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  1. joe sackey

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    #25178 Michael Call, Aug 30, 2018
    HAHA... I (guess?) I got 99 points with the one point deduction being for not having a fire extinguisher. I saw fire extinguisher in their generic checklist. I assumed that meant for cars that originally came with them. The judge was not amused by me stating that I am very vigilant with maintenance (the FAA people would think I'm overzealous) and avoid "deathanol" fuel like the plague.
     
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    #25179 joe sackey, Aug 30, 2018
    You should be proud Mike, your enthusiasm and commitment to these cars along with your shared useful infirmation based on long-term hands-on experience is an asset to the community.
     
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    #25180 joe sackey, Aug 30, 2018
    Flashback 1979, when trousers had bell-bottoms.

    Andreas Birner has posted another great historic image.

    This one shows the late Porsche racing driver Hans-Dieter Blatzheim @ one of the first ILOC meetings in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany in 1979, with his new Bianco Countach LP400 S.

    Blatzheim also owned Miura SVJ 4860, and historians will know he perished in his Porsche 917/10 @ the Castrol S of the Nüburgring Grand Prix circuit in August 1985

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    #25183 joe sackey, Aug 30, 2018
    FWIW this set of images (& some others in the Borel book) show that the factory started color-coding the door mirrors upon request with the LP500S
     
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    #25184 wbaeumer, Aug 30, 2018
    Andreas is a very good friend of me and has access to a hugh collection of 1970s photos, mainly Ferrari.

    As of SVJ 4860: After Blatzheim has died in his Porsche 917 the SVJ was sold to collector Hartmut Ibing from Düsseldof, Germany. He owned it only a brief period and sold it on within Germany.
     
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    #25185 joe sackey, Aug 30, 2018
    Hahne > Blatzheim > Ibing > Kremer > Japan, correct?
     
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    #25188 Lemacc, Aug 31, 2018
    Now its back in central europe.
     
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    The Miura on the right side is #4840.
     
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    #25191 wbaeumer, Aug 31, 2018
    No. Correct is:

    Hahne > Blatzheim > (by Blatzheim`s widow) Ibing > (via dealer Klaus Werner) unknown in Germany > (via Kremer) Schmitz > Japan
     
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    #25192 joe sackey, Aug 31, 2018
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    Thanks for clarifying, I recall when Frank Kremer offered it to me, I can also confirm it's back in Europe FWIW.
     
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    #25194 joe sackey, Aug 31, 2018
    Per my comments in the Miura thread, its great to see Pirelli getting involved on a manufacturing and PR basis with Classic Lamborghinis again, stay tuned for upcoming projects

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    #25198 Ferrari_250tdf, Sep 6, 2018
    I remember vaguely a German movie from the late 70s "Paul kommt zurück" (Paul comes back) by Peter Bringmann in which one of the "bad" guys (Heinz Hoenig) drives a white Countach and crashes it into a farm tractor. Is it this car?
     
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    #25199 wbaeumer, Sep 7, 2018
    No, as I referred to the Miura SVJ of Blatzheim.
     
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    #25200 ijvpet, Sep 7, 2018
    One of my good friends and fellow Countach owner had a short video made about his 1988.5 Countach. Beautiful 12,000km all original black beauty.

     
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