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    One man had the pleasure of a pair: Steve Dypvik purchased both 1121014 (Rosso) and 1121016 (Blu Tahiti) and kept them as a pair in his garage for 20 years.
     
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    I hate to spoil the S1 party...
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    Simply Stunning!! GORGEOUS is all I can say.

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    Is that Rally Master screwed into the dash?
     
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    You can redeem yourself with some similar quality S1 photography.



















    That is most beautiful by the way.
     
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    Yes that's 1120056 from a year or so ago. She looked even worse at the beginning of the decade, but with some 'sympathetic' refurbishment all the little mods and mistakes have been put back to the way she was when new and appeared in the December 1975 issue of Car & Driver .

    You are right, she's no LP400S!
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    Thank you. I'm glad you appreciate the car for what it is. I'm like you: I like all Countachs.
     
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    Superb images, Thank you very VERY MUCH! Absolutely superb!
    No need any else terms! :)
     
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    I have some S1 files but they are yet to make it onto my Flickr files so can you accept these for now?

    http://www.joesackey.com/Galleria/Countach%20LP400S%20Series%20One%20(1121036)/

    Meanwhile I'm not sure if Ive uploaded these images relative to 1120056 already, but here goes...
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    Ok, so let's talk about the cigarette lighter. When I first got my car I tried like mad to pull the lighter out so I could plug in the phone charger. Thought it melted in place! Then I pressed it. So that was the thinking? Press it and stick your cigarette in it to light it? I'd rather have a charger in it! :)
    What is the safest way to hook up a lighter directly to the battery in the CT?
     
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    Haha, see what I mean.....and this picture isn't that bad
    ps, I shouldn't say they suck, they are not good. :)
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    But Peter, never mind all that, they are very cool and I know many would give limbs for a Countach with SW gauges like you have.
     
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    I am looking for a Heuer Rally Master if you come across one.
     
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    I'm happy to have them in the car. It's like backing up the car without sitting on the sill.....you get use to it.
     
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    Will do.

    Just to put the rally clocks in perspective, note that when supplied in rare cases with Lamborghinis, they were in the glove box, and not fitted, as with some of the Miura SVJs. And for all intents and purposes before anyone says it I will be the first to say that they are practically useless in a road car, and they were just symbolic of the glamor of a "fast car used by a jet-setter or a racing driver" as one period observer put it. Useless but very cool, and I feel 'fast' just looking at them! They compliment the Stewart Warner gauges perfectly, and in the case of 0056 with its Dallara-tuned motor, they are strangely appropriate. Yes they work.

    0056 had a Becker Mexico radio fitted when delivered. This was changed to a an Alpine later in life and the same person recovered the dash (very badly) and screwed the Heuer Rally Masters on to the glove-box door!! We re-covered the dash correctly with the right seams & stitching (after aligning it properly again), mounted the rally clocks in the right place, and I still have an original Becker Mexico for good measure.

    Find below the relevant page from the brochure...
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    By the way, note that Heuer lobbied European sports car companies, offering their timing devices for the cars of the rich & famous, motor-sports based units suggestive that the driver was a man of great bravery and high speed, nothing more.

    The page below is from a period Heuer brochure and it reflects the aforementioned.

    The glamor of racing appealed to most who special-ordered such cars and it doesn't surprise me that a few one-off Lamborghinis ended up with them.
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    It's the useless but very cool quality that I want for my '66 Mini Cooper S.
     
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