Countach, the ultimate supercar

Nah, but I'd call it a good start.

 

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wotdazizzat ?!!?

 

That looks more like it, except I have mostly seen the DD headers in black when new, but of course the black burns off pretty quickly. Maybe some came from the factory grey/silver colored?

 

Headers NEVER came in wrinkle finish. Wrinkle won't hold up to exhaust heat.
Gary Bobileff

 

Today I looked at a euro 1987 DD with only 2000 km and they are flat black, for what that's worth.

 

For those that want the wrinkle finish but would like a more durable product than the factory finish, a local powder coat supplier refinished my cam covers in a "wrinkle powder" that looks fantastic.

While I'm normally a paint guy, I was impressed with the look of the powder finish.

I soda blasted the original finish off and sent them over for powder coating. When the cam covers came back, I used a fine sandpaper to remove the coating from the script (Lamborghini). To keep the script looking "new" I used an artists brush to apply a coat of a two component clear directly to the letters.

The end result is a factory look with what should be better than original durability.

 

Gallardo guy here, with a cam-cover question. My '04's black crinkle paint is flaking, right where it meets the "Lamborghini" letters. It needs some touch-up. Do I need to use heat-resistant paint or are the temps there not that high? I have a gloss black paint pen that might do the trick, or could find some other paint and use an artist's brush. Thanks for your input, and sorry to (temporarily) hijack this thread.

 

Your paint pen will be fine. Temps will be ~250 deg or lower.

Cheers Jim

 

The malcolm forbes countach is at:

http://calautomuseum.org/

http://www.calautomuseum.org/html/vehicles.html

locally owned.

-mick

 

And if you ask me, it needs a good detail.

-mick

 

too bad it's origins included those bumpers :/

...the money green and gold wheels/interior are up there in the 'cool' category though, one off and works well on a Countach!

 

Which one is this? Presumably a very early model?
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Doesn't get much earlier...

-mick

 

I always liked the livery of the dictator's car, with the chic interior.

 

Thanks.

 

Joe, that WW car is just uber cool, no doubt. I personally like the 'bad taste' outrageous color combos on the already outrageous cars