Countach Downdraft 1985 to 1988.5

That's GLA12923, Paul was just talking to me about his run today, boxed muffler by the way.

 

On the Registry front, anyone know of any more owners (besides Wilhelm H) who purchased their Downdraft new and still have it?

You can contact me offline if you don't want to post.

TIA

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On the restoration front, I am hearing of more Countachs (a Downdraft) heading to Polo Storico

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Understood, still funny the way he asked for it though.

Merging the threads & renaming it QV thread will do zip for your moderating problem caused by the consistently trolling actions of two (2) people who would still troll, unless you are prepared to moderate with the aforementioned gentle nudge or two. I don't mean to tell you how to run your show, but the problem is obvious and solution is simple.

For my part, where the QV is concerned, whether the Downdraft thread lives on, gets renamed to the QV thread, or simply gets put into the giant Countach thread, I will continue to post informative, useful, and on-topic posts aimed at appreciating the Downdraft, that's where my Countach interests lie at this point in my life, and that's why I started this resource & appreciation thread. The Downdraft subject-matter is clearly of interest to people worldwide, the almost half-a-million views this thread has attracted in just 2.5 years speak for itself. All is good.

 

Someone pointed out this image (one of my all-time favorite automotive images) should simply be captioned:

Downdrafts - 3387 GT & HLA12065.

The 250 GTO uses 6 Weber 38 DCN Downdraft carburetors and the Countach uses 6 Weber 44 DCNF Downdraft carburetors, a classic sports car induction formula for the ages

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Okay back on topic, caption this one Great Dane, the Triple Bianco Downdraft in Denmark

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Begging to be driven

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Matthones out & about again in Melbourne

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True, but it's always a two-way street, and anyone who voluntarily enters an obvious resource & appreciation thread to challenge or disparage without any material or data that is verifiable, does so to troll, and to the extent that this happens, their protests will naturally be met with rebuttal.

Solution?

If you have no business here (in other words if you don't appreciate the Downdraft) don't do it here. Very simple.

There are many Lamborghinis I havent the slightest interest in, so I don't visit those threads, and for example if someone started up say an LP400 thread, I would only go on there if I had something positive to say, something to contribute, or a question to ask. If I had a criticism, it would be constructive and fact-based supported with material, illustrations or data.

This simply comes down to the behavior of two people that is not appreciated.

All that said, I certainly appreciate what you do to maintain order.

 

Here are our ceramic-coated headers, image taken when the engine was on the bench during the restoration, the
exhaust unit was also ceramic-coated to a matching finish

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This thread was created as an appreciation & resource thread, it has already educated many people on the Countach and more specifically the QV. Bear in mind the information on the Downdraft I have shared has almost always been information-specific and filled with useful data, images, illustrative and documentary material, and, I have little doubt that much of it has already been saved, so even if the threads were merged, it'll still exist, plus, using the search function, it all comes right up anyway. It's out there, it won't disappear. Added to that, as Ive already stated, additional updated & received Downdraft content will always continue to be forthcoming from me regardless of where it needs to be posted. That's what matters, the views per se are simply an indication of the Downdraft's popularity. The Countach thread I also started has almost 3 million views, and I daresay any thread where useful fact-based material is deposited will become much-viewed. There is simply a desire for quality content from good sources.

BTW the 25th Anniversario thread is still doing nicely, I still post in it occasionally, and it has almost 300,000 views, that's a lot better than say, the Fuelie thread.

As for the forthcoming 25th, don't hold your breath, it's not coming. From what I have been told, you have sold many a car and moved on, have you not? Rhetorical question.

Again, let me re-state this analogy for you:

In 2015 ago Bob Baffert said American Pharoah was the greatest horse he'd ever trained.
In 2018 Bob Baffert said Justify is the greatest horse he's ever trained.
Two statements, both entirely true, based on the time they were made.

Let me try another perhaps more relevant analogy:

Gianfranco Innocento had his beloved special-order Miura SV at last, one of the last built.
One day, when he brought the SV back to the factory to be serviced, he saw the Countach LP400.
The SV immediately fell out of his favor and soon thereafter he replaced it with a new Countach and promptly forgot all about it.

It happens.

I can barely remember the 25th, and to be honest after getting this particular Downdraft and restoring it, I don't think I'd want to look at the bird's-nest of wires of a Fuelie engine again. If I get another Countach it will be carbureted - my choice. Perhaps the 25th was better than any Countach I had 5 years ago, but things are different now. I moved on, I saw the light, I found the one, I discovered something better, it doesn’t mean the information I share now is any less valid or contradicts what I have shared in the past. People mature, they learn, they progress, they advance, it's healthy.

I love it John!

Good post by the way, thank you for making it.