Countach, the ultimate supercar

Impressive collection of CIBE products. The Countach/ Ferrari 308 GT/4 units were Carello though.

 

Thank you very much. A great tip [emoji106]

 

I vaguely remember from years gone by (I am sure this was in the late 70s/early 80s) reading a magazine that complained that the headlights on Lamborghinis "barely cast two pools of gloom past the front bumper" or words to that effect. And they said Ferruccio merely laughed at them and told them that Lamborghini owners have better things to do at night than drive cars.

 

I was over at a friends house tonight who showed me some interesting photos. He was at the Lamborghini factory, from his recollection around June of 1986 (same timeframe Joe’s and my Countach were built). He had some shots of the Countach & Jalpa assembly lines and had some photos of a Countach the could be my twin (or might have been mine). No way to tell for sure..... Nothing with VIN numbers handwritten on tape or covers on the fenders or doors. I could tell it was a vehicle after the climate control change started with Joe’s Mimran car (GLA12997). It was Rosso Red, had a Champagne interior, fuel injected, USA rear bumper cover, toaster bumpers, dash with the small triangle piece on the passenger side, digital clock on the lefthand side of the dash, etc... I was tring to see if there was any evidence of the Mimram Countach on the assembly line (since my car is only about 3-4 cars later than Joe’s, but all I could make out were white, black and red. So, who knows......... it was just very interesting to see photos from the factory in the mid-80s.

Also of interest were some of the photos of gold V-12 engines for the offshore race boat, as well as the boat itself. And, what appeared to be a red Miura SV Jota in the service area.

Another very cool photo was taken in the now famous boneyard that once resided out back of the factory with my friend sitting on the remains of what looked like an early Proto type of the Marzal. It was red and had gullwing doors.

I will check with him at some point to see if he will let me scan some of these images so that I can share them.

Mike

 

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1987 Canadian Countach for sale. 12,000km.
No affiliation. Looks very nice.


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LP500 mock-up unpacking.

 

My god that's stunning! Now we just need someone to commission a working recreation!

 

Please, can you tell us more about the"great people in Italy" who build it ?

 

is it accurate?
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Well, what a stupid photo!
Those silly looking shoes on the beach , a strange swimsuit, and the girl beheaded...
And a Countach on the sand. Next shot shows it going up the dunes - or surfing....???
What the hell is the sense behind this image???

A typical silly photo of the 70s/80s. We should see such images differently today.....

 

looks like animal or pedestrian

 

Pedestrian?

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Could be animal because of how low the damage starts. But not human. A human would have exploded on impact like that AND we most likely would have heard about in the media.
Also could have run up underneath another vehicle. headlight now at the windscreen. Damage is interesting down low.

Nothing but painful to see.