Countach LP400 Vintage Photos

It still exists, and has been returned to its Giallo colour a long time ago. Unfortunately, probably for obvious reasons, the rear lenses are no longer original, but it retains a lot of small preproduction details as Joe mentions

 

Yes the wing and the 2 black mirrors came later, wingless, with single color-coded mirror was the original guise.

 

Correct you are sir, this Countach was delivered to Lamborghini main dealer Achilli Motors in Milan on the 13th of April 1974 registered MI.U46819 much to Walter Wolf's chagrin as he was promised the first production by Ubaldo Sgarzi, but his car wasn't delivered to him till 2 months later. Lamborghini contracted Achilli to use 0002 as a PR vehicle which they did allowing it to be featured in a number of magazines & publications.

Indeed the car now sports rear lenses that you might see on an LP400S - QV, also a number of unique items that the car was built with are no longer featured, here's the car when new.

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This photo of the car showstopper blue mirrors on the car. Do you think it is possible that is did come with two mirrors from the factory. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login

 

LP400s came with none, 1 or 2 from the factory, in the case where the came with none or one, mirrors were often added, seeing as the earliest image shows 1 mirror it's likely it came that way.

 

Anybody know where I could find a lp400 model car? Size doesn't matter.

 

Look on eBay. This was one I just found. Amazon probably has a few also.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/294791402732?hash=item44a2efd4ec:g:WWcAAOSwqkBh-rlC&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4ByAZ0DNaj3PpI2kMmAY6zfIc%2BJu8DbOMao7PUqmiypd8QDMupA04RWhHHb1r%2BYx0lwFC8zxOdPmO6gmEe9oWUgzbVZmKs2V%2FLnMhIRskowL55v87weExyTHP8hy05B7U96Qt%2FTbm6ihe2AoB7mz7ZeoL%2FzV7IuF%2FwuQQixbmeDKVuEeKFxDsTLv3sAZ5cEiBv15nwSAcIoP55GUrTG%2FA1f8eEHMYmcHm3aJtQv9cfr9ZzTXk6M3NWW6sSTWReSbqv6XRF3ph%2Fr3uFVeFHcFg1NCtAvi%2FGQ7gohCFcGxnZkh%7Ctkp%3ABFBMsMnt1tVg

 

If size really does not matter, go for the Minichamps 1/43 scale. Many options also exist in 1/18 scale, in ascending order of price, rarity and detail there is Ouisia, Kyosho diecast, Autoart and Make Up. Any one of these is a good choice and can be found online on eBay or modelcar sites

 

Joe wanted to let you know that I pulled up some original photos of 1120220 when it was red. If you are interested, I sent you an instagram message under the same username as here.

 

Yes please, best bet is to send them to [email protected]

 

Let me know if you received the photos. If not I will post them on here as well

 

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the silver stripe was removed by the previous owner and was painted over in red. This is the earliest image I have of the car while it was in the US
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Thanks Jack!

Amazing that when they converted it to an LP400S, they kept the original factory interior with fabric seat inserts.

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Yes it is very interesting.

 

Just letting you know that the photos were taken somewhere around ‘83 to ‘87 not sure exactly when and I don’t know for sure when they were take

 

Love the gold / silver wheels. Not seen that before.

 

luckily we still have them. Not sure what to do with them though.

 

Bob Wallace (who had a hand in this car's "S" upgrades), Max Bobnar et al used a similar application on a number of the cars they worked on.

Email sent.

 

Looks like Joe has an idea

They are stunning wheels.

 

I just replied to the email. If you would like some photos of the wheels as well as other parts we have I can also send them as a reply to your email. Just let me know if that is something you would like.

 

they sure are.

 

Yes yes, just perfect Jack! Thanks a lot for this very nice contibution to Countach history!

 

Hi Joe,
Sorry to rouse an old thread, but if you ever got high res pics of Oleg’s car, I’d love to see them. He was a good friend of my father’s (they worked together in the 50s and 60s doing graphic design, where Oleg did most of his car drawings and paintings) and I’ll never forget coming home when I was about 10, to see it posed in our driveway in Colorado, doors up. thanks I’m advance!

 

Can anyone supply me with some vintage photos of 1120009? The only photos I have are of the car when it was discovered recently.