Countach, the ultimate supercar

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

 

Which we affectionately refer to as Prince of Darkness

 

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.

 

Miura headlights, Countach's are better.

 

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

 

Jeffrey Zwart was there at that time and took this famed image of Mimran's GLA12997 coming down the assembly line for Road & Track magazine.

I'm in touch with Jeff and the search continues for his box of color slides which should reveal many more images from that day!

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http://www.autotrader.ca/go/19-10834268

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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Perhaps there'll be mixed sentiments about that, personally, I'm good with allowing automotive gods that have gone to heaven to remain there without the urge to partially resurrect them by way of a recreation, but I understand those that feel differently.

For such an important piece of Lamborghini history, inquiring minds will understandably want to know, most importantly, they'll want to know if the original design manuscripts & dimension illustrations were used to make a faithful copy.

Great question, some dimensions look slightly off, I think the front track is a bit too wide, and the wheels look a bit different to me.

But it may be just my eyes.

This recreation appears to be shod with Michelins and the original car was originally famously shod with Pirelli Cinturatos

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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.....

 

LP400 with damage recently, said to be Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by the IG poster, but I can't confirm this

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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.

 

Another perspective.

The car appears to be Blu Metallizzato with a white interior, these images are from Neal Campbell

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All historic images below in the next few posts by Neal Campbell.

Countach LP400S S1 receiving final setup prior to test & delivery, and another coming along the 'line

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LP400 production

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LP400 @ Monaco still on EE.60991 plates

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Another view, must have been a wild ride in the mid-70s, it still is!

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In the Miura thread, I mentioned the work of renowned Milan restorer Cairati who do work for Lamborghini's Polo Storico.

Recently, they fully restored this gorgeous RHD Arancio LP400

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