Countach, the ultimate supercar

A reliable source tells me that 1120228 was not in fact returned to the factory until '79 or maybe even '80.

 

Lars, just beautiful, that whole car is beautiful.

 

Joe, as far as I can remember the Auto Motor Sport car had a white interior. I'll check that at home since I have several tests from AMS, there was not only one in that period.

 

The purity of those lines are simply sublime. Congrats again on having such a beauty!

 

I don't remember the rosso/tabacco car. Please check if you find photos.
The "Auto Motor und Sport" car was rosso/bianco, as Raymond said.

 

Lars-Erik, which kind of of rear tyres do you use on your very nice car? Size/brand?

 

Argento/tabacco is a great livery, silver is perfect for the LP400 shape. Correspondingly, The unique #1120030 has always been one of my favourite LP400.

Now #1120030 is no longer alone, thanks to you. The only detail I am missing on your car is the black stripe on the lower sill. This is the only thing that I would change on your car.

 

Walter, Christian and Joe,

maybe you are right about 1120030. I didn't know that this car was in Germany.
But I bought 1120022 from Germany in 2000 were it had been for two decades and this car did look like a Wolf car with the big rear spoiler, front aluminum spoiler, rounded aluminum wing extenders and Bravo wheels. Then it was painted black which was the original color.
I had it restored back to originality and painted it silver as 1120030 and 1120142.
This is the reason why I thought Walter talked about 1120022.

My best

L-E

 

On the photos there are Pirelli Cinturatos 245/60 but now the car has original Michelin XWX 215/70.

L-E

 

Yes, you are right about the black bottom of the sills. There are also some tubes under the bonnet that have been changed or which I have to change for originality.

L-E

 

I'm a bit confused about the idendity of the Autostadt LP400.

On ILR it's described as #1120058. In this thread, also in some previous posts it's mentionned as #1120118.

Are both at Autostadt? Is #058 replaced by #118? Anyone who has a clue on this?

Here's a picture for (one of) the Autostadt LP400. Pictured in June last year.
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My ex-car #058!

 

FANTASTIC CAR!

i love the look

 

Car magazine drives a Miura and a Countach:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE8z0foFSwE#t=346

 

Next time when you see the car at Wolfsburg, please ask for opening of the bonnet and check the chassis number. It is 1120118.

I do not know why Walter thinks that his car had chassis number 1120058. No offense, but Walter simply is not right.

Yes, the car is erroneously listed as 1120058 in the ILR.

 

maybe because chassis#118 is the 58th car produced ? (2x58=116 .... which is more or less 118)

 

The map reading light now that is pretty funny and useless.
The last thing I would ever consider doing is trying to read a road map while driving a Countach.
Well maybe I was being hard when I said useless as if you were driving at night you could always use the map reading lights to see the gauges.