RE: Pic Of The Week: Lamborghini Countach

[Garlick]

Scoobyshue said:

LuS1fer said:

Best car ever. Period.

Massively rose coloured spectacles you are wearing there fella.

Er, personal choice perhaps? You don;t have to agree.

[Riggers]

Goochie said:

ArranAshman said:

Shame about the shadow of the pusuing motorbike but what a wonderful car.

Check the direction of the sun, the direction of the car's shadow and consider the bike must have been behind the car

Now think that the camera was probably fixed to a rig which, was fixed to the car.

Not a bolt-on, I think, just a conventional tracking shot - esp as you can see the camera car reflected in the Lambo (which I reckon is a Freelander 2, by the way...).

[jdw1234]

LuS1fer said:

Scoobyshue said:

LuS1fer said:

Best car ever. Period.

Massively rose coloured spectacles you are wearing there fella.

No, no. I didn't say it was the fastest, most capable, most accomplished handling....just BEST.

I'm with LUSIFER!!

[Chicane-UK]

thewilly said:

Who can name the car reflected on the rear of the countach?

Looks not completely unlike the 18" alloys off a MK4 Golf R32....

[daveco]

Haighermeister said:

RicksAlfas said:

M666 EVO said:

Now was it my over active imagination as a small boy or did a Lambo Countach appear in The Cannonball Run but with a rear spoiler attached to the front of the car?

Yes. The early big wheeled American spec cars had a front wing, rear wing, and lower rear wing too!
e.g.
http://img6.imageshack.us/i/countach2.jpg/
http://img101.imageshack.us/i/lamborghinicountachr...

Edited by RicksAlfas on Friday 17th December 12:32

That front spoiler is utterly, utterly ridiculous.

Awesome, just ridiculous.

Enjoying this POTW.

Well that looks stupid. Did it actually aid downforce or make it worse?

Countach was my first model car. Only recently did I look for it in my parent's house and find a tooth of mine in its boot from when I was 9 years of age. Probably wouldn't get much else in the real thing!

Memories...

[Andrew[MG]]

This is the first time I've changed my work background in months

[Scoobyshue]

Garlick said:

Scoobyshue said:

LuS1fer said:

Best car ever. Period.

Massively rose coloured spectacles you are wearing there fella.

Er, personal choice perhaps? You don;t have to agree.

I actually had a big poster of a white Countach on my wall as a youngster. Anyone remember Athena? I would never diss another man's opinion on cars. Maybe I should have used the little "winky" icon

Just my opinion Garlick.

[y2blade]

Scoobyshue said:

y2blade said:

Scoobyshue said:

thewilly said:

Who can name the car reflected on the rear of the countach?

My guess is "Jim". What do I win?

I'd have said it was more a "Steve"

Do I know you by any chance?

lol sorry I don't think so...that name I picked was a total coincidence

[LuS1fer]

The front wing thing was sort of inspired by the March F1 car

[RicksAlfas]

daveco said:

Haighermeister said:

RicksAlfas said:

M666 EVO said:

Now was it my over active imagination as a small boy or did a Lambo Countach appear in The Cannonball Run but with a rear spoiler attached to the front of the car?

Yes. The early big wheeled American spec cars had a front wing, rear wing, and lower rear wing too!
e.g.
http://img6.imageshack.us/i/countach2.jpg/
http://img101.imageshack.us/i/lamborghinicountachr...

Edited by RicksAlfas on Friday 17th December 12:32

That front spoiler is utterly, utterly ridiculous.

Awesome, just ridiculous.

Enjoying this POTW.

Well that looks stupid. Did it actually aid downforce or make it worse?

I'm pretty sure the front and rear wings were fitted as a sop to the US market requirement for "bumpers".
In the end though they had to give in and fit rubber monstrosities like...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1239/1242872478_6ff...

[Riggers]

Chicane-UK said:

thewilly said:

Who can name the car reflected on the rear of the countach?

Looks not completely unlike the 18" alloys off a MK4 Golf R32....

Little air intake on the reflection suggests Freelander to me...

[dmjw01]

ArranAshman said:

Shame about the shadow of the pusuing motorbike but what a wonderful car.

How do you explain the shadow of the Lambo going in one direction (towards the camera), and the shadow of the er... motorbike going in completely the opposite direction (away from the camera)?

[leon9191]

RicksAlfas said:

daveco said:

Haighermeister said:

RicksAlfas said:

M666 EVO said:

Now was it my over active imagination as a small boy or did a Lambo Countach appear in The Cannonball Run but with a rear spoiler attached to the front of the car?

Yes. The early big wheeled American spec cars had a front wing, rear wing, and lower rear wing too!
e.g.
http://img6.imageshack.us/i/countach2.jpg/
http://img101.imageshack.us/i/lamborghinicountachr...

Edited by RicksAlfas on Friday 17th December 12:32

That front spoiler is utterly, utterly ridiculous.

Awesome, just ridiculous.

Enjoying this POTW.

Well that looks stupid. Did it actually aid downforce or make it worse?

I'm pretty sure the front and rear wings were fitted as a sop to the US market requirement for "bumpers".
In the end though they had to give in and fit rubber monstrosities like...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1239/1242872478_6ff...

Oh my god that bummper is shocking!

Was that some kind of Burt reynold special edition after cannon ball run? fitted with its own moustache circa burts 80s effort.

The gold wheels look good tho.

[soad]

snotrag said:

Bes pic in ages that one, I love it.

Yeah, i fully agree. Sure looks immense

[ArranAshman]

OK OK, I have had chance to have a proper look at the picture now and yes I can see the reflection of the camara car and yes its just dark tarmac.

[RicksAlfas]

There's been some good Countach articles recently - this one in Classic & Sportscar - and an excellent one in Octane featuring Evo Harry's new toy, now without it's rear wing. Having perused them both I have decided I would have to have an early periscope roof car in yellow and a quattrovalvole in red. Please.

[Crimp a Length!]

Stunning pic and iconic car.
This & the 930 Porsche have to the most iconic cars of the last 30yrs.

[pistolp]

Cracking picture - thanks PH. The Countach looks stunning in black and what scenery....

As ever thanks to all the time wasters on here who just want to look for a scrap. Why not try and actually add something for once!?

[jamespink]

Scoobyshue said:

http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/upload/11082/images/c...

Not your imagination. It wasn't a rear spoiler on the front though.

Given the direction of the air and the preasure front at the nose the "extra" spoiler must have had a disasterous opposite effect...

[boycie1]

Good Photo I just love the opening credits to the cannonball run brings back childhood memories definately the most iconic car of the eighties followed by the 930 of course.