probably very underrated: fast and reliable but listen to the sound of properly tuned weber in a sunny morning is listening the sound of a nice and lost era i know sometimes i am nostalgic and annoyng but just came back from a 2 days of countach driving( yesterday following mille miglia cars ) so please forgive me guys
Emilo, that Black countach looks menacing!! Here are some Wolf repros. The yellow car needs to have a Bravo 12x15 rears, the LP400 tires look too skinny Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
menacing a LOT! the yellow car deserve to return to its LP400 form imo (it could already be ) : it looks very bad as is in pic
We decided over the weekend, 1121038 WILL be at the reunion!!!! Had a great ride yesterday!! Over 120, car still pulling like a monster!!! Image Unavailable, Please Login
I only know 200 fuel-injected 25ths. The factory FI cars are 1986 on. Yes, the sound and a bit more power will be the result of a non-cat open exhaust and I found my 25th sounded awesome with a sport exhaust. Joe www.joesackey.com
John's LP400S in Dubai. This car was once for sale by 'someone' we might know without the owner's authorization. LOL. Joe www.joesackey.com
My own Matchbox car is under full restoration right now. Contrary to popular beleif, it is not the only Matchbox Countach that I own. I keep the rest of my Matchbox Lamborghinis at a warehouse off-site, and I 'play' with them much more often than people think. The main thing is that theyre all paid for Joe www.joesackey.com
It was great talking to you the other day. You have a cool car which will be very welcome at the Reunion where we hope to assemble a bunch of Countachs... and nice owners BTW, my archives show that your car is one of the first group of LP400S1 which extends from the midnight blue Walter Wolf Prototype to 1121054 (27 cars) with all the S1 features and the small gauges. That in essence is what make your car so special. The 1979 build date is academic. Joe www.joesackey.com
Built in 1977, this car is a super-Countach bristling with state-of-the-art F1 technology of the day installed by Dallara/Lamborghini: Lockheed F1 brakes, 5 adjustable roll-bar settings, front-to-rear adjustable brake balance (from the cockpit), Beck & Borg competition clutch and a 4.8 litre engine. The paintwork is "Blu Notte" (non-metallic) and the wheels are gold. Wolf's Formula One Racing Team insignia is represented on the car. As Wolf tells it, this is the same car that his F1 World Champonship driver Jody Sheckter ran hot laps at Monte Carlo in 1978 in times that were quick enough to have qualified at the back of the F1 grid....he broke the gearbox in the process though. Somehow, Im sure his boss didnt mind at all.... Joe www.joesackey.om Image Unavailable, Please Login
Recently some of you have read the bickering and squabbling on this thread. You will not be having to read such rambling on this thread in the future as the problem has been taken care of. Now, I hope to continue to serve all of you exactly as I intended when I started this thread, with interesting & stimulating Countach information. And now for a quick 20-mile drive... Joe www.joesackey.com
No I haven been "taken out" LOL LOL It has been moved to direct e-mails, where it should have been all the time. For all, I apoligize for my actions. It will not be raised here again... Thanks Robb Lay for stepping in and and slaping little sense into our heads...
What type of sports exhaust did you use? Was it a quicksilver or tubi? I am looking to put in a sports exhaust to bring out a bit of sound... A while back, the place where I bought the car from suggested to hollow out the cats and leave the stock system in place... But I am looking for an exhaust that wont change the authenticity of the vehicle(everything is original) Perhaps some recommendations?
Check with George at Evans Automotive www.evansauto.com the factory used Ansa and george supplies and Ansa sport so your concerns about authenticity should be addressed. Joe www.joesackey.com
Where is the engine today? I have the impression that the red Wolf car has a 5.0 engine (or was it 4.8?) and the engine was borrowed for the factory and moved everytime WW change his car, from the red to the bugatti blue and then to the blu notte. IIRC I asked a question regarding the whereabout of this famous "5.0" engine and nobody seems to know. Cheers, Taffy
Here is what Walter Wolf told me: The Marchet Countach book that started the 'story' that he had just one special engine that was transferred from car-to-car is wrong. Wolf said he had Dallara build a 4.8 litre engine for 1120202. He then had Dallara do the same for 1121001. Thus there are 2 Dallara-built 4.8 Wolf engines, one in each of the aforementioned cars. I seperately checked this story with Gian Paolo Dallara. He confirms the same. Remember too, Wolf is a super-wealthy guy to whom engines were no big deal. When he purchased the remnants of the Saudia-Williams Formula One Team in 1976, the cars came with 12 engines. He says they blew them all up that season and this inspired him to for his own Cosworth-engined Walter Wolf Formula One Racing Team, whose engine reliability lead to outright 3 wins (Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo and Canada) in the teams first-ever season, a Formula One feat that has not been surpassed by any new team in the history of F1. The point is, this man was fascinated by well-built engines, and the story of just one Wolf 4.8 litre engine is just that. A story. Joe www.joesackey.com
As you know I'm kind of a "techie". How about some details from Dallara regarding what was different in the 4.8? Photos would be nice.
I will ask. I think the reliability of the Wolf engines paved the way for the factory LP5000S unit. Joe www.joesackey.com
what kind of black is supposed to be on the air exit behind the "ears"? same "matt" black as used on the windows risers? please note the following pic (and the great photoshop worck to LOL ) Image Unavailable, Please Login
