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  1. enzokidd

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    #9676 enzokidd, May 16, 2011
    STUNNING
     
  2. ralfabco

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    #9677 ralfabco, May 16, 2011
    It sure is !!!!! :)
     
  3. Peter K.

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    #9678 Peter K., May 16, 2011
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    Suggestions.

    How would you guys cover the holes.
    In the past I have used flush top, black, GM or rustproof plugs. It was very subtle. Just want some suggestion.
    Yes, I had the option of closing them up for good. But since I had the non oem wing painted, I figured leave them open. Now thinking, I should have closed them.
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  4. ApexOversteer

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    #9679 ApexOversteer, May 16, 2011
    It's lowbody heaven in here... and blue too...
     
  5. EarlyCat

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    #9680 EarlyCat, May 16, 2011
    You lucky dogs. What an event. That cake is something else. That's really the best car cake I have seen.
     
  6. joe sackey

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    #9681 joe sackey, May 16, 2011
    Peter:


    In 1988 I had a trapezoidally shaped plate made up that covered the holes and bolted from the underside of the trunk for my QV DD. When I felt like mounting the wing, I undid the units and mounted the wing. Naturally the pate was finished in the car's paint color (Rosso Siviglia).
     
  7. joe sackey

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    #9682 joe sackey, May 16, 2011
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    Forgot to mention, the item as descibed above can be partially seen in the Chris Bennet Countach book. Its the wingless car with the Coke can sat on top of the rear trunk-lid.
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  8. joe sackey

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    #9683 joe sackey, May 16, 2011
    Thanks for the compliment, and to enzokidd & ralfabco for same too.

    Seriously, I have never owned a motorcar that attracts as much attention as this car does.

    And Ive owned some interesting motorcars..
     
  9. alberto

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    #9684 alberto, May 16, 2011
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    Joe:

    Please stop posting pics of your car; it makes me ache looking at it all the while knowing that I can't have it.

    :(
     
  10. joe sackey

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    #9685 joe sackey, May 16, 2011
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  11. hyenahf

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    #9686 hyenahf, May 16, 2011
    40010 oro (now black?) looks to be very different shade of gold than 40066 is now...
     
  12. alberto

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    #9687 alberto, May 16, 2011
    Very kind of you Joe, I do appreciate it.
     
  13. NSXER

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    #9688 NSXER, May 16, 2011
    Peter...
    Amazing car...huge congrats on getting it done....well worth the wait. The color is fantastic. Drive it often :)

    Brian
     
  14. NSXER

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    #9689 NSXER, May 16, 2011
    I can back that up...Joe took me for a spirited ride and it certainly hauls....and sounds fantastic.

    Brian
     
  15. joe sackey

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    #9690 joe sackey, May 17, 2011
    Brian: we have done a little fine-tuning since :)
     
  16. P300V8

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    #9691 P300V8, May 17, 2011
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    Yes 40010 is now black. I believe the Oro Convoy LP400 met with an accident shortly after the Earls Court Show. Is there another Oro LP400 out there anywhere?

    The Silhouette shared its colour chart with the LP400. Here is a copy with titles but the appearance of the colours is not accurate.
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  17. Peter K.

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    #9692 Peter K., May 17, 2011
    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiMtD7MUOlQ[/ame]
     
  18. vaholtorf

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    #9693 vaholtorf, May 17, 2011


    Interesting fact: According to my count from the video, 20 Countachs, and 17 of them has the rear wing! Only 3 didn't. Wow! Just shows the crazy popularity of the rear wing. That wing, by itself is an eighties icon.
     
  19. Jalpa_Mike

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    #9694 Jalpa_Mike, May 17, 2011
    Love the yellow 88 1/2! I was actually looking for a "Yellow" Countach when I started the search for mine. But at the time, all I could find were White, Red and Black! ;-)

    Mike
     
  20. joe sackey

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    #9695 joe sackey, May 17, 2011
    Which are the 3 colors in which the overwhelming majority of Countachs were finished.
     
  21. ApexOversteer

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    #9696 ApexOversteer, May 17, 2011
    What is there, just the one Australian/New Zealandian Countach painted in Verde Abete?
     
  22. vaholtorf

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    #9697 vaholtorf, May 17, 2011

    In the video, here are the color breakdowns:

    Red 9
    White 4
    Black 3
    Blue 2
    Silver 1
    Yellow 1
     
  23. vaholtorf

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    #9698 vaholtorf, May 17, 2011


    I don't think the yellow one is an 88 1/2. The side skirt has only two slots, which means it is an aftermarket skirt. The factory skirt used in 88 1/2 had three slots. So, imo the yellow one is an 87 or 88 with aftermarket skirts.
     
  24. EMILIO

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    #9699 EMILIO, May 17, 2011
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    you should look for a period correct "moody" wing, i bet Joe or Tony can find one somewhere ;)

    p.s. i have one original moody wing for an S1-S2 at home and a rear spare trunk lid ...just in case i should ever get an other one
     
  25. EMILIO

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    #9700 EMILIO, May 17, 2011
    Joe, plase stop !!

    this car is just too nice to look at ;)

    ps are these those roma plates ?
     
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