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  1. Robert W

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    #5401 Robert W, Jan 6, 2017
  2. P300V8

    P300V8 Formula 3

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  3. joe sackey

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    #5403 joe sackey, Jan 6, 2017
    Embedded - Vic Sawyer comes up @ 18:56 onwards. From what I remember of him, as evidenced by this film, he basically drove this Downdraft as fast as it would go :eek:

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptg9iItmLCQ[/ame]
     
  4. joe sackey

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  5. joe sackey

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  6. SupercarGuru

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    #5406 SupercarGuru, Jan 7, 2017
    Wow! I never knew the single strake were factory. I assumed there were some custom dealer oddity.

    Very cool.
     
  7. P300V8

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    #5407 P300V8, Jan 7, 2017
    One, two, three strakes and you're out...
     
  8. P300V8

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  9. joe sackey

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    #5409 joe sackey, Jan 7, 2017
    Only one or two strakes, with the latter being the majority of production.
     
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  11. Downdraft1

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    #5411 Downdraft1, Jan 8, 2017
    I recall that about 10 years ago a French owner replaced the 4 liter engine in his LP4000S with a Downdraft 5.2 liter power plant. He was trying to sell the 4000S engine/transmission for years. Anybody know if the 4000S Downdraft is still around? Blue color if my memory serves me right ......
     
  12. raymondQV

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    #5413 Downdraft1, Jan 8, 2017
    Thanks Raymond, is there a picture of the engine cover?
     
  14. raymondQV

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    #5414 raymondQV, Jan 8, 2017
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    it has a QV engine cover, i saw it in Person about 10 years ago.
    here the same car at the Murci presentation: http://www.lambocars.com/images/countach/all/lp400s55.html

    Here with the original engine: http://www.allsportauto.com/english/lamborghini_countach_lp400_s.php

    Have yet to find one with the QV engine dome, here it is:
    http://www.thewatchersnetwork.com/supercars/images/Cars/Lamborghini/Countach/blue_lamborghini_countach_01.jpg
    and the rear with the paris-plate: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4106/5070906113_b5ba9e382e_b.jpg
     
  15. Lemacc

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    #5415 Lemacc, Jan 8, 2017
    I guess it´s a S2?

     
  16. jb21

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    #5416 jb21, Jan 8, 2017
    So here we have both the AGGRO and the A6GRO reg plates mentioned by Snapper7 in connection with the missing white/red car which once had the D421HYP number plate. One on a black car and one on a red car. I suspect that black car is the once white/red one vehicle you have been wondering about, Robert.

     
  17. joe sackey

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    #5417 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
    Blu Tahiti LP400S S2, well-known member of the Lamborghini Club France, saved by a Downdraft heart-transplant!
     
  18. joe sackey

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    #5418 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
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    Alex, here you go, it sports a second series engine cover, 1987-1988.
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  19. joe sackey

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    #5419 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
    Isn't the black car and its registration now owned by Mike P?
     
  20. bb4635

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    #5420 bb4635, Jan 8, 2017
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    Just for the fun, here is the original engine cover of this french tahiti-blue LP400S2 Countach - when it was for sale in 2010, after the QV engine transplant...
    (FYI, asked price was 3500Euros at the time)
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    #5421 P300V8, Jan 8, 2017
    AGGRO cannot be a a UK plate as there is no digit. Presumably both the same plate A6GRO...
     
  22. joe sackey

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    #5422 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
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    John,

    FWIW, D 421 HYP, definitely was Pearl white with a white interior (see below), whereas the white/red car of which you speak was in fact non-metallic white with a red interior, tow different cars.
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  24. joe sackey

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    #5424 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
    I think one plate was A 6 GRD and another was A 6 GRO.
     
  25. joe sackey

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    #5425 joe sackey, Jan 8, 2017
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    In my opinion, this is the famed D 421HYP, which I think became 185 EXY.

    This is an image which Kaare posted a while back this image of the UK-registered D 590 GCD, this one would be another plate that Robb Capp's ZA9C005A0HLA12038 used later on.
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