Cannonball Countach restoration

[alan witt]

Thought those of you of a certain age may be interested in this, the fabled Cannonball Run 1 car has recently come out of hiding, and been bought by an enthusiast who is having the car restored, I was lucky enough to see the car last april, and am looking forward to seeing the finished item sometime in the future.

Enjoy the daily updates by checking this link.

http://www.cannonballcountach.com/

[Kylie]

From what I heard the owner has some other nice collectable toys too
Thanks for sharing the link, have forwarded on to a friend who I know would love to see this resto. Glad they are gutting the exhaust too

[GameOverMan!]

Thanks for sharing that. Interesting to see what they look like under the all the trim. That exhaust must be every 'Chavs' dream.

[Obiwonkeyblokey]

MOve along, nothing to see here....



its all flooding back !

[evil_dr_fish]

Sorry - did somebody say something?!

[Muzzer]

Obiwonkeyblokey said:

MOve along, nothing to see here....



its all flooding back !

Cripes, that brings back some early pubescent memories

IIRC, Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) was in the sequel in a similar role

[stephen300o]

Interiors a different colour!

Edit: oh right just found the restoration page, why would they change to red!? then again worse happened at the back.

Edited by stephen300o on Friday 20th March 14:43

[Davey S2]

Muzzer said:

IIRC, Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) was in the sequel in a similar role

I'm not sure she would even fit in a lambo these days

[jezzaaa]

Oh jeez what a horrid farce those exhaust pipes are! Why do that?? They're not the original ones surely??

[alan witt]

jezzaaa said:

Oh jeez what a horrid farce those exhaust pipes are! Why do that?? They're not the original ones surely??

Actually sadly those are movie authentic, the car had them when the movie was made, you can see them in certain scenes if you freeze frame.
They are being kept as the new owner wants to restore the car eactly as it was, when in the movie. I can understand his thinking, but normally they would be sacriligious!!

[alan witt]

stephen300o said:

Interiors a different colour!

Edit: oh right just found the restoration page, why would they change to red!? then again worse happened at the back.

Edited by stephen300o on Friday 20th March 14:43

Well the old owner Mr Rice, was the owner of Hawaiian Tropic sun tan company, and if you have ever seen the Hawaiian Tropic girls....apparently he had a little too much fun in the car over the years, so it needed releathering!!!! he just said he liked the red / burgandy leather at the time.

Edited by alan witt on Friday 20th March 20:13

[stephen300o]

alan witt said:

jezzaaa said:

Oh jeez what a horrid farce those exhaust pipes are! Why do that?? They're not the original ones surely??

Actually sadly those are movie authentic, the car had them when the movie was made, you can see them in certain scenes if you freeze frame.
They are being kept as the new owner wants to restore the car eactly as it was, when in the movie. I can understand his thinking, but normally they would be sacriligious!!

Really? Ouch, looking at the movie still on their homepage you can also just about see the secondary rear spoiler.
I can certainly see why they avoided shooting the rear in too much detail.

[ROOODBOY]

The ridiculous front and rear 'spoilers' fitted to some American registered Countachs were to get around legislation in certain states to do with bumper heights, or something very similar, to make them road legal.

I'd like to meet a couple of Hawaiian Tropic girls in there, whatever the colour!

[Mattymouse33]

Owner will be restoring to original, leather and I also understand old car phone also. Quiat right, that car is magnificent no matter what the weather.

[Stormblue]

are they going to restore the girls