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  1. joe sackey

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    #251 joe sackey, Dec 19, 2017
    It's the same car I'm referring to, it has variously been claimed to be many things over the past few decades, and I can tell you the words "fake LP500" come from an insider in Italy.
     
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    #253 Jota 5084, Dec 20, 2017
    You're insider probably meant another car, a LP500. You can call it a fake, or what it is really going to be when it is finished, a mockup. ;)
     
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    #254 joe sackey, Dec 20, 2017
    Yes, you can call it a fake or a mockup, but he meant the exact same car Victor is talking about.
     
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    #255 Lambocars666, Dec 20, 2017
    Even Polo Storico got to know about this "mysterious prototype" but they're quite doubtful too, to say the least.

    Maybe I shall precise my spies have already checked the "car" and there is material proof to discredit any "prototype" claim. From the fake window design, to the removed roof slits, nozzle holes, etc.
    Not to forget about paint traces of different colors on the body panels.
    Now there's a LP400 engine in it. Even though it is in bad condition, it could be sold with the other parts to help restore all the other LP400 in need!

    Also I can't wait for the true LP500 to return from the dead someday... but I'm pretty sure I'll be disappointed!
     
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    #256 Lambocars666, Dec 20, 2017
    Actually, all the exhilaration about the LP500 throughout the ages will never be comparable to what I truly feel about Countach 1120001.
    THAT one is the true prototype to cherish, adore, worship, and pilgrim to, IMHO.

    The LP500 is/was "only" the render of Gandini's original idea of the modern Lamborghini. Its siblings are named Alfa Romeo Carabo and Lancia Stratos Zero.
    At least it was a "Concept Car", a probe sent to explore the supercar world, with no other real functionality than to create a potential. The headlights, windshield wipers, and many other parts, were just dummies in fact... But at most it became a "Protoype" that soon reached its own limits.

    LP400 #1120001 was created almost from nothing, a blank page. Just look at that chassis, it's a work of art itself!
    With all due respect to visionary Marcello Gandini and his legacy, Paolo Stanzani is to me the true father of the Countach as a production car.
    Not to forget Guerra's team and all the other partners involved (like Marchesi, Silver Car, Mr. & Mrs. Raniero...), of course.

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    #257 raymondQV, Dec 20, 2017
    Not to forget, the LP500 had a steel sheet Chassis and body, #1120001 was the very first with the tubular Frame.
    http://www.countach.ch/History/LP500/index.html

    I'm proud and happy I could manage the car is now in the factory Museum, although some collectors would of course like to have it in their private collection.
    The chance was 2000/2001, but she is now where she has to be.
     
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    #258 Lambocars666, Dec 20, 2017
    Another important Countach...
    Here's the white ghost of the LP400 S prototype, that I've been searching for so long... and finally found.
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    #259 joe sackey, Dec 20, 2017
    You should be proud, you facilitated a tangible contribution to Lamborghini history.
     
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    #260 joe sackey, Dec 20, 2017
    I agree, also because it is here with us to enjoy - Thanks in no small part to Raymond.

    It could use some TLC though, I mean, how hard would it be to paint the front bumper silver? :D ;)

    That said, I bet Polo Storico will restore it one of these days to fully original guise especially interior.
     
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    #262 Lambocars666, Dec 22, 2017
    Unlucky Countach #1120068 & #1120242 ...
    Cool video nonetheless! Thanks for sharing!
     
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    #263 Peter K., Dec 22, 2017
    Probably already mentioned but The Guild, the TV show Restoration Garage..... I caught 2 minutes of this show. While featuring a Pontiac GTO Judge, a blue lp400 was tucked in the back. I think we discussed but it's a fog now.

    While they did a very cool job fabricating a Bugatti Coupe, not sure I would want them working on the V-12. Unless someone know more about their qualifications. Plus I do not know if the shop was even doing mechanical work as the bonnet was open.
     
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    #264 Lambocars666, Dec 23, 2017
    I cannot find that episode... Anyways, too many blue LP400 restored recently. And none of them properly!

    In fact, so many LP400 haven't been correctly restored those past years...
    Using too matte leather, wrong parts of other model-year Countach, and neglecting many little details that happen to ruin the whole thing!
    Some people actually care and do very well:
    Kidston in Geneva and his team care to ask the right people for help, and their Verde 1120010 and Viola 1120248 are now gorgeous!
    Garage RUN & RUN Company in Japan did amazing with 1120040, using the company boss' car 1120186 as a perfectly preserved example to restore other cars.
    Bobileff in the USA are among the best!! Also, I don't know where Joe's ex - 1120110 and 1120192 were restored, but they're wonderfull too!
    There are about 7 LP400 for sell at the moment in the world... and the ones that were properly restored, both mechanically and cosmetically will make the difference!
     
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    #265 joe sackey, Dec 23, 2017
    Agreed, speaking of Countachs, Simon Kidston tends to use Cremonini et al and they do superb work.

    In the USA, Chris Dugan of Dugan Specialties who restored my ex-Mimran Countach Downdraft seen variously on my IG page https://www.instagram.com/joesackeyclassics/ is really the best I have ever worked with in 30 years, and that includes the USA name you mention who I worked with many years ago but no longer refer people to because of many issues. Restoring these cars has to be done with sympathy, diligence, skill, and knowledge, and the quest for the right materials used in the right places is paramount.
     
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    #268 joe sackey, Dec 28, 2017
    A restore back to red would be a noteworthy homage to the late Messrs Wallace & Stanzani, those great engineers in the sky.
     
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    #269 raymondQV, Dec 28, 2017
    I don't share the same opinion, 1120001 went through so many stages until it got finally delivered to Leimer, who to decide in which livery it should be? Red with dual wipers, one wiper, green like shown at paris, green with standard interior?
    Best is to leave her like se is, 1120001 speaks for herself.
     
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    #270 joe sackey, Dec 28, 2017
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    Ultimately you are right, because the car has been there at the factory 15 years and they havent even painted the front bumper the correct silver (even though several people have mentioned this to them) so I think it will stay green.
     
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    #272 P300V8, Dec 28, 2017
    I am almost certainly not the only person, but I did mention this to them in May and again in October...
     
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    #273 Lambocars666, Dec 28, 2017
    I am truly delighted 1120001 finally got its front bumper silver again!! :)

    There's always a lot to argue whether a car should get back to its original guise or shall we acknowledge the evolutions that happened over the years to it.
    In the case of 1120001, it would be nonsense to think about making it red again, I believe. This special Countach has evolved a lot between 1972 and 1974, receiving several upgrades (lamps, wiper, vents, air intakes, badges, etc.) and the final version, as it appeared on the first Countach brochure (poster), is the definitive version this car should look like, IMHO.
    The interior was quite different back in the days actually. Also the large NACA ducts were painted half green, and not full black.

    Also, many people still believe the original interior was 'Senape' (also called 'Naturale') but it was not! The true interior color of this car when resprayed green late summer 1973 was 'Verde Chiaro' (light green). Depending on the exposure (and the quality of those old pics!), it may look more or less beige.
    'Just thought I should precise this... :D
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    #274 P300V8, Dec 29, 2017
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    It could well be that this and the reappearance of refreshed Silhouette 40054 in the museum are directly related to the Urus launch and the importance of heritage now being attached to the brand...
     
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    #275 365boy, Dec 31, 2017
    Here are some of 1120040 and 1120106 that didn't make it into 'lambo!'. The one at Maltins is c.1978. John
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