Countach Downdraft 1985 to 1988.5

A nice Bianco Downdraft that will soon be going from one gentleman FChatter to another, both of whom I'm privileged to work with
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An earlier encounter with the same car
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Romano Bernadoni's EmilianAuto was a mainstay Italian Lamborghini concessionaire based in Bologna who supplied many DDs, including F1 driver Pierluigi Martini's car, amongst othgers
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Dominic Q's DD (the ex-David Chidlow car http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/144450173-post1547.html) was recently tested by Wheels magazine who had this to say:

"It’s shockingly physical. Everything is strenuous: the arm-straining heaviness of the steering, the absurdity of the clutch, and the terrifying travel of the brake pedal, which seems to be only a millimetre from the throttle, which itself is about as delicate an instrument as a kick drum.

Driving it smoothly is fiendishly difficult; driving it in traffic would be a hateful exercise.
But my complaints are drowned out by a strange sound, a high-pitched, pre-voice-breaking “Yippee” that seems to explode out of my throat from my very soul.

This is what I wanted, what I imagined; a hairy-handed supercar that takes every ounce of physical and mental effort to tame. A muscle car that’s genuinely muscular. I drive it like it might bite me – as I know it can, with no ABS and not even an inkling of the invention of stability control – for some time before the tiny teenager gets the better of me and I mash that weird, heavy accelerator to the floor."
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German-registered (Hanau?) DD spotted in Budapest, Hungary in August, 1987. This is a 1985 or 1986 car in Blu Acapulco
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JLA12292 collected by Edgar Kaiser Jr on December the 17th 1987 on EE Touring plates (EE.556.AK), and driven away from Sant Agata.

Incidentally the works note this car's paint as Bleu Tahiti Nr. 215854, fitted with engine number 1503, gearbox number 1316.
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Beautiful DD which used to belong to a Dutch FChatter
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Caption that pic: Capitalism & Socialism!

 

July 2011 issue of Octane magazine is a good read, in this case an 88.5 DD is used.
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Got it, thanks.

UK-registered LAM 443, perhaps Robert will advise the chassis number.

 

I can't put my finger on it, but Ive seen that registration somewhere, it'll come to me.

Meanwhile here is the ex-Nigel Holland 88.5 DD 12399 on display at The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, UK.

I believe this is a car delivered to him in the summer of 1988 (July) so its a pretty late one.
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Paul Dennis' DD and other cool machinery, the 2nd image looks to be on the grounds of Hever Castle in Kent, although I'm not sure
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Kieth Harmer's DD which provided him the inspiration for his famous Athena poster.

Or was it the other way around?

Nero Tenebre/Nero with red piping, stunning.

I think we have it earlier in the thread UK-registered 32 WKK.
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Swedish magazine Teknikens Värld made a trip to the UK to test 3 sports car icons
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Technical panel featured these profile images of the 88.5 DD used
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I have always thought Austrian journalist Herbert Völker might be a good person to ask.

 

Speaking of Power, the first illustration shows the factory's worksheet inscibed "Countach LP 112D motore L507 V4, disegno no. 7099110, carburatori Weber 44 DCNF (rilevata secondo DIN 70020)"

The second illustration by comparison also shows power, torque and consumption smoothed-out & toned down for PR purposes - as shown in the official factory Countach QV brochure.

Of course, fuel consumption is pretty good at 5,000 rpm.
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Aaron Kiley's striking all-apertures-open image of the early DD used by Car & Driver magazine in their 1986 test
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French-registered 702 BKW 91, I realize this is JLA12307, Bianco Polo Park/Nero, this os one of several DDs with over well over 100,000 on the clock (closer to 150,000 if I can find my notes on this car) and still being used regularly.
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