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Robert W said:
I'm pretty sure Jeff White was the owner of the pink Countach, and I have photos of it certainly it in pink at Wheelhouse in Nottingham along with the Honda NSX (I think) and the yellow Diablo that they were traded for, which became LAM207. Jeff's girlfriend's belt and leather jacket apparently accounted for the pink exterior and blue interior on the car, but I have no idea which item of clothing was in which colour.
I test drove the car when it was at Wheelhouse. The w/s wiper fell off so I had to pull into a Homebase or some such to fix it. IIRC the belt was pink and I believe was in the boot of the car. I eventually purchased my QV in a slightly less adventurous colour 
which has been sold twice in the last 18 months by DKI just stumbled across this, it seems that a certain LP400S has been immortalised in 1/24th scale...
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~mokei/e-gallery-lambolp4...
http://www.h3.dion.ne.jp/~mokei/e-gallery-lambolp4...
http://szelesek.hu/photography/glasgow_trip
Some photos of my QV taken back in October. It isn't my dog! A friends daughter had asked to use the car for a photo assignment for college. It was her parents dog which just happened to be passing at the time!
Some photos of my QV taken back in October. It isn't my dog! A friends daughter had asked to use the car for a photo assignment for college. It was her parents dog which just happened to be passing at the time!
I went round the track in it.......☺😃😄😉😈
rich888 said:
On that particular day I was quite lucky to take the photos because I was running low on rolls of 35mm film. I never managed to have a chat with the owner at the meeting which was a shame. I gather he was a dentist living near Halifax, though can't for the life of me remember his name as I type this reply.
There have been various rumours floating around for many years as to the reason for the bright pink colour scheme of this Countach, including the dress colour and the belt colour of his wife/girlfriend, and I have no idea which version is correct without speaking first-hand to the owner. I had no idea he had traded his Countach in for a Diablo - what was he thinking?
I've since learned that he sold the Countach to Wheelhouse in Nottingham who couldn't sell it for love nor money till they had it resprayed. If I had know the Countach had been for sale I would have bought the car off him for probably far more money that he sold it to them for.
Your comment about there being no dealers in the UK isn't entirely correct because Portman were importing Lamborghini cars from their small showroom in London in the 1980s and have the adverts to prove it.
In the early 1980s I actually push-biked all the way from Nottingham to Syston in Leicestershire via the A46 which took me well over 3 hours to achieve, in order to view a brand new silver Countach LP400 S which was on show in the Cooper Cars showroom. Unfortunately for me, the sales team were most uninterested with my enthusiasm and hid away in their offices, and to add insult to injury, the receptionist bit my head off for me merely thinking about opening the doors - which in hindsight was probably a very big mistake to make considering that one of their higher spending business customers had called round to see my father and had suggested to me that I visit the showroom in the first place - luckily for me one of the customers in the showroom overheard her snotty comments, walked over and asked me if I wanted to look inside, and opened the door so that I could take a few photographs. The receptionist was well and truly put in her place. I have no idea who this customer was to this day. but must say thank you to him.
I've not seen a Countach in the flesh for many years now, so they still have that certain rarity appeal that many modern-day mass produced over-priced and heavily over sanitised supercars just don't have.
And as a footnote and am ever hopeful, if there are any Countach owners in the Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire areas I would really appreciate the opportunity to take a few photographs, perhaps in the summer months. The classic car meet at the Griffins Head pub in Papplewick in Nottingham in the spring and summer months is very popular, with a stunningly wide selection of cars and bikes turning up, from mundane runarounds like the Mini, Maxi, to Audis, Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis and sometimes more exotic stuff to drool over. Just make sure you arrive early for a parking space!
There have been various rumours floating around for many years as to the reason for the bright pink colour scheme of this Countach, including the dress colour and the belt colour of his wife/girlfriend, and I have no idea which version is correct without speaking first-hand to the owner. I had no idea he had traded his Countach in for a Diablo - what was he thinking?
I've since learned that he sold the Countach to Wheelhouse in Nottingham who couldn't sell it for love nor money till they had it resprayed. If I had know the Countach had been for sale I would have bought the car off him for probably far more money that he sold it to them for.
Your comment about there being no dealers in the UK isn't entirely correct because Portman were importing Lamborghini cars from their small showroom in London in the 1980s and have the adverts to prove it.
In the early 1980s I actually push-biked all the way from Nottingham to Syston in Leicestershire via the A46 which took me well over 3 hours to achieve, in order to view a brand new silver Countach LP400 S which was on show in the Cooper Cars showroom. Unfortunately for me, the sales team were most uninterested with my enthusiasm and hid away in their offices, and to add insult to injury, the receptionist bit my head off for me merely thinking about opening the doors - which in hindsight was probably a very big mistake to make considering that one of their higher spending business customers had called round to see my father and had suggested to me that I visit the showroom in the first place - luckily for me one of the customers in the showroom overheard her snotty comments, walked over and asked me if I wanted to look inside, and opened the door so that I could take a few photographs. The receptionist was well and truly put in her place. I have no idea who this customer was to this day. but must say thank you to him.
I've not seen a Countach in the flesh for many years now, so they still have that certain rarity appeal that many modern-day mass produced over-priced and heavily over sanitised supercars just don't have.
And as a footnote and am ever hopeful, if there are any Countach owners in the Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire areas I would really appreciate the opportunity to take a few photographs, perhaps in the summer months. The classic car meet at the Griffins Head pub in Papplewick in Nottingham in the spring and summer months is very popular, with a stunningly wide selection of cars and bikes turning up, from mundane runarounds like the Mini, Maxi, to Audis, Ferraris, Porsches, Lamborghinis and sometimes more exotic stuff to drool over. Just make sure you arrive early for a parking space!
Edited by rich888 on Friday 2nd January 07:32
Hi,
I am the son of Nik Wheelhouse of Wheelhouse in Nottingham ( Home of the 'Pink Panther' Countach) and I am trying to get as many photos of the cars we have had in the garage over the years. This forum topic has been great to read with a lot of great information! If anyone has any photos of any of the cars in the garage I would love to see them. I have tracked down quite a few of the legendary pink panther countach but I am struggling to find any of the yellow diablo/NSX that was swapped for the countach. I know we have had a couple of miuras too so would be great to see photos of that!
As I say any photos of any cars in that garage would be very much appreciated!
Many Thanks,
Sam
I am the son of Nik Wheelhouse of Wheelhouse in Nottingham ( Home of the 'Pink Panther' Countach) and I am trying to get as many photos of the cars we have had in the garage over the years. This forum topic has been great to read with a lot of great information! If anyone has any photos of any of the cars in the garage I would love to see them. I have tracked down quite a few of the legendary pink panther countach but I am struggling to find any of the yellow diablo/NSX that was swapped for the countach. I know we have had a couple of miuras too so would be great to see photos of that!
As I say any photos of any cars in that garage would be very much appreciated!
Many Thanks,
Sam
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet but Harry Metcalfe has just released a video review of the Countach on his You Tube channel which is well worth a watch. Hopefully the link works
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuZBZyV6Eg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuZBZyV6Eg
Craig said:
Not sure if anyone else has seen this yet but Harry Metcalfe has just released a video review of the Countach on his You Tube channel which is well worth a watch. Hopefully the link works
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuZBZyV6Eg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qZuZBZyV6Eg
Thats a pretty good viewing. I enjoyed that.
I have just packed the countach off for a respray as she's had a busy few years, however not sure on the colour code. I have a number on the inside of the front lid, but the bodywork shop doesn't recognise it.
Any guys on here know the code for an 84 LP500s. Looks like the same read as all the others I've seen of that age. More orange than the ferrari Rosso Corsa.
Any guys on here know the code for an 84 LP500s. Looks like the same read as all the others I've seen of that age. More orange than the ferrari Rosso Corsa.
NEFOC said:
I have just packed the countach off for a respray as she's had a busy few years, however not sure on the colour code. I have a number on the inside of the front lid, but the bodywork shop doesn't recognise it.
Any guys on here know the code for an 84 LP500s. Looks like the same read as all the others I've seen of that age. More orange than the ferrari Rosso Corsa.
Has it possibly been resprayed in the past and that paint code written in? I think the paint codes were on a label in the rear boot. Possibly best to email Joe Sackey in the US as her has handled more of them than anyone else. Any guys on here know the code for an 84 LP500s. Looks like the same read as all the others I've seen of that age. More orange than the ferrari Rosso Corsa.
Paul
Its a common problem. Paint shops use whatever colour they either get or the customer wants mixed. It could be an old code. If you know the date of the colour change then it may e able to cross ref to that, otherwise its just paint the car and keep trying to get a match unless full respray.
Robert W said:
Tris...Er..amongst the mass of useless information I have, I can tell you that your car 12717 was original B350WYE in black and was resprayed on or around 15/1/1988 then still on B350WYE.
That fits with what I have, clearly it was painted with an Italian paint code of 7050, so maybe back at the factory. It was a full back to metal respray as no evidence of black on the car. I am doing a full back to metal respray now, but do want the red as is. Will ask the factory and Joe to see if they can help. Looks the same colour as all the other 80-88 coutachs ive seen so shouldn't be too hard ( he says hopefully)unfortunately Lambocars.com, list lots of Reds...
http://www.lambocars.com/pnt/lamborghini_paint_cod...
http://www.lambocars.com/pnt/lamborghini_paint_cod...
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