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  1. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #11776 joe sackey, Feb 3, 2012
    I think its 1120012.
     
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  3. LC3929

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    #11778 LC3929, Feb 3, 2012
    Probably yes. Phantasic original livery.
     
  4. jollygood

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    #11779 jollygood, Feb 4, 2012


    These are really great period pics. I especially like the top/first one.
     
  5. Jota 5084

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    #11780 Jota 5084, Feb 4, 2012
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    Talking about non original colors, it looks like there is an Pearl White LP400 in front of the Reiter GTR, pic from Japan i belive.
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  6. Peter K.

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    #11781 Peter K., Feb 4, 2012
    ex-Frank Sinatra P400S......gosh, I remember that cheap price about 8yrs ago.........didn't it have shag carpet, orange or something.
    Joe, please post a few photos here.
     
  7. EMILIO

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    #11782 EMILIO, Feb 4, 2012
    ...not sure....may be a silver car
     
  8. joe sackey

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    #11783 joe sackey, Feb 4, 2012
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    Its an original silver/white car that used to live in California, 1120280. The current owner has a collection of Lamborghinis including several Diablo race-cars. I would love to bring that LP400 back here....
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  9. joe sackey

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    #11784 joe sackey, Feb 4, 2012

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mij7r390c_s[/ame]

    Here is where it lives: LP400S S2, LP400, and P400S.

    Yes the Sinatra's Miura S had orange (Sinatra's favorite color) shag-pile carpeting. The car itself was also ordered in orange. Sinatra's private jet had orange carpeting too, as did his Palm Springs home, and he was often photographed in orange shirts. He was on record saying that orange was his favorite color - "the happiest color..."
     
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    #11786 deon.smith, Feb 4, 2012
    Does anybody have any info on JLA12331?.

    Thanks.
     
  12. ilconservatore

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    #11787 ilconservatore, Feb 4, 2012

    you're right about that, thanks. These were definitely polished at some point, but to be correct they'll need to go back to black.
     
  13. joe sackey

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    #11789 joe sackey, Feb 5, 2012
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    Peter FWIW the red LP400S S2 is 1121156 and it has a unique original interior
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    #11792 hyenahf, Feb 5, 2012
    joe

    great period pic...any idea where and when that picture was taken?

    is it just me or does that right rear fender flare looks broken or missing?


    cheers

    hf
     
  18. LC3929

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    #11793 LC3929, Feb 5, 2012
    Yes!
     
  19. vectorfiles

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    #11794 vectorfiles, Feb 5, 2012
    I am searching for a photo of a 1978(?) Countach.
    A friend of mine travelled to Monaco in the summer of 1978 and had his first personal Countach sighting.
    The car was black with bronze/gold coloured wheels and had a very special cockpit:

    He describes the cockpit as "taken out of a space ship" with instruments showing speed in parsec/lightyear etc.

    The Lambo owner, obviously being a SciFi enthusiast, had some contemporary SciFi magazines on the passenger seat when my buddy saw the car.

    When he recently told me about his first personal Countach sighting back in 1978 I told him I would find a photo of the car on the web.
    But so far I have had no luck.

    As this had happened in 1978 it could theoretically be an older model year as well.
    I never heard about an LP400 though that had bronze/gold coloured wheels.
    So I would think that it was a brand new LP400S.
    When were the first LP400S models seen on the street?

    Does anyone know about this particular black CT with the space ship cockpit?

    Thanks for your help.
     
  20. joe sackey

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    #11795 joe sackey, Feb 5, 2012
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    I feel fairly confident that your friend was looking at Countach 1121002 in the summer of 1978 in Monaco. It was there... as you can see it is a deep dark blue which can look black in the evening.
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    #11797 AxerJk, Feb 5, 2012
    Wow, I didn't know that b+b did customization on Countaches, very cool!

    Chris
     
  23. joe sackey

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    #11798 joe sackey, Feb 5, 2012
    No they didn't. They built a one-off system just for this car.
     
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    #11799 joe sackey, Feb 5, 2012
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    As posted here many times, the owner of the car your friend saw was Walter Wolf the F1 team owner. And, yes, he is a sci-fi fan with many other interests besides.
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    #11800 joe sackey, Feb 5, 2012
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    Don't have answers to either of your questions, but it does look to be a different shade of blue in different images doesn't it? Perhaps its the lighting...
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