It is owned by my partner, you can always make him an offer he can't refuse. The worst he can say is No. Joe
Thanks Joe, What number is it? 1121*** It was most likely done by the same importer as the Cannon Ball car #1121112. I know the car is not Concours condition but I am willing to restore the right car. Tony
Thanks Joe. So like Greg's 2aftercannonball this one is 8aftercannonball I remember that is how the importer got around the bumper height law.
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here is all we did to it : all new rad hoses both rads sent out for cleanup and refinish rad fans and motors rebuilt and cleaned new engine mounts new plugs wires 2x caps 2x rotors all new points in the distributors new distributor seals new valve cover gaskets kits installed all carbs rebuilt new air filters new fuel pumps new fuel filters and screens all new fuel hoses thourough engine bay detailing and cleaning... all new front suspension bushings exept for tie rod ends,replaced all joints etc.... all new rear suspension bushings and joints,links etc... all fluids: brakes,gearbox and engine,coolant rear shocks rebuilt incl. bushings +++ lots more i cant think of now ! it was a great experience..... just started my other lhd red lp400 ... drove it all day today..what a blast they are ! more to come....
Very nice indeed! I really like the interior with the yellow exterior. I will be watching the auction closely. Brian
they call it tobacco ..... but in the pics, the flash gives it too much lighting and it does look orangy ! but it is tobacco,the orig. configuration.....
Steve, Very Nice!!! Look forward to seeing your car and the others that Russo & Steele have lined up. I hope you get record money for the car!!!!
i also hope it does really well.....i have a red one lhd sitting that i will eventually sell after i establish the true price of the yellow one... the car shows very well for a non-restored ....i cannot imagine an orig. car with 28000 kms looking better or cleaner in any way..i spent lots of $ and time to clean everything and polish .... all that is needed is 2 buyers with a fat wallet !
i also would have preferred yellow over black..but in those years, even lambo used this idetical car and interior color for their brochure ! i guess it is a real 70's , disco era yellow,brown,burnt orange color scheme ! like in the john travolta movies ! my grandmother has window curtain with the same colors ...ahhhh the disco years ! i'll ask john bemiss to play a bee gees song or something...that will get people in the mood for a yellow/orange / brown car !
Congratulations Steve on your hard work on this LP400. I love to see an owner get stuck in and be a part of a car's refurbishment. Ive always enjoyed that myself. Buyers from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales, not to mention Australia & New Zealand etc. - take note: This is a rare one-of-a-handful RHD car which was originally built that way by the works. The "Giallo Flay" with "Tabacco" livery is actually a symbolic one for the model and Lamborghini SpA saw fit to have their LP400 brochure and owner's manual adorned with a car in this exact same color scheme. Lets not forget that the one-and-only LP500 was finished in "Giallo Flay" as Nuccio Bertone thought that it showed the crisp wedge-shaped lines off better than and other color. Steve you should do well with it. If anybody asks you its history, just say: "It was owned by some rich guy who was fascinated by guns but I forgot his name...." Joe www.joesackey.com
Joe: Did you sell your LP400? I guess I missed that. You barely had time to enjoy it after getting it from Gary's(!) Hope you got all the money for it. All the best, Alberto
I did sell it after I jokingly mentioned a number to a European collector of renown. I was just kidding, but he wasnt and he sent a LOT of money instead of going away..... and I have another LP400 I can have, so it easily made sense. Joe www.joesackey.com
The Australian tax system makes it stunningly expensive to import such cars. We also have a relatively high number of LP400's relative to the total Countach population here. Unfortunately we don't see many expensive collectible classics making their way down under.
I can imagine. With the last LP400 I sold bringing $457,000 US, it would seem that if anything cars might leave Australia rather than go there. Joe www.joesackey.com
I did the numbers on a 288 GTO about 6mths ago. Asking price at point of origin (England) was $442,500 US. Landed in Australia with duties and taxes paid the magic number was $673,500 US i.e. $231,500 US of Government charges. If you could get it registered in the state of Victoria, you could add 6% ($26550 US) bringing the grand total to $700,050 US........................... a massive $258,050 US of Government charges !! Needless to say, we have only one 288 GTO in the country and it came here back when a 288 could be bought all day, every day for low $200k US.
