Countach, the ultimate supercar

Intriguing - a Ray Grimm, of Rancho Santa Fe, California owned my old Silhouette (#40052) at some point. Apparently he bought it from Motorcar Gallery in Fort Lauderdale and sold it via Gary Bobileff.

Jonathan

 

I am not 100% convinced of the color. I also have some old photos that make the car look dark...when it's not. Have to dig them up.

Also, story I forgot. The reason I search for the original owner back 2010/11 is that around the time I had the car painted, Sandy Degroot contacted me to say there was a woman who contacted her after seeing my car online. I can only assume she was Googling the original owner for memory sake. She knew the car and that she would like me to call her. I called. She dated the owner when the car arrived in the US. She confirmed the color. Immediately recognized it from the color. She confirmed the owner was alive. She confirmed in not so many words that that was a very wild time in her lives.

The very next day I set out to find the owner. Took my chances and finally communicated with him. He confirmed several things back then. Last weekend I reached out again.

I can only assume that reports of his beheading were exaggerated.

The rest of the story I read seems very interesting and realistic. Thank you Joe for that.

 

same guy. my car comes also from California and the guy owned many lamborghinis.
there should be a way to find him...

 

Christian, it's not.
Blu Acapulco came 1984, 1980 they used Blu Met. 2CT, Paint code on car : LAM.2463643 - PPG code : 2463643 Years used : 1980

LamboPAINT - Lamborghini paint codes at LamboCARS.com

 

Great photos! IMHO your car's current color is one of the most beautiful I’ve seen. I wouldn’t change a thing.

 

factory list says blue acapulco...and it was already available on countach LP400S in 78-79

 

looks like we posted same thing at the same time

 

Not only the car's chassis number but also the car's original livery is quite close to #1121002 (Walter Wolf car). And Blu Acapulco is very nice. Nothing is better for this car. It should be changed. The sooner, the better. This car deserves being stripped to bare metal and then repainted in original Blu Acapulco.

But if Peter prefers the current colour "Blu X", yes... it is his car and his decision.

 

Raymond, Blu Acapulco came no later than 1978. And there is enough evidence that #1121006 left the factory in Blu Acapulco, as Joe stated today.

 

I agree with everything you said but one aspect: in my opinion, the car now is not close enough to the original. It is far away from being original with that colour.

But at least, it is blue metallic. If Peter likes it, or even likes it more than Blu Acapulco, to me it's ok not to change the car although I CLEARLY prefer Blu Acapulco for this car/chassis number. Peter must simply be aware that then the car CLEARLY is not original.

Anyway it is great that Peter received and posted the photos. Very important for him, and we all like them!

 

Great period photo, too.

 

Nothing else I said. BTW certain people already cared for originality when the cars still were cheap.

I suppose that a lot of people in the classic car scene also became more experienced with time, and therefore are more interested in originality, although the recent interest in originality for sure is additionally influenced by the rise in the vintage cars values. Learning by doing...

 

I have put 132 pictures of Lamborghini Countach and more in Monaco and Cannes since 1991 here :

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyrilteste/sets/72157647980299061/

Hope you will enjoy !
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Great. Thank you very much!

 

Fair enough Joe. But not convinced.
Where is the Acapulco Blu in the "painted 5 times"? Especially the first layer to the left. Then the color, right before being painted, beyond the 5th arrow, is darker than all the previous. Those 5 are light like Tahiti. A great mystery!
You guys have made your decision about 1006 and making sure everyone knows it. But there is more proof than not that it was not Acapulco. But since you guys are the decision makers, I'll leave this subject be
We are more interested in the layers of paint on the car, the original owner, the girldriend...than a piece of "factory" paper. Which in one breath people say it is reliable, then it is not. So the point is moot.
I'm happy with the color and I really Acapulco too...
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