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  1. indian

    indian Karting

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    #11326 indian, Dec 25, 2011
    hey you guys, i wish you all a merry christmas, with health, and your dreams to become reality this year!!! alot of wishes to the ones that put more effort, and keepin' us updated with everything ''lamborghini''. thank you for keeping me entertained all year long!chris.
     
  2. smglop

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    #11327 smglop, Dec 25, 2011
    Thanks, same to you!
     
  3. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #11328 joe sackey, Dec 25, 2011
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    Ive read Peter & Dean's posts about the dangers of being out there driving these wonderful machines. They are right.

    But I use 2 thoughts to eliminate any concerns about this, given of course that the cars should be insured:

    1. I have clients who drive their $25 million 250 GTOs on the street. Yep.
    2. I should be so lucky to own a Countach and I'm not going to let others stupidity prevent me from enjoying the car.

    That said, I look at myself as a public educator of the car :) willing to stand for 30 mins at a gas station demonstrating it and fielding all the intelligent and not-so-intelligent questions!

    As far as tailgating is concerned, I just wait till a safe moment, drop it down a cog or two, and disappear into the sunset, reminding those pesky motorists what a Countach is about in the first place!
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  4. joe sackey

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    #11329 joe sackey, Dec 25, 2011
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  5. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #11330 joe sackey, Dec 25, 2011
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  6. gday

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    #11331 gday, Dec 25, 2011
    ~160?

    -mick
     
  7. hyenahf

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    #11332 hyenahf, Dec 25, 2011
    i recalled the pantera and the M1 stomped them all. both dallara cars with zf boxes
     
  8. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #11333 joe sackey, Dec 25, 2011
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    True.

    FWIW that's World Driving Champion Phil Hill leaning on the passenger door, and Stirling Moss standing next to the driver's door.
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  9. joe sackey

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    #11334 joe sackey, Dec 25, 2011
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  10. wbaeumer

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    #11335 wbaeumer, Dec 25, 2011
    I know why I had 2 M1 in 1979 and 1981....

    Ciao!
    Walter
     
  11. Anderson

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    #11336 Anderson, Dec 25, 2011
    Sir Sterling Moss, the famous British grand prix driver, drove a Countach for a 1981 test and said, “It has to be the worst car to sit in. I’m positioned so I’m looking down at my feet with my head scrunched against the roof.” He goes further, “Visibility is poor out the sides and the back … .” “It’s incredibly uncomfortable, hot, cramped, noisy and almost impossible to see out of. Not to mention the total lack of luggage space, the nonadjustable seats … .” While he has a right to his opinion (e.g., uncomfortable) he is in error about the "total lack of luggage space" (these cars have small front trunks and fairly spacious rear trunks) and the nonadjustable seats (they are adjustable for and aft). It seems unlikely that his head was “scrunched against the roof” as he is not much over 60 inches tall; this could also explain his inability to see out the sides and back. Perhaps his report should have just said “it is very noisy on hard acceleration” as this would have been correct!

    Did he even see the Countach? Did he get it mixed up with one of the other cars? What was he thinking?

    Anderson
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  12. AxerJk

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    #11337 AxerJk, Dec 25, 2011
    That sounds much like James May's review on the Countach!

    Chris
     
  13. joe sackey

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    #11338 joe sackey, Dec 26, 2011
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    David: I think he just looked at it, and then wrote the report! At least Phil Hill actually leaned on it :)

    Same car a few years later..
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    #11339 joe sackey, Dec 26, 2011
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    Wolf's 1002 at an ILOC meet circa 1980 illustrating the aerodynamic mirrors ApexOversteer had mentioned.. looks black but its blue.
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    #11341 raymondQV, Dec 26, 2011
    #202 had the same mirrors when it was owned by "Neumann".
     
  17. ken qv

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    #11342 ken qv, Dec 26, 2011
    Maybe the Countach didn't rank number one in this article...
    but which car are they ALL standing around?
     
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    #11343 BlueBiturbo, Dec 26, 2011
    I have never seen that pic before. Thanks Joe.
     
  19. joe sackey

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    #11344 joe sackey, Dec 26, 2011
    Ah yes, but dont forget its DOCTOR Neumann :)
     
  20. SMS

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    #11345 SMS, Dec 27, 2011
    Good stuff; It would have been hard to wash that off!
     
  21. joe sackey

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    #11346 joe sackey, Dec 27, 2011
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    #11347 AIR4C 1, Dec 27, 2011
    I've never read or seen a Countach review when the cars were new, done by an Englishmen that was anything but rediculous.
    Jeremy Clarkson, James May, now Sir Stirling.

    Not too many years back Derek Bell drove one with several other cars including the Mclaren F1 and his suggestion was the CT was the biggest surprise!
     
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    #11349 joe sackey, Dec 27, 2011
    Nice video of Bertone SpA's Countach QV..

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClMpbPjbPzs&feature=related[/ame]
     
  25. ken qv

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    #11350 ken qv, Dec 28, 2011
    Very nice video...thanks for putting that up. I will ask though, take a look starting at 1:40 seconds. I'm sure they have the car tuned well, but doesn't the oil pressure seem to come up very slowly when they rev it?
     
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