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  1. ken qv

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    #2926 ken qv, May 18, 2009
    So even back then the Paris pharmacy stores had the annoying neon blinking cross?
    Love Paris but those don't seem to fit in with the atmosphere. Would love to see those cars on her streets.
     
  2. joe sackey

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    #2927 joe sackey, May 18, 2009
    The white Countach was purchased by Stephane Ratel whilst he was living in the USA not far from where I live - hence side-markers. He sold it to Johannes B in St Moritz, who, I might add is not only from the Palace Hotels family, but is still the World Record Holder of the Cresta Run from Junction on down!

    Tidi G owned the grigio Annivesario with the UK registration...
     
  3. em42

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    #2928 em42, May 18, 2009
    The world is really small... since I used to live one building away from Mr. Ratel in Paris at that time. He happened to own (or use, I don't really know) a lot of exoticas that were usually parked in front of his house: very nice!
     
  4. joe sackey

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    #2929 joe sackey, May 18, 2009
    Very Small World...
     
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    #2932 mcg, May 21, 2009
    They are all interesting.:) Especially when orange.
     
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    #2933 355dreamer, May 21, 2009
    Amazing car. I love the pictures. :)
     
  9. Jota 5084

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    #2934 Jota 5084, May 22, 2009
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    #2935 em42, May 22, 2009
    Those pictures are absolutely AMAZING!!! Thanks a lot for sharing.
    Where did you get them? It seems that they are taken from a movie.
     
  11. EMILIO

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    #2936 EMILIO, May 22, 2009
    i remember a 70's italian movie (not famous!) with an LP400
    i thought it was red but may be i remember not so well since i saw it some 4 years go by accident ;)
     
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    #2937 EMILIO, May 22, 2009
    i think it is

    last time i had seen pics it had plates on and was driven on the street (as it should! ;) )
     
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    #2938 Jota 5084, May 22, 2009
    +1
     
  14. forza_lamborghini

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    #2939 forza_lamborghini, May 23, 2009
    The photos are from the Italian movie "Che dottoressa ragazzi" - you can see more photos at www.imcdb.org/
     
  15. joe sackey

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    #2940 joe sackey, May 23, 2009
    Yes I think the movie was shot in the late 70s...
     
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    #2941 Marcello, May 23, 2009
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    Here you go!

    Ciao!
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  17. joe sackey

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    #2942 joe sackey, May 23, 2009
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    Yes it is still in Japan.

    Lets not get carried away - this is a full-blooded Group C race car, the operation of which on the street is a futile exercise. Unfortunately, we see racing cars operated on the street, thankfully on rare occasions, but its simply to strike a pose until the next set of traffic lights.

    The QVX was a fascinating project that I was personally familiar with as I had just purchased my first Countach in the mid-80s. I was able to inspect it carefully at Portman's West London premises with David Joliffe's permission and lets say it was quite impressive. It was built on Spice Chassis number SL8501 and the engines were units supplied to David by Luigi Marmirolli at Automobili Lamborghini SpA having 'breathed' 650 bhp into them. Whats interesting (to Diablo owners at least) is that the Countach QV's 5.2 litre unit was 'blown' into a 5.7 litre for use in the QVX.

    Successful, it was not. But a part of Lamborghini's history, it remains.

    http://www.qv500.com/lamborghiniqvxp1.php
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    #2943 jfrazar, May 23, 2009
    Is that car Fuel Injected?

    Joe Frazar
     
  19. joe sackey

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    #2944 joe sackey, May 23, 2009
    Yes, I believe it is.
     
  20. Nuvolari

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    #2945 Nuvolari, May 23, 2009
    Perhaps I am missing something but this Group C car has almost nothing that I can see that is Countach on it. It looks like nothing more than a Lamborghini powered Spice whose engine bore (no pun intended ;)) a vague resemblence to a production engine.
     
  21. joe sackey

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    #2946 joe sackey, May 23, 2009
    Yes, the only Lamborghini component in the car was the engine.

    Having said that, the engine is a pretty big/important component!!

    The fact that the engine was tuned up to race spec with a bigger displacement is typical of these situations. The fact remains that it was a group C car using a Countach engine tuned by the factory.
     
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    #2947 Nuvolari, May 23, 2009
    Lets not forget then how many championships were won in 'Countach' offshore powerboats ;)
     
  23. joe sackey

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    #2948 joe sackey, May 23, 2009
    Rob:

    The 8.2 litre and 9.3 litre Lamborghini Marine engines as used in the World Offshore Class powerboats have absolutely nothing to do with Lamborghini cars, Countachs, or any other.

    The point made about the so-called Countach QVX is that they simply used a tuned Countach QV engine. On the other hand, the offshore powerboats used in the Championships you are obviously referring to had huge engines with twice the displacement of the cars, built from scratch specifically for marine application.

    Best,
     
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    #2949 Nuvolari, May 24, 2009
    I respectfully stand corrected.
     
  25. joe sackey

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    #2950 joe sackey, May 24, 2009
    I agree with your well-made point that the use of the moniker "Countach QVX" was taking the liberty of a bit of poetic license, but, at least it did truly have a Countach engine in it.
     
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