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  1. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #3226 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
    The owner of that Countach was assured that it was only required for a 'gentle' road test!
     
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    #3227 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
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    It was Jas Rarewala, Trefor Thomas and Dan Morgan. Partners, but not brothers. Jas passed away a few years ago, as did Dan. Trefor is still around, and his encyclopedic knowledge of that era remains intact.
     
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    #3228 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
    The white car is the ex-Roy Rossi Virginia City Hillclimb class-winning Countach!
     
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    #3229 Jalpa_Mike, Jul 9, 2009
    Now I remember who the 2 brothers whose names I used to see in alot of the books of the time:

    Fred & Armin Johl

    What was their involvement with Lamborghini back then?

    Mike
     
  5. joe sackey

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    #3230 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009

    Fred is around and splits his time between Florida & Germany. He no longer owns a Lamborghini (his last was the famed Countach 1121090) and he told me he thought he was lucky to be alive after owning that car!

    Armin has stayed in Germany and replaced his Miura SV and Countach S with a 288 GTO and F40.

    They ran the Seeger leather company in Germany.
     
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    #3231 SMS, Jul 9, 2009
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    1121090
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    #3232 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
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    A couple of FANATICS come across Armin's LP400S at the 1980 Monte Carlo Grand Prix weekend Bella Macchina!
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    #3236 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
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    Another unusual combination, grigio with burgundy, quite handsome, although not a combination that was ever applied to a production LP400 by the factory...
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    #3239 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
    Thanks very much for sharing that with us.

    Note the top speed they say they achieved.

    Yikes.
     
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    #3240 MiuraP400, Jul 9, 2009
    I still have that issue too. It made a big impression when I was growing up. I believe I saw that car at the Kruse aution in the mid 70's, at least it was an LP400 in that color. One of these days I would like to make the drive from Phoenix to LA just for fun.

    Cheers Jim
     
  16. Peter K.

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    #3241 Peter K., Jul 9, 2009
    You could check with Wil Degroot, I believe he may have serviced Malcom cars.
     
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    #3242 ken qv, Jul 9, 2009
    I think it sold on ebay about 3years ago didn't it?
    I really like the S3's that were modified with the front wing. For the longest time I thought the Cannonball car was
    the only one. Anybody know how many were done and where they are? Any pictures to offer up?
     
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    #3244 raymondQV, Jul 9, 2009
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    Which VIN is this car, 1121012 or more likely 1121026? Obviously a swiss registration, the Z says that it's not imported in switzerland, today Z-Numbers are to export cars, that what was done with Jalpa ELA12095 which went to belgium and is now is US.
    That time this was a common trick to save import taxes in germany, the cars were driven with this swiss registration and later imported to Germany as used cars.
    The problem is that you have no insurance coverage after 30 days, quite dangerous and illegal.
     
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    #3246 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
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    Another memorable issue, this time from C&D
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    #3248 joe sackey, Jul 9, 2009
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    One of several he had so I don't know the chassis number.

    By the way, did this gathering occur is Switzerland recently?
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    #3249 raymondQV, Jul 9, 2009
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    Bad luck... also his Miura SVJ #4806 had a swiss registration, tax optimization was already a theme those days.

    No, I think that was during the ILOC Meeting at Rimini, the LP400 is 1120038
     
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    #3250 Patrick A, Jul 10, 2009
    Maybe not , if i where to stand there i would be looking for a yellow prototype , i didnt know it was red until now . I sure hope it still exsists somewhere :)
     
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