My special trip to buy a Countach in South Africa

[Pork]

Seems to be a lot of love for these at the moment....and I'm guessing the one the OP has is of unrivalled condition.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[FartKong]

Beautiful car and great story. Have the new P7's you've sourced been manufactured recently or are they a set of unused tyres the same age as the car as surely the rubber will still have deteriorated even if they havent been used?

[AndrewD]

Pork said:

Seems to be a lot of love for these at the moment....and I'm guessing the one the OP has is of unrivalled condition.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Valentino, in his report to me on the car, has described it as "a reference for originality" and "it gave me immense joy". That's enough for me!

[AndrewD]

FartKong said:

Beautiful car and great story. Have the new P7's you've sourced been manufactured recently or are they a set of unused tyres the same age as the car as surely the rubber will still have deteriorated even if they havent been used?

Indeed, we have sourced more up to date manufactured tyres

[andrew]

AndrewD said:

Pork said:

Seems to be a lot of love for these at the moment....and I'm guessing the one the OP has is of unrivalled condition.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Valentino, in his report to me on the car, has described it as "a reference for originality" and "it gave me immense joy". That's enough for me!

what exactly gave him "immense joy" ?

[AndrewD]

andrew said:

AndrewD said:

Pork said:

Seems to be a lot of love for these at the moment....and I'm guessing the one the OP has is of unrivalled condition.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Valentino, in his report to me on the car, has described it as "a reference for originality" and "it gave me immense joy". That's enough for me!

what exactly gave him "immense joy" ?

The clue is in my post, my lovely

[Lost soul]

AndrewD said:

andrew said:

AndrewD said:

Pork said:

Seems to be a lot of love for these at the moment....and I'm guessing the one the OP has is of unrivalled condition.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Valentino, in his report to me on the car, has described it as "a reference for originality" and "it gave me immense joy". That's enough for me!

what exactly gave him "immense joy" ?

The clue is in my post, my lovely

[sunnym3]

Absolutely stunning.

[FartKong]

AndrewD said:

Indeed, we have sourced more up to date manufactured tyres

Good work.

[Anjum]

Hi AndrewD

Would these be a new(er) set manufactured in Turkey, by Pirelli? I believe that Harry Metcalf did an article for EVO - and even tried to help with the production of his own tyres!

Anjum

[andrew]

Anjum said:

Hi AndrewD

Would these be a new(er) set manufactured in Turkey, by Pirelli? I believe that Harry Metcalf did an article for EVO - and even tried to help with the production of his own tyres!

Anjum

i'm sure that lots of us would be very willing to assist in the manufacture of andrewd's tyres

[0llie]

What a great story. Look forward to seeing how it pans out

[AndrewD]

Anjum said:

Hi AndrewD

Would these be a new(er) set manufactured in Turkey, by Pirelli? I believe that Harry Metcalf did an article for EVO - and even tried to help with the production of his own tyres!

Anjum

Hi Anjum, not sure where the tyres are from, VB has sourced them. Will try to find more info

[Pork]

Carl Hartley sounds like he's just bought quite a find.

[Rocksteadyeddie]

Pork said:

Carl Hartley sounds like he's just bought quite a find.

Is it the actual Cannonball Run car though?

[Robert W]

It's a well-known car. There are quite a few RHD Countachs with very little mileage and few owners. Here is another photo Carl posted on Twitter with the reg no clear on the car.

This is a different car to the black RHD 5000S that Amari sold recently with 500 miles on the clock.

[Mr Trophy]

Sorry for the bump, hows this coming along?

[AndrewD]

Mr Trophy said:

Sorry for the bump, hows this coming along?

The car is with Valentino in Italy for a recommissioning service, since it has not driven much in the last few years. It will be back shortly and I will post some pics. I went to visit him and the car recently, just fantastic attention to detail by guys who probably assembled it in the first place.

[lazylobster]

Look forward to seeing the pictures Andrew. Maybe in person if you can make the CT meeting ?

[Vincefox]

How did i miss this first time round?

Beautiful car OP, thank you for the thread