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  1. em42

    em42 Formula 3

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    #23076 em42, Dec 6, 2016
    Groovy baby...

    Amazing, even though it's pointless! Love it.
     
  2. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #23077 joe sackey, Dec 6, 2016
    Look at it this way - there is something to provide entertainment when filling up gas at the station. Which Countachs need to do often!
     
  3. em42

    em42 Formula 3

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    #23078 em42, Dec 6, 2016
    I guess it came with a special one-off multi-speaker layout?
     
  4. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #23079 joe sackey, Dec 6, 2016
    The Mimran Alpine system was so extensive it required its own wiring harness!

    CD, tuner, graphic equalizer, amplifiers, sub-woofers, crossover control units, multi-speakers etc. I'm confident Patrick had the best Alpine music system in a Lamborghini at the time.

    But, perhaps its not surprising if we remember Lamborghini was one of Alpine's major customers, so perhaps they wanted to make a big thing of it for him.

    We had the entire system restored and re-installed in the car by a Southern California classic car stereo specialist.

    The nice thing about the way the factory installed the system is that it was discreetly mounted so there are no auxiliary speakers seen in the cockpit or anything like that. They built a special mounting-shelf in the front compartment to hold the control units, you can see this shelf in the Road & Track image of the car coming down the factory assembly line.
     
  5. em42

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    #23080 em42, Dec 6, 2016
    Wow! Must be very impressive. Obviously Alpine must have dedicated some development time on this too.
     
  6. alan

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    #23081 alan, Dec 9, 2016
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  7. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #23082 joe sackey, Dec 9, 2016
    Indeed it was mounted in the car thoughtfully, but I think Alpine Europe simply sent a guy over to the factory to assist with the installation.

    He probably checked into the Grand Hotel Bologna for a week and ran up a terrific tab at the bar every evening!

    All those wires & connectors...
     
  8. em42

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    #23083 em42, Dec 9, 2016
    I understand what you mean! Plenty of nice places around Bologna...
    And, by the way, I think it is quite close to what actually happened!
     
  9. Ellagirl

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    #23084 Ellagirl, Dec 9, 2016
    Can not blame the guy. Probably would have done the same thing.
     
  10. Spyder-Man

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    #23085 Spyder-Man, Dec 9, 2016
    I thought they sold their black 5000s? Unless this is another one. When I spoke with Carl some time ago, the black 5000s had gone overseas.

    Not sure if this is the same car?.

    R
     
  11. Robert W

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    #23086 Robert W, Dec 9, 2016
    There are two black RHD low mileage 5000s knocking about. Both have been for sale recently. One has 5,000 miles and one more like 500 miles. Hartleys have handled both between them recently, I think.

    I am BAFFLED why you would park cars in water to photograph them....
     
  12. espada1952

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  13. Redlambo

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    #23088 Redlambo, Dec 11, 2016
    For the reflection, besides it looks like it is parked on steel grates or decking.
     
  14. Countachqv

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    #23089 Countachqv, Dec 17, 2016
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    I was doing some clean up in my basement today. To my surprise, I stumble on a drawing in a carboard box that my daughter did of the countach when she was very young like 6 or 8.
    She never drew any cars that I kow of. I never pushed to car hobby on her either. she never really talked much about the car. I find this fascinating.

    She is hospitalized out of state at this moment and hopefully get out monday so I figured I'll post post this here. I will keep this on my office wall from now on.
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  15. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #23090 joe sackey, Dec 17, 2016
    Awesome, thanks for sharing, we have all our kids car-art saved.
     
  16. Olivier NAMECHE

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    #23091 Olivier NAMECHE, Dec 17, 2016


    if you allow me to be more accurate, it was from the Alpine Italy importer based at Milano !
     
  17. joe sackey

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    #23092 joe sackey, Dec 17, 2016
    You have proof of this?

    Just curious, because I'm always looking to fill out the car's history as much as possible.

    Patrick mentioned "Alpine Europe", but, that was a long time ago, memories can fade.
     
  18. Olivier NAMECHE

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    #23093 Olivier NAMECHE, Dec 18, 2016

    Easy to explain, my family business was AutoDistributionBelgium, as my father was found of Lamborghini, he was friend of the 4x first Belgian distributors and Lamborghini owner himself, he came to the distribution of Alpine in Belgium buying directly... so we had all Inside contacts !

    Some years ago, when I start my investigations for my book, I used our old contact at Alpine Europe who confirmed me it was their subsidiary in Milano who made all the supplies + installation procedure + technical support.
     
  19. cnpapa24

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    #23094 cnpapa24, Dec 18, 2016
    She has good taste! I hope for a speedy recovery.
     
  20. joe sackey

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    #23095 joe sackey, Dec 18, 2016
    Very interesting.
     
  21. slownrusty

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    #23096 slownrusty, Dec 18, 2016
    Yes!! +1
     
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    #23097 Autosport, Dec 23, 2016
  23. JohnMH

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    #23098 JohnMH, Dec 23, 2016
    I think this one went from Florida to Dubai for for the last few years (IIRC the owner had a yellow Muira P400 as well). I thought it may have been for sale at Tomini classics for a while:

    1976 Lamborghini Countach LP400 | Tomini Classics

    Healthy ROI on original purchase.
     
  24. Countachqv

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    #23099 Countachqv, Dec 24, 2016
    Why is it that gullwing does not post the vin on the countach he sells ? no vin -> no history tracking...
     
  25. Autosport

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    #23100 Autosport, Dec 24, 2016
    The answer is very simple if you think about it. If you want the VIN number of a car they are selling they want your contact information as a potential customer. Many dealers do it.
     
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