Countach Downdraft 1985 to 1988.5

The earlier post by you Joe, showing the composite front hood must be very rare. I've not seen this before.

 

Was this standard or an option at the point of order?
R

 

Half the cars I have owned have had Kevlar hoods and all have had Kevlar engine covers. All engine covers will show stress cracks eventually, usually around the vent corners and up top where the hinges are. The cracks I found are in the top color coat and in the epoxy that is sprayed over the Kevlar. You can chemically strip the color coat off as it is very thin but you need to manually DA off all the Beige colored primer right down to the Kevlar or else the stress cracks will come back over time. You need to be very careful because when the sandpaper hits the Kevlar it will start to expose the material and it starts to fray the threads like a cotton cloth would. I have never found any cracks in the material itself but once you get all the epoxy primer off you can hold the cover up to the light and in some areas you can see the light right through the Kevlar as it is very thin in some areas. This requires a very heavy primer to be applied over the raw Kevlar. I have found a marine grade gel coat to work well. It is a very tedious and time consuming project if done correctly but well worth the effort in the end.

 

Joe I noticed that the reverse lock out has been moved to the shifter at one point with the pull-up ring on the shifter. Was it in 1986 or 1987 production year? In my 1985 DD it's in the shifter gate location.

Geno

 

I thought that the ring mounted on the shifter is what you'd lift up to engage the reverse. As in the pic attached.

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I always looked at the little locking-nut as a means to allow you to raise or lower the gearshift knob by about 1". Once you set the height, you lock it in place with that lock-nut to keep the shift pattern oriented correctly.

I'm amazed how many people have that locking-nut loose. The obsesive compulsive side of me would go nuts with the shift pattern on the knob twisted and a skewed off center! LOL!!!

Mike

 

I've seen that over the years in some cars and just assumed that it served some function. Thanks Joe


QUOTE=joe sackey;144284642]I guessed right, you're mistaking what is nothing more than a simple shift-knob locking-nut that has come loose!

It happens.

No pull-up rings on any Countach.[/QUOTE]

 

Oh my God, how dare they!!! That made my heart drop.....Making my blood boil.

 

Passenger side, that's correct, on the flat area on the inner Fender near the oil filter.
#2 you can see only if the trunk lid is open, it's stamped in the water drain of the trunk lid.

Don't believe this, that car was resprayed, when the badges were simply stolen, the wholes to attach them should be visible.
Also it was common that the cat eyes get lost on the taillight plexi surroung, they were glued and simply felt off.