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Countach, the ultimate supercar

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  1. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    Interior being done by Bruno Paratelli? Very cool if so.
     
  2. EMILIO

    EMILIO F1 Veteran

    Feb 23, 2006
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    i had the pleasure to see him at worck on a countach last month
     
  3. roytoy2003

    roytoy2003 F1 Veteran

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    Roy L. Cats

    Correcto mundo...

    The car will remain as born, Red over Black...
     
  4. hacker-pschorr

    hacker-pschorr Formula Junior

    Sep 27, 2006
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    Land of Lambeau
    You make it sound like a bad idea :p

    Now you sound like a 355 owner. :)
     
  5. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    Proud of you!
     
  6. coco1984

    coco1984 Karting

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    well done mate. this has actually out a smile on my face.

    and also do your kid a favor and DO NOT SELL THE COUNTACH.

    at least let him enjoy it when he gets old enough (and mature enough) to be given the keys.

    another thing, at least he didnt have to wait 24 years until he sat in one (but he is still beating me cause he has ridden in one).
     
  7. gamby

    gamby Karting

    Aug 17, 2006
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    I've never seen one up close and I'm 37. :(

    I know of 2 CT's in RI, but they never seem to come out. The last one I saw was literally 20 years ago near TF Green Airport--drove by while I was at a light. It was white. Made a big impression.
     
  8. LP400S

    LP400S Formula 3

    May 18, 2002
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    Very nice Jim!!!

    I also like the fact that some of the
    newer Japan CT's are lowered in the front.
     
  9. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    I am told by my Japanese partner that those are the Top Speed merchants...
     
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  11. EMILIO

    EMILIO F1 Veteran

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    last US QV?
     
  12. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    According to several sources, but I have absolutely no proof of this myself.
     
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    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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  16. Senna1994

    Senna1994 F1 World Champ

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    Excellent Joe.
     
  17. Tony Ierardi

    Tony Ierardi Formula Junior

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    So if you have a 1980 Red/Black Countach it's okay to paint it white because Ferruccio did right?

    :)
     
  18. vaholtorf

    vaholtorf Formula 3
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    Any he didn't even have his seat belt on! You can see it hanging loose over his left shoulder.....Definitely a different era.
     
  19. LC3929

    LC3929 Formula Junior

    Dec 16, 2007
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    At least we know that the car was crash tested. We do not know that for the Evoluzione. It is said to have been crash tested, but a photo of the crash test never was published. Did the Evoluzione survive?
     
  20. LC3929

    LC3929 Formula Junior

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    Great photos. The second photo shows exactly how original "rosso granada" looks.
     
  21. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    Bob Wallace told me that road testing was done at top speeds whenever possible. He also confessed there were some "very bad" accidents. One particularly bad one happened when the customer (a French racing driver of renown) was driving - in the wet! Wallace told me he broke his hip as a result, and they were both very lucky they were not killed. I never asked if he was wearing his belt.

    He did give me a quote for the Miura book which went along the lines to say the road-testing business was "not for sissies!"
     
  22. ilrglen

    ilrglen Formula Junior

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    I am sure I have seen or have in my files somewhere a published photo of the crashed Evoluzione!

     
  23. S_A

    S_A Formula Junior

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    Now that is a Historic photo!
    Thanks!!!!
     
  24. Marcello

    Marcello Formula 3

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    Would be nice to know wich one. I think there are more then just one Evoluzione project cars. Three at least I think..

    Ciao!
    Marcel
     
  25. EMILIO

    EMILIO F1 Veteran

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    really? never heard there were more than one car
     

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