1983 Countach Wing

I had mine fully refurbished at the Lamborghini factory.
But a few years later the "bubble" problem came back.
Seems that the aluminium fasteners holding the 4 delta wing parts together are working their way up against the surface.
Maybe there are some nice lightweight carbon or kevlar wings available instead?
Cheers,
Bjoern

 

Same issue, I have a CF wing on mine but it took a lot of work to get it looking good

I'll try to find the supplier

Going to mount my Alum wing in my living room

 

With the original as a pattern it wouldn't be hard to fabricate a new wing and finish it properly. I've made a few over the years for dragsters, basically the same thing.

 

You have a pm

 

I've sent you a pm also

 

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OK....... I'll bite.

How much for a carbon fibre wing?

I'm not sure I really like the CF look on a Countach (it's kind of like putting 24" rims on it), but if it could be painted........well it just might be a viable option for some.

 

I agree, the must be painted to look good on a CT.

 

I don't know, it looks to be the correct larger wing to me. It also appears that it has it's own mounts and yes it needs to be painted.

 

Dear Lamborghinisti,

While being a Diablo guy and have lots of CF all over everything in my VT Roadster, I wonder the match with a Countach.

There are a few CF bits made for my Testarossa but just doesn't look right on the car. I would imagine the same for the Countach. (I prefer CF as it's very easy to clean and maintain)

Even if you paint it, the weave will still show through. I have the optional CF wing on my VT R and the weave shows through....in bright daylight.

I wonder if an aluminum one would be better but with better fastners.....solid core rivets with an orbital riveting machine. I used to manufacture aluminum cookware and we would fasten the steel handle with a solid 1/2 round head solid core aluminum rivet.....very attractive and super strong.

I can't see an aluminum wing being hard to make and fasten together. I've seen a CT wing up close and was amazed that " geez....this whole wing is hand fabricated"

I love the Countach and would hate to see it lose the "era" it was built in.


Shamile

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it looks to me the older, big wing, even with the holes for the adjust

look spot on as dimension and shape so i think they had the original one to copy

 

Bob:

I only threw up the link to the CF wing because it was brought up early in the thread. Personally I would never put a CF wing on a Countach. In fact Id rather have the wingless look (as below) than put a repro item on the car. IMO, you already have a wing, and you just need to have it disassembled and properly refinished to prevent the bubbling reoccurring. Any competent body-shop should be able to help you. A genuine Countach wing is a special thing so its worth keeping, I think.

My thoughts on the bubbling is that the core of the wing possibly contains a material (polystyrene) that absorbs moisture when the car is washed and water seeps into the cracks at the end-plates. I don't know that this is the case with your car, and I don't know that all Countach wings have polystyrene cores, but its a theory.

Good luck with this.
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there is a CF wing used on Panteras that is very nice, and was "reasonable" when i was looking at wings when i had my 71 Pantera. i prefer the wingless look though. any of the Pantera shops should have a wing listed.

 

That's what I was thinking as well. Not a big deal at all to bang one out of aluminum.

 

it can be saved in 99% of cases
a friend just had its recovered and it was the worst i had ever seen
it had bubbles everywhere...

 

this one had the biggest number of bubbles and paint faults i had seen on a countach wing

it was so rotten that the side plates had been fixed to the wing with fiberglass and bondo on both sides...
it had been stripped down all holes welded and the side recreated by alluminium

the internal polystrene had been trashed
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fixed holes, the allumium sheet is very thin, so you need something to replace the polystyrene inside and fill the interior of the wing
this one had been filled with rockwool as owner's request then epoxi paint applied on the alluminium before painting

you have to go deep on these wings and replace the inside to solve the bubbles, a simple repaint won't likely solve the issue
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i like them with or without it...
i am not a fan of late wings though: the small-flat-fixed ones...they do look ...wrong (a flat fix wing ?? )

if you need a large one, i know a member had one for sale
he is in Europe and will cost not few euros to have it at home though (around 2.5k euro or more)

i think it would be more cheap to repair yours

 

That's a good question, I'll think about it.

It looks amazingly thin (can you mike the sheet thickness) I would have used aluminum about twice as thick (wouldn't really be that much heavier) and left it hollow. The wings I've made for race cars in the past were that way, perhaps with a few bulkheads riveted in (like a small airplane wing).

 

Dear Lamborghinisti,

How about expanding foam sealant sold by Home Depot. I think the brand is called "tuff stuff"

They're are two types.....dense and not so dence.

Years ago when I was a kid, I did a crazy car stereo in my Porsche. When I expanded the hole cut out for larger speakers, I filled the body cavity with the expanding foam first, cut out the hole and placed the speaker in. This gave the cavity some density and gave a deeper response for the speaker. The foam is waterproof and does not decay for a long time.

Shamile

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