Countach, the ultimate supercar

Tony is on the forums. All he would have to do, in the future, is ask and do homework. He should use the vast amount of info this forums has.

 

Actually, one of "the" cars from MV

They used two different cars in the chase. I never know why they had to do that either. Go back and watch the tail lights change almost shot to shot in that scene

 

Yes it is !
Thanks for sharing Joe.

 

Watching the Miami vice video, I saw they certainly used one real component on the Daytona.... the exterior rear view mirror! If you notice at 1:41 in the clip, it's drooped! The darn mirrors on my 308 always did the same thing! And usually when out with the club doing some spirited driving!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU964Wtmkkc#t=40s

 

Sorry but you guys aren't teaching me anything here.... i am well aware of the editing mistakes in MV and in fact years ago pointed them out in regards to switching cars. Hell i noticed watching it prime time when it originally aired. That was not my point. I was simply mentioning that nobody has been able to find out which DD played this small part (yes while mistakenly being switched with a 5000) and maybe this red car could be a candidate since i don't see many wht/wht DD's floating around the States. As far as why,, we will never know unless someone talks to a person who worked on the set back in the day.

 

me too

It was one of the few scenes I saved on a Beta tape.

 

nice...

 

I'm kind of confused...... how do we know that the car Tony has for sale was originally white/white?

This was the same car that Gary & Carlo had for sale last year, was it not?:
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showpost.php?p=140865468&postcount=1

And, when I look at Glen's ILR, the car was was Red/Tan at least since 2001 when Bob D. owned it in Atlanta (going by the copyright on the photos). So it has been Red/Tan for the last 11 years.
http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/Forums/HLA12078.php

Someone changed the color between 1987 and 2001 then?

As to the Miami Vice Countach video. I thought I had seen every episode of Miami Vice, but when folks first started posting this episode a couple years ago, I was like "How in the Holy heck did I ever miss this episode?!?!?!!!!" LOL!!! It would be interesting to talk to Michael Mann and ask him why they used multiple Countach's for that chase sequence.

Mike

 

When Bob purchased the car it was white with white interior he then had it painted red and changed the interior to tan.

 

Thanks Vic. I wonder where the "white" interior is at now.... someone would probably kill for it! ;-) Unless it was just re-dyed.

I often wonder how many spare tires, tool-kits, owners manuals and other "odd & sods" are lying around in peoples garages. ;-)

Mike

 

Hi Vic, did you see it white or know Bob? Just curious if you had any insight to the decision as white is such a great color on these cars (of course red looks good too). Like i said previously, i saw this car at Celebration and I thought the paint looked great. Whomever Bob is I think he had it redone nicely. Didn't notice the tail lens but as Joe stated you can remove it and reseal it back in place. There is a nice youtube video that shows the paint plus a little engine rev

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I thought there was one of it driving around also....?

 

Speaking of car constantly coming back to the market

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/lamborghini-countach-bolligen/167261246.html?lang=en&pageNumber=1&__lp=2&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=14600&makeModelVariant1.modelId=2&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&negativeFeatures=EXPORT

Is that car in Switzerland now?? I recall it was on the market for a long time, history not that great. But now its a cool $160K!!! since we are picking details apprt on US car, take a look at that! Totally sale proof. Makes all US cars sold here a steal !

Also i noticed a flood of anniversary car on the euro market.

 

Bob from Atlanta wanted a red with tan interior downdraft car.
When he found this particular downdraft in white he chose to do the color and interior changes.
I myself like triple white, my wife prefers red with black.
Needless to say I got the red with black Countach. Vic

 

Sorry, a pet peeve to pick. If referring to a Countach (presumably), what part would be the third in this "triple"?

Triple is applicable to soft top cars.

I also prefer a white/white Countach.

 

Yes, someone else informing you of your cars original color would be unpleasant for sure...i have seen things like that happen in fact at shows (concerning an accident though).

Vic, you are a smart man.
(did you get my text the other day?)

 

Awwww, pffft.

What if a triple white convertible also had white wheels? I've never heard quadruple white used to describe....anything!

 

It pertains to the rim color.... IF the car is a convertible THEN it is assumed to
be the top color. This is not anything new... are you in the States or live overseas?

 

States.

In my entire life of 33 years, 90% of which has been auto-centric, this point had NEVER been explained to me. Never.

 

No Ken I did not get your text give me a shout back. Thanks Vic

 

Yes, you are correct as in most cases when someone says triple whatever color, it refers to exterior, interior and top whether it be a vinyl or convertible top.

However in the Countach world triple white is know to be a car with white exterior, interior and wheels.

 

Yes this car is in Switzerland and got a complete engine rebuild, it's running strong now.