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  1. joe sackey

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    #4601 joe sackey, Nov 18, 2009
    But David, you still have the spacers behind the front wheels of your car (as evident from recent pics - please correct me if I am wrong), offsetting them more, so this info really would only apply to a car with spacers, correct?
     
  2. ApexOversteer

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    #4602 ApexOversteer, Nov 19, 2009
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    It is indeed the same Countach... no idea where it is now... funky wing stanchions... not exactly the rhomboid "Wolf" style, are they...
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  3. joe sackey

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    #4603 joe sackey, Nov 19, 2009
    I have heard of the moody wing, the factory wing, and the Wolf wing. But that is just a suspect wing.

    Who tests these things by the way?
     
  4. vaholtorf

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    #4604 vaholtorf, Nov 19, 2009
    That isn't a factory wing as the supports are angles the wrong way on the back side. But sometimes people just add random wings, like the fiberglass aftermarket ones made for Panteras, etc., just like the ricer kids these days.
     
  5. EMILIO

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    #4605 EMILIO, Nov 19, 2009
    from pics i agree

    either the mounts and the wing itself look wrong to me

    on the other hand the car itself looks a nice late 400S
     
  6. ApexOversteer

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    #4606 ApexOversteer, Nov 19, 2009
    I agree, aside from the wing its a nice looking Countach... and it sounds wonderful...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj3dC3l3XrQ

    ... just don't listen to Mr. May as he spouts the typical "journalist" claptrap about being uncomfortable, working heavy controls and smelling petrol...
     
  7. joe sackey

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    #4607 joe sackey, Nov 19, 2009
    Normally, he is quite a useful journalist. Why he decided to make himself come off as such a cry-baby in this episode, is beyond me.
     
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    #4608 gamby, Nov 19, 2009
    Here's another one of my dumb questions:

    Exactly what distinguishes a lowbody car. Is it how the body sits over the suspension??? Were they only S1 cars???

    I never pinpointed the answer while rummaging through this thread...
     
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    #4609 EarlyCat, Nov 19, 2009
    It didn't matter. I watched it so many times I learned (or think I learned) the words to that stupid song that was played when he parallel parked it. 3 6 9 , the goose drank wine. The monkey threw tobacco on the .......LOL
     
  10. ApexOversteer

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    #4610 ApexOversteer, Nov 19, 2009
    I'm a big fan of James actually, currently watching his latest series James May's Toy Stories... this weeks episode involved building a 3 mile long Scalextric race track at the real Brooklands circuit.

    I just think that motoring journalists sign an agreement to make certain statements about certain cars, no matter the reality of the car or their personal opinions...
     
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    #4611 ApexOversteer, Nov 19, 2009
    Shirley Ellis, The Clapping Song... My mother had it on 45.
     
  12. Tony Ierardi

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    #4612 Tony Ierardi, Nov 19, 2009
    A "lowbody" car gets the name because the body sits "low" on the wheels as well as the roof and overall car being lower to the ground.

    The cars are all series 1 & 2 LP400S.

    There were roughly 150 of these cars made.

    The body is LP400 in size with the "S" treatment added.
     
  13. gamby

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    #4613 gamby, Nov 19, 2009
    Ah, so it's actually on a lowered suspension. That must be why I like them so much.

    A Countach with minimal wheel gap (on Bravos) is just a thing of beauty.
     
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    #4614 Anderson, Nov 19, 2009
    Joe, yes, you are correct that my car has wheel spacers. I am not able to say if rubbing would not have occured when running 225s (instead of 205s) without the spacers. Good point.

    David
     
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    #4615 ApexOversteer, Nov 19, 2009
    Could we have some pics, please? :D
     
  16. joe sackey

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    #4616 joe sackey, Nov 19, 2009
    David: I can almost guarantee that running the spacers caused the rubbing when you had 225s on. You note that your car was built to run on 205s, but I have run 225s on one of my S1 cars without rubbing. With lowbodys we are talking of small tolerances, and anything off-spec could have some consequence. The combination of the spacers and the wider-spec 225s was just too much for clearance.

    Someone I know had 215s on the front of his LP400 (the standard spec is 205s in front, 215s in rear), and it caused rubbing. He went back to 205s. No more rubbing.
     
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    #4617 joe sackey, Nov 19, 2009
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    On a previous page I used the expression "motor-boating" under acceleration. Here is what I meant. This is a 5-litre car. You dont see this happening with Annivesarios.
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    #4620 gamby, Nov 19, 2009
    Decidedly newschool tires on the front end.

    Gorgeous car...
     
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    #4621 Jota 5084, Nov 20, 2009
    Funny this pics came up again, the 5th pic is used as a screensaver on my work PC.
    But sadly there are no more leafs on the trees in Sweden right now :-(
     
  22. Tony Ierardi

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    #4622 Tony Ierardi, Nov 20, 2009
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    A stock lowbody with inset front wheels is part of the aggressive look.

    Spacers make it look like a 5000 body car.

    This is 1121068 when I first bought it.
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    #4623 Lel, Nov 20, 2009
    Seems to have a special type of instrument board?

    L-E
     
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    #4624 M.B., Nov 20, 2009
    WOW very nice... +1 the inset front wheels are really looking great in my opinion, i would remove the spacers asap!!

    Joe or Gary, are there any more pictures from the restauration of 1121038?
     
  25. joe sackey

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    #4625 joe sackey, Nov 20, 2009

    Coming soon....
     
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