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  1. S_AGATA

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    #24001 S_AGATA, Sep 21, 2017
    Yes! I believe I posted a photo of the Triple white parked next to it a while back.
     
  2. amc

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    #24002 amc, Sep 22, 2017
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    Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login I found today for the first time the rear view mirror picture of the LP500 and it seems feasible for production, although the view itself is questionable.
    Another leftover is the lumbar support built in the prototype seats, why would they leave this feature out of production?
    The third conundrum are the 2 piece angled side windows, what was the technical difficulty in applying this type of design?
     
  3. joe sackey

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    #24003 joe sackey, Sep 22, 2017
    These LP500 features are posted earlier in the thread.

    Perhaps we'll never know why they didn't make it into the production cars, although that's not uncommon with Prototypes.

    It's interesting how the LP400 is referred to as the 'Periscope' Countach, when in fact the mirror application on the LP500 is not technically a Periscope at all. Strictly speaking, a Periscope involves at least 2 mirrors or prisms to direct the line of sight to another plane, so the Periscope moniker is simply a suggestive nickname. That said, I like the roof setup on the LP400 as it bathes the cockpit with some extra light in the way that a nicely-placed skylight does. Perhaps it should have been called Countach Lucernario.
     
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    #24004 joe sackey, Sep 22, 2017
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    #24005 GTAV6, Sep 22, 2017
    That scene alone is worth owning a copy of the movie for - you could happily wear out the play & rewind buttons!
     
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    #24006 amc, Sep 23, 2017
    Weren't you writing a book about Countach?
    I think it's important to know these things...
     
  7. joe sackey

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    #24007 joe sackey, Sep 23, 2017
    Yes, but just because you're in the process of writing a book doesn't mean you'll find out all the answers along the way.
     
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    #24008 amc, Sep 23, 2017
    Gandini should have the answers in more details... from the windows to the wheels, many of those problems were also hes problems.
     
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    #24009 P300V8, Sep 23, 2017
    The LP500 seen at Geneva was essentially a proposta di stile. As with the two Urraco proposta di stile it was operational. The production cars were different in pretty much every respect. Some design features were retained and others ditched. Guerra told me the side windows were too hard to productionize.
     
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    #24016 Snapper7, Sep 27, 2017
    I recently found some old videos in the loft and on one of them was a feature on the 5000S and a Testarossa from the old Top Gear programme in the nineties.
    Anyway, I've managed to put it on YouTube.



    Cheers
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    #24018 EMILIO, Sep 27, 2017
    WOW!
    VIN?
     
  19. joe sackey

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    #24019 joe sackey, Sep 27, 2017
    Wow is right, sorry I do not know the VIN - yet.
     
  20. raymondQV

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    #24020 raymondQV, Sep 27, 2017
    I think this is 1121080 in Japan
     
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    #24021 EMILIO, Sep 28, 2017
    thank you Raymond
     
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    #24023 joe sackey, Sep 28, 2017
    I'm not so sure.

    1121080 has been restored in Japan with the same white interior it had when in Switzerland, red color-coded Vitaloni 'bullet' mirrors, and much-too-gold Bravo wheels.

    This car has the original black-plastic Vitalonis, a Tan leather interior, the wheels are also correct-for-period gold finish.

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    #24024 raymondQV, Sep 28, 2017
    No, the restoration in Japan was not to White but to Tabacco hide, I got Images of the japanese owner.
    I know the Colors 1121080 had in switzerland red/White/silver then resprayed diablo gt orange/black/black. went to Japan and was restored to red/tabacco/Gold.
     
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    #24025 joe sackey, Sep 28, 2017
    FWIW here is the other car I describe above, you can see that the wheels are too gold and the interior has non-original contrasting
    piping (not a production feature till the QV).

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