Countach, the ultimate supercar

On this car (1121158), everything looks EU and not US.
If it had been imported, and adapted to US laws, then it would not only have 40mm carbs but also bumpers and bigger signals, right ?

Am puzzled...

 

I believe if it was done by the proper outfit the following changes would have been done.

Convert from carburetors to fuel injection
Install catalytic converters
Install air pump to assist in burning of excessive emissions
Install charcoal canister to aid in control of emissions from gas tank fumes
Install bumpers
Install side crash bars in doors

From what I have read there was only one factory approved outfit doing the conversions. However there were a handful of other claiming to be able to do the conversions with not so good results at times (IE: cars sometimes caught on fire).

I am just sharing my thoughts as there are others here with much more knowledge than me.

Vic

 

And have you ever heard of 45 Weber changed for 40 Weber in order to lower the emissions on earlier cars ?

 

I believe that only the 5000S were fitted with FI when imported to the US, by US local means.
And that the QV was the first one to be, on demand, manufactured in US specs, by the factory in Santa Agata.

Is that right ?

I thought, but maybe I'm wrong, that the 400S always remained untouched.

Will check my old US magazines tonight.

 

Countach experts :

I just bought this 1:18 die cast model because I didn't have any BLUE Lambos do far ...

http://cgi.ebay.com/LAMBORGHINI-COUNTACH-LP500S-BLUE-1-18-DIECAST-KYOSHO-/400097234360?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item5d27a74db8#ht_1142wt_970

I'm surprised it features the "Periscopa" roof . !

Now I have a few questions for the experts ;

1) Only LP400 had the periscopa roof ?
2) is it a mistake?
3) is it a special car with a special history ?

Thanks in advance for your help and answers ...

 

1120202, the second Walter Wolf LP400 with the Dallara engineered suspension, wheel arches and wing. Kind of a prototype for the LP400S...
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I should've known , Shame on me

but the box title (LP500S) is really misleading ...

 

Most of you know this already. The Countach in the press this month:

1. Octane...cover story
2. Classic and Sportscar...cover story
3. Evo...story on Countach purchased by magazine owner with more articles to follow.
4. Top Gear...Richard Hammond drives a Countach

 

Next month: Automobile Magazine - white LP400S2

 

I havent seen the new one yet, but is it much more raw than the 25th? Or compared to the SE30? (which i found as raw if not more than an F40).

 

These are all January issues. Is the Automobile Magazine you are talking of a March issue?

 

Speaking of.......when that recent run of P7 were available, did they produce 205 or were the 225 forced upon us?

 

The general public has been taught that the QV is the big daddy when it comes to the Countach. I bought my first Countach in 1989 and I told the dealer/broker to find me a QV or nothing else. I was indoctrinated. I passed on Dave Anderson's car when it was sitting on a lot because it wasn't a QV. This also happened when I shopped for a Corvette and was told to get a 427 tri-power and to buy a Ferrari 328 instead of a 308. It happens now when you just need a simple Jeep, "Get the Hemi" they scream. I'm not nure that the knowledge on this board has entered the mainstream "car media" yet. But you would think that the above mentioned publications would be savvy enough to know this stuff.
Or as Joe says, they just couldn't find one.

 

Jody Scheckter was the last Ferrari driver F1 World Champion in 1979
hence the MONDIAL named car the following year .

21 years had to go thru until Schumacher won that title for Ferrari again in 2000

P.D. I'm not that clueless ...

Anyway ... Are there more pics of other Wolf's Countaches ?

 

I'm not sure, but I think if it comes out in February it will be the March issue.

The car was one I owned and they came to me to do the story.

Not sure how the story reads but when the fact checker called me I had to make a few corrections.

 

Thanks Tony, I think I have pics of that car parked in front of a checkerboard floored garage.