Countach, the ultimate supercar

Thanks for posting. Nice wheels.

 

What type of exhaust is he running? The mufflers look like they are running longitudinally with the car.

 

Albrex twin turbo.

http://albrex.com/german/

Pictures of a 83 5000S twin turbo.
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A few more.
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YES! A carb's turbo

 

Carbs and turbos.. no bueno

 

Another pic of the engine.
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One of Max Bobnar's
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I wondered if the white SV was miurasv's father's car? There can't have been many white SVs in the UK.

 

I have all of those. They just don't seem capable of producing covers like that these days, they have to plaster them with loads of text. We had some great magazines in the UK back then, with Supercar Classics and Performance Car to name two others.

 

The car that I'm looking for was definitely not turquoise. It was a light blue like or similar to the picture of the one I posted from Top Motors. It could also have been metallic like Tahiti blue.
These are the details I know:
Saudi plates
London
Light blue exterior
White interior
Late 83 or early 84

Out of curiosity when was the Tahiti blue Ex Saudi Prince's car imported into the USA? Was the two tone white and blue paintwork done at Lamborghini or was it painted at a later date?
Did the prince himself import it or was it sold to someone prior to it going to the US?
Was the car registered in the USA when it reached there or did it run on Saudi plates for a while as is common with Royalty who take their cars abroad with them.

Sorry for all these questions but I'm trying to figure out if it could be the same car. There could not have been too many light blue Saudi Countaches made.

Regards

 

thanks Joe
and yes sampling them whenever i can

went back to Uni as a mature student last yr so my life is somewhat different atm (and will be for another 2 yrs odd) however the potential gains through this far outweigh any downsides

but its good to be back

 

That's the car, SAB.

 

I don't know the chassis number but the car was owned by a gentleman called Barry Robinson.

 

didnt all Barry Robinsons Countach's wear the BR33 plate ?
reason I ask is that one doesnt.

 

Methinks that Barry Robinson's Countachs EVENTUALLY all wore the BR33 plates

Peter

 

yeah but 1987 is 2 yrs odd after he bought the Qv, so if it was his (or his at time of article) then itd have had the plate on it - yes ?

 

Actually you are right. At the time of the December, 1986 Performance Car article comparing the white Miura SV and the Countach QV it was a gentleman called Campbell McLaren that owned the Countach C323 BYV. Portman Lamborghini were selling it for him and asking £65,000.

 

So the Countach QV C323BYV in hte Performance Car one page that I posted and that was tested with the white Miura SV was Barry Robinson's QV, before it wore the plate "BR33"?