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  1. Anthony bentley

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    #13701 Anthony bentley, Jul 31, 2012
    That TV looks awesome! Imagine it back in the day Countach pulling up, flipping up the door and seeing a TV!
     
  2. BlueBiturbo

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  3. joe sackey

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    #13703 joe sackey, Jul 31, 2012
    Thanks Taffy.
     
  4. joe sackey

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    #13704 joe sackey, Jul 31, 2012
    Any factory one-off application like this is very special. People must have thought it was science fiction!
     
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    #13705 ken qv, Aug 1, 2012
    to be clear then... it is 1120098 at the museum AND with the TV?
    and what model year is it?
     
  6. joe sackey

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    #13706 joe sackey, Aug 1, 2012
    Yes, 1975.
     
  7. Jalpa_Mike

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    #13707 Jalpa_Mike, Aug 1, 2012
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    I can totally relate!!! Back in the early 80's when I was at the International Auto Show here in Seattle at the Kingdom (before they blew it to smithereens), I was gaga over seeing this Countach with a Phone in it! At the time I remember thinking to myself, "how cool to be able to talk on a phone from inside your car"! Hahahahaha... Oh how times have changed!!!

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  8. qvpower

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    #13708 qvpower, Aug 1, 2012
    Interesting.... So, it would be safe to say the tv would be a devaluing factor on the car as would be the case with any cars with special features that does not have build sheet.... And if the original owner never kept the build sheet or note or document, then it really means there would be no proof that it came from the factory that way...especially since Lamborghini never had factory television units...and never kept great records...
     
  9. joe sackey

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    #13709 joe sackey, Aug 1, 2012
    I think you are right - if a non-standard application cannot somehow (factory build sheet, period photograph etc) be proven to be a factory build, some (not all) might want to put it back to standard, and some just wont care either way.

    Again I think you are right - if a build sheet showing something non-standard was a factory build, then there is no proof, unless period photographs exist when the car was new.

    Yes Lamborghini never had factory TV units, but as with many components Countachs are built with, they simply sourced them from a supplier. By the way, I'm not aware of any other Countach with a claimed factory-fitted TV, not to say that others don't exist.

    Yes, Lamborghini kept poor records, and that is why the provenance of these cars is interesting.
     
  10. qvpower

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    #13710 qvpower, Aug 1, 2012
    that is probably the worst option on a ct ever..lol. Reason being that imagine tugging at the wheel with a phone and working the clutch and shifting.... that must be a hand ful... wonder if that car still survived...:)
     
  11. Taurean Bull

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    #13711 Taurean Bull, Aug 1, 2012
    What Mike didn't tell you is that the car had another phone for the passenger as it was a closed loop intercom system....LOL

    Didn't get used much as your passenger is pretty audible over the V12 yelling "OH Shh..."
     
  12. joe sackey

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    #13713 BlueBiturbo, Aug 3, 2012
    Excellent pics !

    So.. when in Your Countach Bible coming ?
    I already see Your Miura Bible in Singapore bookstores.
     
  14. joe sackey

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    #13714 joe sackey, Aug 3, 2012
    The Countach book is a ways off, but, its in the works of course.

    Thanks for letting me know, I have heard reports of the Miura book in places I didn't expect!
     
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    #13719 Prancing 12, Aug 3, 2012
    Apologies if this has been covered already, but...

    There's been mention of cars that at some point in their history had the wheel flares added post production to look like a newer version. Question is, can the factory flares on, say, a 5000S be easily removed?
     
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    #13720 Jalpa_Mike, Aug 3, 2012
    Love the Silhouette in the background. Hard to believe only 52 of those beauties were ever built.

    Mike
     
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    #13722 sp1der, Aug 3, 2012
    Yes they are just rivetted on to flanges on the fenders, but the metal work is very different between cars with flares and the original lp400's
     
  23. joe sackey

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    #13723 joe sackey, Aug 4, 2012
    Thanks for sharing that. This helps to answer Prancing 12's question, as we can see that the wheel arches that are revealed after removing the flares are shaped completely differently from that of the LP400.

    But why anyone would want to make an LP500S become an LP400 escapes me, because the LP500S is a great Countach.
     
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