The Factory

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Very nice picture, this is one of the very first real production LP400, might be 1120002.
It's not 1120001, since that one had the brake duct riveted on and was the base for these devices you see behing the car.

 

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… maybe another very early LP400…

 

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For sure you‘re talking about the „clamping device“
(notice the written signs on the very front of the fenders – I’m sure they’ve been already discussed in this forum, um, sorry)

 

… these pics show an earlier „clamp device“ - with a pre-production car ?

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... a later version with a few more tons of pressure...
Sorry for the bad quality1

 

Looks like some kind of wooden manufacturing buck

 

No, this is the negative for the production cars taken from 0001 (the green Museum car I found in 2000).
Based on this wooden negative they made the clamping devices.

 

I think we are talking about two different "machines"
one "clamping device" for the frame, another kind of "clamping device" for the body... (???)

 

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... some frames waiting for the "clamping device"...

 

The frames were produced at Marazzi, the factory did the bodywork.
The clamping device in the pictures was always to make sure the hammered alu pieces fit the chassis and the outside shape.

 

Wow, that’s cool…

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This is LP500 during development (and later used for a crash test)
Was this “Carrozzeria” the only one built at Bertone?

 

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Certainly NOT Marazzi. What a mistake.

 

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this is varano, the next picture is when Bob grabbed the keys at Dallara's Home

 

Typo, Marchesi - Marazzi - too similar...

 

Hello,

does anyone know why Lamborghini's Countach was largely built buy the Factory self ?
For the previous models and the later built LM002, completely painted bodies with a finished interior were delivered to the factory.

 

The Countach was originally envisaged as a very limited production car, therefore big tooling expenses were not an option. It was launched just in time for the fuel crisis and impending recession that strangled sales for their mainstream models. It was no secret that Lamborghini was on the verge of bankruptcy, which made their more mainstream models even harder to sell. The Countach was the one model that still screamed "Who cares about the possible downside?? BUY ME ANYWAY!!" The fact that it was such a labor intensive car to produce kept more people in Sant Agata employed, and the steady demand for the Countach kept the doors open.

 

I always thought it had more to do with the very specific manufacturing processes required for production.

 

From what I heard or read, it seems that Paolo Stanzani and Bertone never considered a production scheme like the one of the Miura or the Urraco with an industrialized process between Marchesi (chassis) and Bertone (coachwork and interior). Due the the dire situation of the factory and the low production volumes, Stanzani wanted to minimize the costs and industrial risks.
Apparently, only one person was hired for the setup of the in house manufacturing, Giancarlo Guerra who was recommended by Bertone and who formerly worked for Scaglietti. A very highly talented craftsman who worked on the 250 GTO. He was hired in 1971 prepared all the tooling and trained the personnel, which were taken from the existing workforce.
The chassis were produced by Marchesi though, like the Miura.

 

Nice picture compilation: