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  1. Lemacc

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    #26051 Lemacc, May 24, 2019
    From that view it looks nearly like argento luna metalizzatto
     
  2. joe sackey

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    #26052 joe sackey, May 24, 2019
    Bianco Perlato with Rosso interior.
     
  3. joe sackey

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  4. Peter K.

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    #26054 Peter K., May 25, 2019
    What a great frickin photo!
     
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    #26055 Spyder-Man, May 25, 2019
    Great picture! Love it
     
  6. joe sackey

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    #26056 joe sackey, May 25, 2019
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    Agreed!

    I posted this image when it was headed there a while back, good to see it being used on the road

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    #26057 Jalpa_Mike, Jun 1, 2019
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    I was just watching an episode of Cars.TV and the entire show was based around Concorso Italiano. Mike Call was giving an overview of his ‘83 5000 S.

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    #26058 Michael Call, Jun 3, 2019
    HaHA... I forgot about this. Where did you find it? My name is actually Mike Call (not Hall) ... No harm, I don't care what they call me as long as they call me;-)
     
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    #26060 Jalpa_Mike, Jun 3, 2019
    Thats funny Mike! I probably got it wrong..... I know they kept putting your name across the bottom at various times of the interview. I probably just misread it in my hurry to post. But, I was actually able to edit it! So, now its correct!

    We are both stars now. I was interviewed by Dave Bowman (ex 2-Guys Garage) for a new series called Lokar TV. This was at Griots Garage back in 2012. Yours truly appears at the 14:15 mark:



    Mike
     
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    #26061 joe sackey, Jun 3, 2019
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    Countach Goes to China.

    Shanghai Super Classic (SSC), Asia's first automotive culture and art crossover show, opened at the Shanghai Port International Passenger Terminal at the Northern Bund on May 20, showcasing 28 classic cars with a combined value of more than 207 million yuan ($30 million).
    Having been planned for over four years, the 40-day exhibition includes century-old antique cars, prewar and postwar classics, limited edition super cars, F1 racing cars, cars built when China was newly founded, contemporary classics and new energy concept cars.
    The biggest highlights include a 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 - alone worth more than $5 million - a 1965 Hongqi limousine, and a rare 1976 Lamborghini Countach LP400 Periscopa.
    "SSC is not a traditional automobile industry exhibition, but an automotive culture exhibition that pays tribute to the classics, but looks forward to future development which integrates the automobile with technology, art, fashion and lifestyle," says Zhou Yi, the curator of the exhibition.
    "I have participated in many overseas exhibitions and classic car events. I was so excited to find this business model that is mature in foreign markets but still untapped in our region," she adds.
    Zhou says, China has become the world's largest producer and consumer of automobiles - the country produced more than 24 million passenger cars in 2017 according to the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. She pointed to the 10 consecutive years of growth and the fact that the 1,000th race of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship being held in Shanghai this year as proof that the industry is booming and evolving.

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    #26063 Lambocars666, Jun 5, 2019
    This is LP400 #1120172, for those of you who keep tracking them around the world. ;)
     
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    #26064 joe sackey, Jun 5, 2019
    Thanks, and yes we do.
     
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    #26067 Rossocorsa1, Jun 6, 2019

    Everyone one has a wing. Is it known that the wing was not popular in the US, or not necessarily?
     
  18. Lemacc

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    #26069 EarlyCat, Jun 7, 2019
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    Back then most thought that the wing was a performance improvement (although it does offer greater lane stability at speed at the expense of a higher lane wandering top speed), much like the perception that the Countach was an aerodynamical design. My exposure back then was that a wingless Countach would have looked really cool if it had a wing. :) Taste & things change, although they do run in cycles, much like gold wheels.

    Here is the poster that influenced me. Same one I had on my college room wall.

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    #26070 Rossocorsa1, Jun 7, 2019
    Apologies - I meant to say - is it a known fact that the wing was more popular in the US, or was it universally popular throughout the world?
     
  21. Rossocorsa1

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    #26071 Rossocorsa1, Jun 7, 2019
    My guess is, people just thought it looked amazing on the car. I doubt many were terribly concerned about its performance or lack there of. I really don’t recall much discussion about that at the time, although I’m sure there was a class of enthusiasts that considered things like that.
     
  22. Anthony bentley

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    #26072 Anthony bentley, Jun 7, 2019
    So cool.
     
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    #26073 Peter K., Jun 7, 2019
    It was the 80s! Everyone wanted a wing. That's why, by the 90s, every beat up Civic and the like, had one. In the 2000s, all pretty much disappeared....at least here on the east coast as they became bigger and more stupid looking and slowly died. Which was GREAT because as the years went on in the of the 2k and teens, an appreciation for a wing has come back on cars that originally had them (not the rice burners).

    When I bought my car in the early 2000s, people chuckled at the wing. I took a vote of 11 people at the time. They all said get rid of that stupid looking wing. All because every eclipse, Civic, etc etc etc.

    I removed bc it was not original. Think I will take some close ups of it and post in the Wing section. Would like to know who made and if was seen on other Countachs. Don't thinks its a pantera wing as the mounting angle might be different. But is very well made and very lightweight.
     
  24. em42

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    #26074 em42, Jun 7, 2019
    Short clip but nicely made. It captures really well the extraordinary design of the LP400.

     
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