Countach 25th Anniversario

Terrible speculation on both cars. You can’t judge a car based on an advert - a good car can have a bad advert and a bad car can have a good advert.

The Tom Hartley car was sold by Samuel Laurence in 2017. They say “one owner” in the ad, the in the video Carl Hartley says “one owner for 27 years”. 1990 car plus 27 years makes 2017, when the car was sold by Samuel Laurence. Clearly not one owner then? If they have such and excellent car (which it would appear to be), why have they decided to be so very unclear about its exact history? What is the story?

The 187km car was previously sold by Duttons and DDClassics as one of a pair of delivery mileage Anniversary Countachs - one red (later sold by Hexagon Classics in 2017) and this one that is white. They were supplied new to the Far East in RHD, but like many Far East cars I have found, seemed to be totally unused. They weren’t in the Royal Brunei collection (despite this being claimed). It seems odd that the experts on here can spot inconsistencies in the spec on the car - if you own such a good car, which becomes an investment at a certain point, surely you’d know to keep it original?

 

Anyone know the purpose of the vent grills on the firewall of the 25th? The top ones appear to maybe cover slots into the engine bay cover? But the bottom ones certainly appear to be non-functional. The second picture shows one of the "grills" removed with only the leather interior behind it.
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That’s interesting. I just bought a NOS pair of these this past week for my 85 QV downdraft restoration.

I never realized the Anniversario had lower vents as well. The upper ones are there for air circulation.

 

Interesting. Assuming this is an aftermarket mod?

 

While not easy to find, these little vents do pop-up for sale if you know where to look.

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Cool, do you happen to know how exactly these vents work? Are they simply open at all times, or are they controlled by the HVAC unit?

Thanks,

Derek

 

Apologies for all the questions, my grandfather, who recently passed away, has a 25th Anniversary that he kept in a back garage. It's in pretty good shape, but needs to cosmetic replacements. My dad and I plan on working on this together, but I am trying to learn absolutely everything I can about the 25th. I'm already fairly familiar, but its questions like these that I would like to get answered. Please let me know if this isn't the correct place to ask these questions, but it seems like there are a number of very knowledgeable experts here on the 25th (and all models).

Thanks,

Derek

 

Hi Derek, where are you in the world and what’s the spec of the 25th you have? Robert

 

I’m sorry to hear about your grandfather, though it’s nice to have such an amazing piece of him to honor his memory.

Do you have an owners manual? You should find a simple description in it, if you do. In the previous Countach variants, the vents do nothing more than act as an open outlet for airflow, primarily for smoke. I would be surprised if their function changed for the 25th but it’s worth reading the manual. Here’s the photo from version one of the Countach QV owners manuals (same in the 5000S).

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United States and it's a US Spec Fuel Injected. I will post some more information on it a little later.

Thanks,

Derek

 

Thanks! Yeah I am still gathering information and documentation on it. We are looking for the owners manual as it wasn't in the storage area between the seats, or the trunk. I am sure he kept it, it's just a matter of where.

Unfortunately, the car is a ways away from us, so we are arranging logistics, transportation, etc. But I should have it here soon.

In the meantime, I have been trying to find a PDF scan of the 25th Owner's Manual, but haven't had any luck.

Thanks again.

 

let me know if you need any manuals as i have owners and shop manuals

 

i had an aluminum cover made,similar to this,for my 91 Diablo,not for oil reasons,but rain water would hit the distributor while parked,then the car would missfire until the water evaporated, the cover really worked well ,this could poss be for the same reason.

 

That makes more sense.

 

I'm thinking this was done to prevent oil spillage, similar to the factory's application for the LP400 ,
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The bracket is there to support the AC-compressor and has nothing to do with oil spillage.
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got the Countach back from service today
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nice - am i the only one having trouble uploading pics?
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great gang of cars,love the yellow 308/328? gold Corvette,awesome

 

Yes, 308 gtb and 69 riverside gold corvette with the l-89 bb.