Countach, the ultimate supercar

1121316's ride-height is right for an LP400S Series 3, same ground-clearance as the LP500S

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Some interesting Countachs come across my desk.

Recently I was asked to find a home for a fully disassembled project LP400S S1 as I posted within this thread, it was an amazing opportunity and unsurprisingly it found a new home very quickly for @ half the price of a good running car.

They say lightning doesn't strike twice, but, here is another amazing opportunity, another fully disassembled project this time an LP500S, also for @ half the price of a good running car.

This is a 1984 Lamborghini Countach LP500S, significant IMO because the LP500S is the very first production 5-liter engine put into the Countach, the original prototype LP500 was so designated because the Countach was supposed to be a 5-liter concept, yet it took the factory 10 years to get there, and the LP500S is the car that scored that goal.

This LP500S had covered @ just 17,000 miles (@ 28,000 kilometers) before it was completely & carefully dissembled by the owner with a view to fully restoring it from the ground up.

All the car’s components are present and in excellent condition, ready-to-be-restored, and in some cases ready-to-be-assembled as some items have already been refurbished.

The car was originally white (Bianco Polo Park) with a black (Nero) leather interior, and it comes with the big European wing.

Life gets in the way and many other projects besides, so this car represents a great Countach opportunity ready-to-be-restored at Lamborghini SpA's Polo Storico or with a specialist here in the USA.

To find out more about this car you'll need to call me personally on my cellphone (714) 928 5626, serious principals only, please note that I will not be discussing details of the car within this thread until post-sale as it is being handled on a Private Treaty basis, contact me directly to discuss

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Agreed, the general idea is that the car will be restored by someone like Dugan Specialties or Polo Storico, and will be as you say, much better than a new one.

FWIW this is a later 1984 LP500S, meanwhile I'm not familiar with the so-called rash of LP500S engine failures, my 1st and 3rd Countachs were both early production LP500S, owned many years ago when I was young & brave, and I can tell you I drove the P7s off those cars (read: drove them as fast as they would go) without any engine issues whatsoever. However, I have heard people speak about this, as is often the case, with precious little to back up their stories.

I think the notion that a factory unopened engine is always best is not a reliable notion for any variant of Countach, one shouldn't make those types of generalizations, you have to look at it on a car-by-car basis and make a determination based on the current status of that particular engine, bearing in mind the life that it has had so far.

Bottom line is, here is an opportunity to get into a Countach for well under par, then spread the cost of making it a brand new Countach over the next couple years.

 

Thanks for pointing that out, I think we had an image from from another project erroneously inserted in the file - deleted.

 

Correct, sharp eye Leo!

I never noticed that on this car and I cannot say if the car came from the factory like that or the change was made when the car was restored in Italy.

 

Congratulations, nobody will mistake it for anything other than a Countach!

 

A great example of a factory blueprinted engine was Barry Robinson's LP500S with performance similar to that of a Downdraft

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That's a great saying.

 

Meanwhile, don't lose sight of that other original goal of yours, a black/black LP500S!