Yes I have seen the story, but the fact is the car was designed in 70's for pure drama and sound it could be forgiven almost anything. It was hot and smelly and hard to drive, your arms need to be longer than your legs, your left leg needs to be able to bench press 200lbs, the windows sort of wind down, you cant see out the back, in fact to quote JC if Darryl Hanna was naked on the boot of a Countach you wouldnt see her !!! But fire up that V12 and listen to it burbling and screaming as you run up the gear box just makes it all worth it. I remember driving down the kings Road in London on my way to a LCUK meeting and I stopped at a crosswalk people stopped and took photos one guy stood on the cross walk for 5 minutes taking pictures caused absoluted mayhem. But it was great!! If the car has been well serviced and looked after they are easy to maintain and not at all expensive, people make the mistake of buying things they cant afford to maintain. All I can say is thank god for Lamborghini, the Countach is an anti establishment car, in a world of political correctness this car respresents all seven deadly sins, YEAH BABY!
I could have told you ALL of that just by looking at the car. But that is what makes ya love it. I would love to have a drive of one, just to experience it.
Sounds very masochistic- love it I get people videoing or photographing my Maserati Granturismo whilst diving (!) at least once a week. I find it very disconcerting to say the least.
Throughout the 90's, there were at least two LP5000's in every P1ckles auction, plus the Halstead car kept being "sold" and reappearing 2 or 3 auctions later. If they had a non-red car, they would auction it first, take bids off the wall to run it up above the reserve of the red car then pretend to sell it. Red car rolls up next, more fake bids till just below the previous "sold" price, then some poor sucker thinks he's got a bargain by putting his hand up. Inevitably, the car would be back a few months later, after the owner discovered the reality of living with it. LP400's, especially Periscopas, are now permanent classics. They're not that fast btw, but you could certainly do a lot nowadays with a good engine builder and modern heat insulating material.
Love the periscopica cars. The "low roof" series 1 LP400 are just gorgeous. I don't really think they are worth the recent prices though.
Good looking bloke in that passenger seat! lol. After spending all day in the LP400, I had a headache from dehydration, ringing ears and a sore back.... But I love it, every moment, it was the coolest sensation to be riding in something like that. I'd have one in a heartbeat, just don't think I'd drive to Sydney in it!
I agree, but they've been dragged upwards by Miura prices and the scarcity of un-bodged survivors. Plus their construction is a nightmare, nothing like as logical or strong as a Ferrari. The restoration cost of an ordinary LP400 still exceeds the current auction prices for perfect cars. I was a gunna on a Periscopa some years back at $85K. I passed because it had been f*cked up with a later body kit and I figured I'd be paying as much again to put it right.
