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    #28206 jgcferrari, Jun 30, 2022
    Does anyone know which S1 chassis numbers left the factory with the LP400 steering wheel?
     
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    #28207 joe sackey, Jun 30, 2022
    Chassis numbers 1121004 through 1121024 were supplied with LP400 steering wheels (1121002 and 1121026 were originally supplied with F1-type wheels), 1121014 was definitely one of them.
     
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    #28208 jgcferrari, Jun 30, 2022
    Thanks Joe!

    1121014 is now in Italy ready to be restored and it still has its original LP400 steering wheel, should it be restored back to its factory original spec or its Bob Wallace tuned spec with the megaphono exhaust and all, what do you all think?
     
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    IMO definitely in original factory specification as it was built for Steve Dypvik.

    The December 1978 Road & Track cover car and the Countach & Urraco book cover car deserves a return to it's original Sant Agata specification.

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    Many years ago I spent an unforgettable afternoon at the Rancho Santa Fe home of the late Steve Dypvik.

    Steve was one of a few people I have met who heightened my enthusiasm for the model, he loved Countachs, so he took delivery of 4 new examples from Sant Agata, an LP400, and three (3) LP400S S1s, 1120300 (the very last Countach LP400 Periscopa built), 1121014, 1121016 & 1121036 which I came to own.

    He regaled me with some wonderful stories and adventures with all his Countachs. Of 1121014 he said, after a year of ownership he sent the Countach to Bob Wallace, who tuned it with special heads with the valve-train lightened @ 40%, therefore allowing redline to increase up to 9000. Bobby complimented the setup with an open Megaphono exhaust system in the spirit of his legendary Jota. Steve told me he picked the car up from Bob in Phoenix one evening and drove it back to Los Angeles on the 10 Freeway, bear in mind that in 1980, there was not much traffic so he experienced top speed along the way.

    The 2 images below were given to me by the late John Lamm who photographed 1121014 for Road & Track magazine at the now defunct Orange County International Raceway, as you can see from the frontal shot it had a single door mirror.

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    Sorry if it was posted before
     
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    #28215 kc023515, Jul 2, 2022
    CLA12477 was auctioned by H&H on September 24, 1997 , it probably didn't sell as it was on auction again few months later on December 4, 1997 by Bonhams where it sold for £36,700.

    I've the Bonhams catalogue in front of me and this is what they wrote on the history; " Stored in Indiana, USA, motor museum until 1991, this Countach was only used for promotional work, and comes with just 6,000 kms recorded".
     
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    #28218 joe sackey, Jul 3, 2022
    The point of posting this piece in this section it was that the Countach in general is being compared to icons of other renowned makers such as the 959 which some regard as Porsche's original Supercar.
     
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    #28220 Ellagirl, Jul 3, 2022
    i spot 3 Down drafts, something is off, i am sure Joe got this covered,also the air scoops,and the badging is off, must be a computer image , turqouse and pink? somebodys wet dream
     
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    CGI (Computer Generated Image), not real.
     
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    I thought I was good at telling fake images but I’m struggling with this one. Any obvious points to indicate it’s not real?
     
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    #28224 Ellagirl, Jul 9, 2022
    Check again. Its all wrong. Top door edge is round.no sharp edge between top and side. Scoops to flat. Tail lights wrong. The pink car with door open is missing its side scoop naca duct. Tire pattern, also the part of the cars from side windows forward is very sloppy and looks like the guy who did it lost interest.
     
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    A very low lying on my belly picture I took in 1990 at an ILOC meeting at Circuit Zandvoort here in Holland.
    This is Countach LP400 S VIN 1121102, the very first Series 2 low body. Originally delivered in Belgium. In 1990 it went to Switzerland. Then to Germany, where it was painted black, and recently the car was spotted in Austria on Austrian plates. More pictures and info can be seen at my www.countach-register.com, please check it out!
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