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  1. Lel

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    #26 Lel, Jul 17, 2016
    I purchased 1120022 in the year 2000 from a man called Keck.

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  2. Lambocars666

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    #27 Lambocars666, Jul 20, 2016
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    We have deeply investigated on the matter.
    It seems some dealers got a few Wolf-Dallara fiberglass kits to sell when requested... but there were many copycats done as well... mostly those known from 'Japan Auto' in 1977.

    But still, #1120022 may have received the modification (also including different dashboard instruments, Miura seats, chrome window cranks, later-type exhaust contour...) directly at the Lamborghini factory.
    At least, the parts most likely came from the factory.

    My personal opinion (with no other tangible proof than the previous photos) is that #1120022 got most of (if not all) the upgrades directly at the factory, indeed. But, who knows.
    The b&w photo was taken circa 1977, I know I have it somewhere in an article at home... far away from me now, so I can't double-check the date at the moment.

    So far, I have 145 LP400 in my database and there are no other LP400 looking like 1120022 known to me. I'm still missing a 'Nero - Bianco' #1120282 from late-summer 1977. But considering the color photos of #1120234, taken late 1976, it shouldn't be #1120282 we see in the background.

    Hopefully, someday, we may find more photos to help us.
    In the meantime...
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  3. EMILIO

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    #28 EMILIO, Jul 20, 2016
    this car looked awesome in the "Wolf" version in black. i agree a pity is now back to "LP400" look :(
     
  4. hyenahf

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    #29 hyenahf, Jul 20, 2016
    pretty darn cool... just like the red "car" magazine car. i recall seeing photos of those flares being removed from car?

    thanks for sharing those interesting photos..
     
  5. posteriore140

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  6. joe sackey

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    #31 joe sackey, Jul 23, 2016
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    Good observation.

    Also, on 1120022, the rear wheels appear to be significantly off-centre relative to the rear wheel arches.
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  7. Lel

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    #32 Lel, Jul 23, 2016
    Welcome back, Joe!

    Kind regards,
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  8. joe sackey

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    #33 joe sackey, Jul 24, 2016
    I've been here the whole time :)

    Did this car have wishbone suspension per the LP400, or parallel-links per the LP400S?
     
  9. Lel

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    #34 Lel, Jul 24, 2016
    Parallel-links as told before.

    L-E
     
  10. hyenahf

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    #35 hyenahf, Jul 25, 2016
    yes more negative section too, much more like the 2 wolf cars
     
  11. Lambocars666

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    #36 Lambocars666, Jul 26, 2016
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    Interesting points being discussed. Thank you for your enthusiasm!

    About the front wheel arches mounted higher than on the other production LP400 "S" (0112?, 0148, 0188, 0202, 0222), a logical explanation could be:
    if the car got those wheel arches when it still had the original 'narrow' wheels on... taking then more room than with the Bravo's and therefore needing those arches slightly fitted higher on.

    I base this wild guess on the below photo, from May 1978.

    The earliest known photos of 1120022 wearing Bravo's are from 1979.

    Ah, that still doesn't prove anything... factory conversion... in two times... or else?

    At least we know it got parallel-links suspensions at some stage. Cool information.
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  13. Lel

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    #38 Lel, Jul 26, 2016
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    This is November 2000 when I got #1120022 delivered in Sweden. On the same transporter were a 2,7 1973 Carrera RS for a friend of mine and the little Lancia Integrale. I had to test all three cars as soon as they were unloaded and I am sorry to say that my Countach wasn't the one I liked best. It smoked and smelled, the engine coughed and the brakes weren't there and it was a pig to steer with that ultra small WW steering wheel and those wide Bravos.
    The 73 RS on the other hand was an exciting experience and it sounded fantastic but what really turned me on was that little red EVO 2 Integrale that was a flash of lightning to drive.

    Later on the Countach caught my heart.

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  14. mrqro

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    #39 mrqro, Aug 18, 2016
    This is one EPIC thread, so glad to be part of this community, I'll take this opportunity to thank all the above members for the wonderful pictured content !
     
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    #40 365boy, Aug 18, 2016
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    LP400 'AZIZ 2' at Maltins Car Concessionaires, England, in 1979. Does anyone know the car's history / chassis # ..? Thanks, John
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  16. EarlyCat

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    #41 EarlyCat, Aug 18, 2016
    It has a Texas tag, that might help.
     
  17. kens

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    #42 kens, Aug 19, 2016
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    In the spring of 1978, Chassis #1120286 was flown into New York. I co-drove this LP400 from NY to Houston. At the time, beyond hardcore enthusiasts, the Countach was quite unknown. A few months later, this Lufthansa freight facility at JFK was robbed of an estimated $5.875 million (over $20 million today). Having spent most of the day at Lufthansa's JFK facility, I was most familiar with the building.
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  18. raymondQV

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    #43 raymondQV, Aug 20, 2016
    Just found: [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axCDJXW-Jik[/ame]
     
  19. mt_jt

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    #44 mt_jt, Aug 20, 2016
    Buncha goodfellas got to ya fancy European tyres?
     
  20. kens

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    #45 kens, Aug 20, 2016
    Lufthansa did that for us, I don't think it is done these days. Of course, I have a lot of experience importing cars inside an ocean container and one Ferrari with roro service. This was my only air freight experience.

    Your question reminds me back when I drove to Toronto in a new Cadillac with three other young guys, all in our twenties. Someone had stolen the hub caps off the car. We could have been mistaken for thugs.
     
  21. Anthony bentley

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    #46 Anthony bentley, Aug 20, 2016
    What's with the wheels in the last 2 pics, they look like bravo hub caps!
     
  22. 365boy

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    #47 365boy, Aug 26, 2016
    So is this the car that was registered AZIZ 2...? John
     
  23. kens

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    #48 kens, Aug 27, 2016
    I think not. My understanding is this LP400 went from Texas to California. An LP400 registry from nine years ago shows this car to be a long term California car. Plus, the AZIZ 2 car looks like it is missing the tobacco interior.

    Lamborghini Countach LP400 Registry
     
  24. amc

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  25. Lambocars666

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    #50 Lambocars666, Sep 26, 2016
    Fantastic picture!!
    Well, there are too many candidates for that red one.
    My guess would go for #1120268, Rosso / Bianco, ordered through Del Hopkins (Berlinetta Italia, UK) in 1977 for a member of the Saudi Royal family, and exported to the USA in 1978. I know for certain this Countach was bought and registered in Texas in March 1985 by a Doctor from Houston.

    It still might be another one with similar history, nonetheless.

    The yellow other LP400 could be #1120040, or more likely #1120062 also belonging to a Saudi prince.
     
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