarzi told him the same thing he told him about the Miura SV. Its easy to see how "one of the last ones" can be taken as "the last one".

Basically, the most solid documentary evidence that exists that proves that LLA12995 is not the last Countach is what you have posted yourself.

That said, this is a super-cool Countach by virtue of it's Wolf ownership.
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Make no mistake, this is the last production Countach.
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Sorry I meant to say "KLA" and not LLA, I was thinking of the Wolf car's chassis number, you are correct and thank you for pointing this out.

Again, this June 1990 completion car only underscores the fact that Lamborghini delivery dates consistently are not in-sequence with chassis numbers!

I think the factory had plans for KLA12085 and set it aside.

 

No I can't, I was told this by a factory insider (who I have no reason to doubt as he has always supplied accurate information) but he didn't elaborate and at the time I didn't press for detail. My study of the Ferrari factory for the 288 GTO book showed me that all factories do this. They have the production cars of, say, 300 cars, and then, there are always a small number of POST-production cars for assorted reasons, usually involving wealthy VIP clients.

 

He did not.

However, in fairness to Wolf, I never knew to bring it up and jog his memory.

We spoke about his Miuras, and mostly about his 4-liter Countachs, essentially an LP400, 2 LP400 Speciales, and the LP400S Prototipo.

 

Sure, 1988, 1989 and 1990, the Tipo USA cars were the last 2 years.

That said, all 25th Anniversarios are considered the last Countach variant, perhaps that's what you are referring to.

 

It was working, but I believe it has been taken down - thankfully the image was embedded.

ZA9C005A0KLA12018, first registered H 14 MBO on August the 1st 1990 via Portman Lamborghini in London.

Indeed I saw this car when new, its 1 of 2 dark green 25ths, this one metallic, the other non-metallic.

I think something has happened to the front end.

It looks like the PS headlight lies on the floor in primer as can be seen in the bottom right of the image, and the uncovered lenses have been accidentally reversed to inadvertent Swiss spec.

 

Without the year designation to clarify, either number could be a later number.

Exactly.