Countach, the ultimate supercar

Fantastic... is that an S1? S2? any idea where the car is now?

 

I have seen the plasticenter bologna emblem on an LP400, and also on a late DD. That is the manufacturer's name, and the OEM lens have that emblem, but also the Lamborghini name molded in. The lens are the same on early and late models, except that on the later models they lens was lightly scuffed (on the top side, not the bottom side with the vertical ribs) to give it that 'foggy' appearance. Here is a restoration trick: If you have a 'foggy' one, simply gently polished the scuffed top surface until the 'fog' disappears, and then you have an early clear lens! I think you will spend more time looking for a perfectly clear one than you would polishing a later one. Joe mentioned the foggy ones came on Anniversary car...true, but they came on some earlier cars too, as I just looked at an all original 88.5 with foggy lens. There also may be varying degrees of 'fogginess' as I have seen some variations from one car to another.
But make sure the lens you start with has the word 'LAMBORGHINI' molded in at the top, or it won't be correct. Good luck!

 

Albert: The original lens would have both. And I agree, make sure it has both or it did not come through Lamborghini.

 

OK, I have watched the CT Value thread from the beginning. I have chimed in as well as others. I am sure what is to follow may cause some pace makers to skip a beat, but I need to speak my mind...as I always do. I, as well as Joe, are not GOD. Yes, both are names that have 3 letters and both have "O" in the middle, but we are not the all said and done as my counterpart thinks. I do not see eye to eye with Joe for years, it is no secret. If we both turned GAY tomorrow there is no second thought in my mind that we would NOT DATE! With that said, I will agree that I have mutual respect for Joe, as I hope he does for me as a human being, does not mean I sweep the ground he walks on in front of him as he approaches. Sure, he has written a book, has factory record's, owned quite a few cars, knows past great people, sells cars, drives cars, takes great pics of cars, posts "Tibet's" of great items..but this does not mean he is the end all to all, NOR AM I. This is also not a personal attack against Mr Sackey, it is a view that has emerged over the years and countless posts that I have seen a common thread in and just wish to offer up a second opinion that I think I have earned in the car world.

A value of a item, be it a car, a painting, a coin or my favorite, a "Beautiful Women" is set by the seller..not the buyer. If the buyer does not think so, he/she moves on. This does NOT mean the item is priced in-correctly, it just means the item is NOT CORRECT for the buyer. Just look at the past Bank problems in the USA, why problems, because we "took as fact" what the "controllers" told us..and now we are paying for it, saying what where we thinking OR why where we listening??

I have noticed, as I am sure others have, a constant "comparison" by Joe of the Lamborghini to the Ferrari..WHY?? They are not the same car's, they are not the same buyers or sellers or owners...so why compare "fake Ferrari breast" to real genuine "Lamborghini's Style", they are not the same and never will be! SURE Ferrari is a great car for some one that wants the "Guts and Glory" of winning a race on a closed course..where Lambo owners run their own "race" against the tide on the street. The F car owner is a follower, the L car owner is a leader, making their own way from the trench's of WW2, starting with tractors and ending up with a machine that cant be matched on the "real gentleman's" road of everyday driving and style. We, the L owners, march to a drum beat of "Don't tell me I cant, because I will". The F car owners has no explanation for their owner ship, other then, "it won races". SO WHAT..I have seen many a man "win the race" at the start of the night in a bar, but the true finisher was the one that sat and waited, as his OWN person and finished the WHOLE night, not just the "high light" of Friday night. But to be fair, as I always say..."to each their own".

So for me, either 1 of 1, or 1 on many, I am tired of being cast down as the "Red headed step child". I would not compare the joy and pleasure I have with a one variant of a Countach, that lasted MULTIPLE years over a competior that has to produce MULTIPLE one off "race variants" in a single year to grab attention. I wear jeans almost every day of my life, so am I less just just because I don't find a different "flamboyant" outfit every few months in my years to "impress" some one other then me?

So, to Joe and other's I say. Love your F car, not a problem, but stop comparing my L car to prices achieved for your "F" car. I could care less, I know what I am, I know what my car is, I know what it does for me..it brings me joy and experience's that a car produced by a "only" win on race day can never do. I am an every day man/woman, I am not about "NA NA NA I beat you on the track"...come do a cross country 5K rally with me..let's count the "oooh's and ahhh's" at each stop and see what really moves the down to earth came up from the barely graduated High School person says. Let's take a count of HOW many Lambo poster's where on our walls back in the teenage years over the Ferrari cars....

I am not going to "hang my head" low and accept a comparison to a car that is not what I WANT. I am of a different breed, I go against the tide, I am m own person, not a lost "Soul" in a sea of Red at the next Concourso..I AM a LAMBORGHINI OWNER. I OWN a car of distinctint, a V12 that roars, a car that takes every ones breath away, a car that is NOT "worshipped" due it's I have more money then you, let it sit in my "viewing" room. I DRIVE my car, as it was meant and built for, not to be traded and looked upon as a "false God" to end all.

To finish my rant and rave, if you REALLY think your F car is worth 10 TIMES what my L car is...then great, represent it..but choose a barn to live in, don't keep slapping me in the face that I am of lesser value..I am NOT, I am Lamborghini AND you should be so lucky to have me. If not, no problem, move on and leave me alone. I am RARE and worthy of what I have become, an Iconic POWERFUL piece of machinery that put's everyone to shame. You want to be part of my "Barn", great, PAY FOR IT, cause I sure as hell AIN'T giving it away!

 

OR, if you flip the coin over...THEY have come to their senses and SEE a GOOD investment on the rising market of exceptional cars...and we need not just GIVE them away to allow them to laugh at us in 1-3 years when they trade out for Twice what they paid.

REMEMBER just a short while ago what some of the F cars sold for and of late of "Sky rocketed" in purchase and trading prices..?

 

If I wanted an investment in the auto industry, I'd buy Ford stock.

When I want motoring experience, I buy what I want because none of it makes any economic sense. Choosing a car based on it's resale potential is like choosing between a steak vs a box of tofu. One may be nutritious, inexpensive, and a great value for protein content but the other is what I want to eat.

That being said.... I'd love to own an early Countach someday. That's why I always look at this thread!

 

yes, both writings, of course. They all come from Pasticenter and they are the same lens, but they cannot sell the one with the Lamborghini writing too. Mine two were bougth at official Lamborghini Service Carrozzeria Imperiale, at Mirandola, Modena.

ciao

 

THESE are perfect gauges ...

Photos are taken today, after "surgery"...
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Very nice Albert. I need to have my Speedo and Tach done. My needles look like a banana!!!

Mike

 

Never seen one before with louvers in the windshield.

 

Ahhh, I shouldn't have visited this page. Im going to Essen tomorrow, no surprise anymore

 

like mine...
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the tachometer...

i did not rolled back...
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Holy crap!!!! Mine aren't nearly that bad..... yet! LOL!

QUIZ OF THE DAY....

Which is the Banana and which is the Countach Speedo (or Tach Needle)???? ;-)
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What!? How is that possible...

 

Heat???

 

Didn't your parents have that talk with you?

 

Most Ferrari owners take care of buying their dream cars first, then explore lamborghini...

At one point we were all just little kids dreaming of the day. And for a lot of us, that day was about Ferrari as the #1 goal.

I'm dying for a Countach, but it will be my 10-11th exotic I've ever purchased, not my first.

 

what a great picture!