Countach, the ultimate supercar

Thanks for sharing the story Raymond.

 

the chromed window handles are from Alfa Romeo, can be exchanged witin minutes...

 

Thanks.

I agree on the surface it looks strong money at £500k, but you couldn't buy a good Countach and then restore it properly to this ones condition for less than £700k and you would still have a higher mileage car and without the wonderful low mileage and history tale that this one has.

It will appeal to a serious buyer who knows what he is looking at, not someone looking for a quick and cheap route into Countach ownership.
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I meant Andrew, the owner. Unless you have purchased the car Dion? Either way, I don't disagree with your description of this beautiful example. My only sadness is that cars with low miles dont tend to be driven.

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the car is here with me now.

 

Excellent "product placement."

 

These pictures were collected in a enthusiast group on FB, I was able to identify that the yellow car is a LP500s, it's the car IXO made as scale model.
Unfortunately IXO made it completely wrong as white over red, that single LP500s was yellow/black, a plastic model company made a kit.

My site will soon be updated with the newest pictures and findings:
Lamborghini Countach Pace Cars in Monaco GP 1981-1983

 

Could you send me those in higher res via mail?

 

Those were taken by Ove Nielsen not Schlegelmilch -> btw Rainer not Boris
Using that link (https://purl.stanford.edu/wn704ms7353) you can zoom, via PrtScrn you can download a personal copy in 1600*1000Pixel.

Look at this one with the first LP400S3 #1121312 and focus on the window handle, that's the LP500s Version!
https://purl.stanford.edu/qx716nb0021

Beside Patrick Mimran's Rame #1121312 and the blue #1121244, Jean Claude's #1121314, there was this red one which was not an Intervention but the race directors car, see on the door "Directeur de Course", same in 1982 where 2 white cars were there, Jean Claudes LP400s #1121314 without wing and another white Countach with wing used also as race directors car.
https://purl.stanford.edu/pr454dd8630

What crashed car is this in the back ground on the trailer, perhaps the Frua Faena?
https://purl.stanford.edu/cy506nf5882
Edit, it's an aston Martin lagonda: https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/xj208fs9683

 

With this search you will find more lambos since not all Pictures are correctly tagged:
https://revslib.stanford.edu/?f%5Bevent_ssi%5D%5B%5D=Monaco+Grand+Prix&q=&range%5Bpub_year_isim%5D%5Bbegin%5D=1981&range%5Bpub_year_isim%5D%5Bend%5D=1982&search_field=dummy_range&search_match=any&view=detailed

 

1981: swiss Red S3 and silver car and a swiss red Miura: https://purl.stanford.edu/nk350gp8303

1982:
countach Pace car https://purl.stanford.edu/pq596bp1248, https://purl.stanford.edu/gs732by0571
Jalpa with Munich Registration at Loews, swiss registred countach in the Background: https://purl.stanford.edu/wz285zt9634

yellow pace car L4 5859, the LP500s, the White in the Background with wing:
https://purl.stanford.edu/bt399ss2594
https://purl.stanford.edu/jw819qk7075
https://purl.stanford.edu/qm205tj6547
https://purl.stanford.edu/bg008qc1030

#1121314: https://purl.stanford.edu/hg287tn5359, https://purl.stanford.edu/sv321dk9129

 

LP400 #1120001 at Show in 1973, already with single wiper.
https://revslib.stanford.edu/?page=2&q=countach&search_match=any&utf8=%E2%9C%93&view=detailed

 

My parents recently moved down to TX and brought a few boxes containing my old toys, so my son got his first experience with Lambo doors on my Bburago Countach from the '80s.
His favorite toy car is still the pull-back, race-spec Trabant but he definitely appreciates the fine lines of the Lamborghini.
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1st is 1121312 can easily be identified by the window handle
2nd is 1121314
Owned by the Mimran Brothers.

 

And here is the WW car at Monaco in 1977
https://revslib.stanford.edu/item/xp050zq5595

 

might have been posted, but first time for me..
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Didn't see this posted... #1056 offered in Nashville with some funky paint and a carbon wing (original wing included in sale)... sits a bit tall...

1979 Lamborghini Countach LP 400S For Sale $0 - 1366590