Countach, the ultimate supercar

Back in the day I laughed at that episode. "That's a hundred grand worth of machine and he kicks it". Classic

 

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no it's real EURO QV and US specs 5000S..

look the pictures :
here it's the Miami vice Video :
if you see the rear bumper And engine cover, it's a 5000S US type....
The QV bumper and engine cover are differents :
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Wow, that QV rear end is ugly with all those bumpers.

 

Lets not forget the Jalpa white /white used by Phil colins in episode 5/5 at a fair ground.



Phil Collins in Miami Vice (5/5) - YouTube

 

You're right. A Euro DD QV and a US 5000 S...

 

US 5000s in post card by Meadowlands Car Imports
"New York-New Jersey only authorized dealer" at the time, it states
the caption reads, incorrectly, that it is a QV FI while it is a 5000s, 2 valve car

it came in a leather documetns holder again by Meadlowland dealer, that looks very close to countach pouch in internal material, dimensions and finish
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuoYjkMZKkE]Lamborghini Countach vs. Aventador Roadster - YouTube[/ame]

 

Cool vid!

 

Hello everybody!

I'm new there, but i have allready discuss with many of you in the past . For remember, i'm a fan of Lamborghini since more than 30 years but i don't have all your knowledge, i'm far from it. There is a lot of details i don't know

I don't have any Lambo, but i was member of the French Lamborghini Club during 20 years. Now life make it different, but i still have the bull in my heart!

To compense the fact i don't have a Lamborghini in my garage, i collect them in miniature... I have now more than 1500 models in my collection and many of them are kit. And that's why i'm here, i have a question for you

So i'm preparing to built a kit of a LP500S Countach and i decide to make the Silvera Haïti one, the blue and gold. I have search all the web but don't find many picture of it... Just the one taken in the factory in 1976. I know there is another one for the inside, but i cannot find it in good quality... does someone help me to have it in high resolution? Also, i read the message from Joe regarding this model telling that the color used for the actual scale model in 1/43 make of this car are wrong. So i decide to work on the picture we have to get the right color and i would like to have your felling about it.

Many thanks in advance for your help!
Guillaume
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Some teaser pictures of the Daytime Running Lights Installation, it's not yet installed because end of March my car will be displayed in Basel, will do it afterwards in April.

First picture shows the copied slats, the 3 below are the originals which are kept untouched:
Lamborghini Countach #GLA12997 Daytime Running Lights

as can be seen, also the original mounting is not 100% even on the right side: http://www.countach.ch/MyQV/gla12997_449.jpg
It's a handmade exotic

 

That is a very good job! The will look cery good in the early monrning/evening.

 

Many cars have similar "mounting" right side seems dificult or moulding had some issues.

 

I cant beleive your gov is making you do the retrofits..unreal...i guess they must not have a lot of important things going on in the Switzerland adminstrations..

 

That's crazy Raymond.

I have two high intensity lasers & fog tubes hot glued exactly where you have your running lights.

If I didn't turn them on or point them out no one would ever notice.

It's cool driving around at night and you hit the fog machine & put the dancing lasers on behind the car in front of you, especially if it's a police car. lol

Everything can be reversed in about 5 minutes ten minutes if I'm drinking a beer.

 

One of these days I'll take a short video with everything sequenced. Fog, strobes, lasers & finally I'm going to sequence two marine waterproof tweeters behind the grills so I can sync everything up to an ipod so I can play thriller and have the laugh come out of the grills along with the fog, strobes, lasers. I did that for my son for halloween two years ago and said ah I like it so it stays. lol
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Emilio, that car in the picture is ELA12714 the car built right before mine. =)
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cool!
do you know the owner?

does your car comes from this dealer?

 

A friend of mine in Puerto banus 1984..
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No & no. But I do know the car. I first saw 714 offered on eBay back in 02'.

My car was flown into Dallas in late June 1984 & imported by someone in Houston, then transported to CA in late July 1984 for DOT/EPA certification.

I have all my import/ EPA-DOT papers for my car detailing my car's first year in the US.

Joe has a picture of my car at Bob Wallace's shop circa 1985.

 

LOL Joe.


I had to pull out my glasses to make sure my eyes weren't playing ticks on me.

I was like man my eyes are getting bad I'm seeing 50000 LMAO.

 

Here's a picture that Joe shared with me with my car at Bob's shop circa 1985.
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You amaze me Joe!

 

I had to keep looking at it "what does that say, FIFTY THOUSAND???"

 

This is the only one I have of the Silvera car's interior...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Gen%20II/SSL13702.jpg



... and one of the engine bay...

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb164/ApexOversteer/Gen%20II/SSL13700.jpg