Countach, the ultimate supercar

Kaare, do you know how much I love you? I'm sure you do but lemme tell you again...
I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Oh I am so excited. My sister in Lebanon found MANY Negatives in the house and digitized some.

Some I've never seen before. My heart dropped when I saw them.

In the pics you will see my parents, and elder brother and sister. Last pic is my mothers brother. My dad used to give it to many friends and family to drive around during war torn Lebanon!

Joe, Will you be able to track the plates down? Looks like Milan Plates like you said a while back.

Pictures are mostly in Mount Lebanon, Douma, Circa 1982.
You can see the reflector has fallen off in the last picture haha As well as either dried mud in the treads or my dad had a heavy foot
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Wonderful photos! Great car! Milano plates indeed. One of our Italian friends might be able to try to track the history of the car. Joe is too far away from Italy, I think.

 

Fantastic pictures!

 

Amazing story, I grew up in safe little ,fairy tail Norway, all hunky dory,not a worry in the world, Dreaming of a Countach, while you guys where blasting around in war torn Libanon in the real thing, awesome, little did we know,back then ,up there ,in the cold north,next to Santa Claus and Trolls.

 

Aha. Good to know.

 

Thanks guys! And thank you Joe!

Yes I treasure them forever and grew up to the other pictures I posted, but these I've never seen developed. There are many more to come, a CD full I hope

Thing about the car, Emilio is kindly looking up the history of the car and found something very weird. So my dad bought it from a guy in Bolonga Italy with those Milan plates. Emilio searched those plates and found they were on a Ducato truck in November 1983!! My dad did ship the car to Lebanon and never registered it but drove it around a fair bit. He sold it in around 1985 with the same plates on to a Lebanese guy who from his memory, kept it around for a year or so and left Lebanon.

That is so cool Joe, Yeah Lebanon was amazing before the war, certainly one of the best destinations in the Middle East. My parents knew of this very wealthy business man that dealt with the Lebanese ports and owned a red LP400s, It must have been the first and only delivered Countach and the one spotted in 2007 and years ago undergoing restoration.. I just can't believe a car like that is still hidden in Lebanon.
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Thank you very much for sharing this part of your life! I can imagine how you're feeling right now, very emotional.

Maybe you'll be interested to know there were at least 6 more Countach delivered new to Lebanon between 1974 and 1982, 5x LP400 & 1x LP400S:

LP400 #1120040 (Giallo Fly - Tabacco) in late December 1974 or January 1975, but soon found its way to Abu Dhabi, then to the UK, to the USA, and now in Japan.
LP400 #1120060 (Rosso Corsa - Tabacco) early 1975... Pictured in a German auto magazine before delivery... then not seen ever again!!!
LP400 #1120088 (ordered Nero - Bianco but changed to Amaranto - Senape), April 1975, to a Saudi Prince, then to the USA and now repainted blue.
LP400 #1120090 (ordered Oro Metalizzato - Senape), May 1975, to another Saudi Prince. Complicated history, now in the USA repainted white with burgundy interior.
LP400 #1120182 (Nero - Nero), ordered by Mr. Jumblatt (Kamal Jumblatt from the government, for his son Walid, I believe), May 1976. Exported to Japan in 1977. Repainted pearl white with two-tone blue/white interior during the 1990s.
LP400S #1121008 (Nero Metallizzato - Nero), in April 1978, also ordered by Mr. Jumblatt (certainly Walid, since his father Kamal had died in 1977).

If you ever happen to find/see/hear anything about those Countach when they were in Lebanon, be sure to share it with us.

 

Prior to 1975 Beirut was a banking and a low tax trade hub for the whole region. This may well reflect the number of cars shipped to Lebanon and the number that were re-exported.

Indeed I bought a large Bokhara in Beirut in 1972, sadly later stolen by rebels in Mozambique...

 

Victor thank YOU, that is AMAZING, I never knew that holy crap, and seriously? Jumblatts? My dad did insist he used to see a red "older" version of the Countach, but because I only knew of 1 LP400s that was shipped there, I kept telling him, it couldn't have looked too different than his ( meaning flares and stuff) well, now I know I am wrong and he is right!

I keep forgetting the name of the guy my dad knew and bumped into with the Countach, but if I ever get it I will let you know. My mother said he really bought it for his son at the time.
Is it safe to say that the red Countach I shared above is the 21008?

Also, do you have an accurate list of Black/Black early LP500s? I really want to track down the possible vins of my dads ex car

Very interesting P300V8! Main reason my dad got rid of his Countach was the war and rebels. He was afraid of someone just car jacking him. He did get escorted by the UN a lot on the at-the-time new Coastal Highway They made way and gave him space to drive, and he would open the doors! Then stop on the side of the road and let them sit in it and what not.

 

Ha, My mother called me from Lebanon just now... well, I asked her, She said the other Red Countach they knew that was in Lebanon around 1982-83 was owned by the Aboud ( A-bood) family. They owned a Port in Dbayeh.

 

The red Countach you shared looks more like a LP400S3 or 5000s.

 

Jumblatt certainly sold #1121008 when he got in trouble during the war.
The car moved to the USA where it became the most basterdized Countach of all times... "Turbo 25th Anniversario"... Yeah, just like it sounds!

The red LP400S still in Lebanon is indeed a later version, "S3".

 

Very Interesting! Thanks for the Info guys!
Yeah I Agree, Either LP400S S3 or LP500s, LP400s has a wider front lower flare over the LP500s but I can't tell from those pics.
I am still on the hunt for the Countach my dad owned

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R77BbfkaFUo

Nice sound clip

 

On B-A-T, I believe some of the members of this forum have commented on the car (from what I could decipher from user names):
1987 Lamborghini Countach 5000 QV | Bring a Trailer

 

Already discussed here:

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/145340651-post2061.html

 

It could have been #CLA12514, a black/black car imported later here in The Netherlands. Here the car ploughs, or should it read, dances into the corner during a meeting in Belgium in 1994 ;-) Ciao! Marcello
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Yummm. Could be, according to the registry, it eas painted or wrapped purple? Anyone has contact with the owner to check it's early days?

 

Just a short clip of the Anniversary getting a proper poke from earlier today.

I have a couple of other clips with the E63 M6 (Dinan stage 1) doing roll ons as well. Was actually pleasantly surprised to see the CT hold its own. It had the M6 for a moment more than once until around 100-110.

I'll post those later.

Sorry for the Mic Quality etc it was last minute.

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