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  1. EarlyCat

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    Shot gun shack n another prt of the World GS KW KY
    #7426 EarlyCat, Nov 6, 2017
    It's really hard not to "like" every single one.
     
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    #7427 joe sackey, Nov 6, 2017
    Its a good idea to portray these cars in a good light, so I try to post images accordingly.

    Meanwhile last one from last night.

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    #7429 joe sackey, Nov 6, 2017
    Phil R's HLA12089, a Downdraft that was picked up from the Sant Agata factory on EE plates and driven away, over 32,000kms ago.

    This is one of the Alpine promo cars.

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    #7430 S_AGATA, Nov 6, 2017
    Dare I say that the QV looks particularly purposeful next to the Aventador. Look at all that tire with no place to hide!
     
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    #7431 joe sackey, Nov 7, 2017
    By contrast, the Countach's lines are purposefully aggressive.
     
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    #7432 NürScud, Nov 7, 2017
    Talking in general Mr Sackey, you are a very lucky man meeting these two great people and not only that!

    :)

    Kind Regards,

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    #7433 joe sackey, Nov 7, 2017
    Yes, I do consider myself a very lucky man, not to name-drop, but please add the late great Bobby Wallace to those legends. How many people can say Wallace personally built a Miura SV engine for them (for the ex-Shah of Persia Miura SV)? I've also been fortunate to enjoy direct discussions with Giampaolo Dallara, Walter Wolf, Luigi Marmiroli and, last but certainly not least, Patrick Mimran. What I have tried to do with my association with all these people is learn something from them.

    There is one legend though that I wish I had met.

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    #7437 Spyder-Man, Nov 7, 2017
    Jesus, how cool does the big juicy fat tyre and arse look on the Countach. God I love these cars!
     
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    #7438 joe sackey, Nov 8, 2017
    GLA12975's owner Domenic chats about his Bianco Perlato Downdraft, FWIW, this is another with not inconsiderable mileage, 93,000 kms so far he says

     
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    #7439 NürScud, Nov 8, 2017
    I feel you. You're not the only one.

    :)
     
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    #7444 GuyIncognito, Nov 8, 2017
    well if it's her.....


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    #7446 blown daytona, Nov 8, 2017

    What an ass on that Countach :)
     
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    #7447 joe sackey, Nov 8, 2017
    Better its on a Countach than delicate clamshell hood of a Miura - although that didn't stop Ferruccio Lamborghini from sitting on his Miura's front hood whenever he felt like it.

    At least the Countach's tubular chassis and supplementary framework is much more supportive of the bodywork panels, and the panels themselves gain rigidity from all the angular creases that it is comprised of.

    I think the lady was lifted on there very gently just for the image.

    If you know were to, leaning or sitting gently on a Countach is probably fine - especially when you own it!

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    #7448 Lemacc, Nov 9, 2017
    Joe,
    I think conclusion of thicker piping is not correct, at least not just for 88.5 cars! First it´s just on cars with contrast color piping.

    HLA12128 for example has thin contrast piping, HLA12158 has sticker contrast piping, another 87 QV (don´t know the VIN) has thick piping too.
    Maybe it came to a change between HLA12128 and HLA12158, but who knowns?!
    Please note during MY87 production, that some cars had seats with/out perforation.

    JLA12305, a good example, because it´s definitely original, has a one color interior and thin piping.
    JLA12410, has thick contrast piping.

    Do you found recently the VIN of Gerhard Bergers QV?

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    #7449 joe sackey, Nov 9, 2017
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    Very Interesting.

    I agree that this was for cars with     contrasting piping, I thought this was clearly inferred by the image I posted.

    FWIW I think the thicker piping was employed by the supplementary upholsterer used by the factory, and not by Bruno Paratelli, who favored perforated seat insert strips and thin skived piping.

    BTW I don't know the chassis number of Berger's Downdraft.
     
  25. joe sackey

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    #7450 joe sackey, Nov 9, 2017
    Here's another 88.5 example with thicker contrasting piping, also without seat insert strip perforations (Paratelli's signature).

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