Countach, the ultimate supercar

VIN of this one?

nice pics Joe!

 

Emilio, that gold one was presented in 83' Car Magazine and it had that dent on the lower right side!

 

1121320 I think

 

Thanks Joe
It's good to see the other cars registered either side of mine, there were 4 or so cars with the F92- OYR registration F920 to F924, mine is F922, I think that the Acapulco Blue RHD QV had one of these reg numbers as well originally. It is useful to know the situation with the AC etc as these UK cars were some of the latter QV's made but they were obviously just the same as the earlier QV's but with factory side strakes added, as it wasn't worth the hassle to do the other bits.

 

Some interesting RHD cars - thanks for posting Joe - unfortunately the Pearl white/mint green car was tragically destroyed in an accident in 1998. The Pearl white/white car I believe is now in Melbourne.

 

Missed this...
Frankly, the factory did not seem any better in 88 than it was in the early 80s on that type of thing.... so they sold 88.5 car at 88.5 price with minus options???? Really suck

 

Joe, as usual, these pictures make you an asset.

 

Yes, Thanks Joe for all the pictures!

 

Being an Anglophile and a Countachphile, the combination of the two is more than I can handle! Thank you so so much for these great pics!

 

Holy rocker damage!

 

Joe
do you know the VIN of the blue 400S ?

...looks like an RHD one

 

hi, tks you for this
did not know was the same car
sure it looked like an S3

i am fine and hope the same for you

 

any pics of it in yellow?
still wingless?

 

Strange, more breakdust on the back rims than on the front rims.

Btw Joe, thanks for posting all theese pics.

 

Hi Joe
yes the white and pearl white is still in scotland and with its long term owner. He was the second owner, i believe. The first owner I met in bristol a few years back who owned 7 countachs, as far as I recall. Don't ask me his name, as I am awful for names.

I spoke to above current owner about the 88.5 cars. Portmans had 16 rhd. !4 were kept in the UK and the other 2 exported. He recalls at that time that Portmans had the word wide franchise for RHD cars. Not sure how long they had that for.

Harry has written and article about putting power steering on the QV and published it in this months octane. Interesting reading.

I had posted a question a few pages back with no clear response! Sob.

Are the brake pads on the QV identical front and back?

Pagid don't think so. They look the same but hopefully someone knows? lol

Paul

 

The owner let me sit in his Countach one time at Castle Combe. It was still gold at the time but saw it at another event after it had been resprayed in dark blue with the gold badges. I must admit, it looked stunning in the dark blue.

Surprised there's no photos of the pink Countach that appeared at some of those track days. Really enjoyed the events I went to and it's a pity they don't have them any more.