Countach, the ultimate supercar

We had a long debate about this on either this thread or a RHD Countach thread on fchat. I recall that our conclusion was that the convoy car was 1120228, that it crashed and that it came back rebuilt as a red/bla LP400S as 1120228, however I'm sure that we concluded that the RHD crashed car was in fact LHD and the photo had been reversed, so it isn't 1120228. Now, I can't find the previous debate, so I may just be confusing everybody, imagining things or just dreaming..... I suppose the wheels don't have Lamborghini bulls in the centres that are backwards by any chance - Joe, your expert eye may be best to judge on this.

JOE - flattered to be mentioned in dispatches by you and alongside the eminent Paul Clemence too! Do you have a picture of Ali Taffi's black Anniversary by any chance? He had the car after his blue QV, but I can't find a picture of it anywhere.

 

Hmmm 1120264 was yellow and is now light green and seen in public a lot in Japan. 1120226 remains a mystery - the Lamborghini Registry is the only place to say it is RHD, but we know nothing about it to confirm or refute this.

 

You can tell from the Bertone side badge. The black section is on the left hand side of the badge so the previous image had indeed been reversed. So this looks as if it was a LHD car not 1120228.

 

WOW! I completely bow to your wisdom. Nice one. [My instinctive recollection 'aint bad either]

 

Definitely not, you see at first glance the AC unit which was always located on the left side.

 

"but our revenge was that Sant'Agata was making Countaches"
And that is ALL the revenge one needs. Thank You kind Sir.

 

Dear Stefano, very nice anecdote!

I have to thank you for all your books and articles in Autocapital and Le Grandi Automobili. "How to drive a Lamborghini" was one of my favourite... Indelible memories of my youth!

I remember very well how the Lamborghini brand was so underrated (probably more in Italy than in other Countries), forgotten by magazines and often even unknown to common people during the ‘80s. Such a pain for a “Countach boy”! This made the Countach even more exclusive, the choice of a great connoisseur, but try to find information, pictures and articles was so frustrating… but at least the posters choice was plentiful…!

I hope to see you soon on Discovery Channel!

Best regards,

Lorenzo

 

perhaps this one, a similar colour but a LP400S: http://up.autotitre.com/8d4042b3eb.jpg

 

WOW. Thanks Raymond.

 

Impressive Joe. So what are these lovely hues?

 

This is the image I meant, the text on the ILOC page where i'ts from said Armin Johl's Countach.
It's obviously not a QV but looks like a sister to mine, he got it directly in the factory handed over by Emil Novaro, it has 4-point harness, it has the LP500s side indicators.
http://www.countach.ch/Images/diverse51.jpg

In a 1982 ILOC Magazine I found Fred Johl's LP400s #1121090 with swiss Registration GR-1332-Z, that time the LP400s was not yet homologated in Germany, so many owner had it registred in Switzerland, all the cars with plates with the Z at the end are such cars. I know at least from a handful.

 

Wow! That color looks really nice on a Countach!

 

Sounds logical, since the Picture in the ILOC Magazine is from 1982 and there the cars looks very dark, unfortunately only b/w but from the history it matchs perfectly with the ceremony.

As always you are an incredible source of Information.

Sure, even if sometimes it was just said by the factory to make the Client think he got something Special, for sure he got one of the better engines they built around the weeks they built his car, like the reventons which got the good runing 650 hp Murcielago LP640 engines.

 

nice. That car is supposed tobe a Wallace turbo car. Just curious to know if the owner having kept the car for such a long time, kept the turbo or refurbished it tothe OEM engine?