The lambo countach in the classifieds
Discussion
Is this anyone on heres:
www.pistonheads.com/sales/145972.htm
I've mailed the owner for some more details (the Countach is on my list of "cars you must own before you die" ) as it sounds like its right up my street. But the prolonged storage and missing parts are lighting up a few red lights in my head...
www.pistonheads.com/sales/145972.htm
I've mailed the owner for some more details (the Countach is on my list of "cars you must own before you die" ) as it sounds like its right up my street. But the prolonged storage and missing parts are lighting up a few red lights in my head...
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 17th March 14:07
Barry part owned that car with Alex Postan at that time - it goes like shit off a shovel and I can confirm that it was well exercised during their ownership of it. 
Edited to add that I think this was the car that Barry ran at North Weald in the Motor magazine supercar shoot out event in 1984 - IIRC - 911 Turbo won? Can't be 100% sure about that though.
Edited to add that I think this was the car that Barry ran at North Weald in the Motor magazine supercar shoot out event in 1984 - IIRC - 911 Turbo won? Can't be 100% sure about that though.
Edited by rubystone on Thursday 22 March 09:16
its got no MOT, needs remedial work, and has been stored - so in that respect if you contemplated it i would have a engineer crawl all over it and put together a list of all the work that needs doing, costed, work out the resale value when the work is completed. deduct the cost of the work plus a contingency for anything that comes up and knock off a further say 10 percent for your trouble of doing the restoration works and then make an offer a further 10 percent under (as a starting bid) to get the ball rolling.
All things being equal, if the engineer does his job properly on the inspection you shouldnt get any surprises and will pay the right money and end up with a well sorted car.
I think buying a classic lambo with no engineers report, well you might as well just take your trousers down and bend over in the shower block of an alambama correctional facility.....
All things being equal, if the engineer does his job properly on the inspection you shouldnt get any surprises and will pay the right money and end up with a well sorted car.
I think buying a classic lambo with no engineers report, well you might as well just take your trousers down and bend over in the shower block of an alambama correctional facility.....
nopantshans said:
its got no MOT, needs remedial work, and has been stored - so in that respect if you contemplated it i would have a engineer crawl all over it and put together a list of all the work that needs doing, costed, work out the resale value when the work is completed. deduct the cost of the work plus a contingency for anything that comes up and knock off a further say 10 percent for your trouble of doing the restoration works and then make an offer a further 10 percent under (as a starting bid) to get the ball rolling.
All things being equal, if the engineer does his job properly on the inspection you shouldnt get any surprises and will pay the right money and end up with a well sorted car.
I think buying a classic lambo with no engineers report, well you might as well just take your trousers down and bend over in the shower block of an alambama correctional facility.....
All things being equal, if the engineer does his job properly on the inspection you shouldnt get any surprises and will pay the right money and end up with a well sorted car.
I think buying a classic lambo with no engineers report, well you might as well just take your trousers down and bend over in the shower block of an alambama correctional facility.....
Well, a Countach is around the £35K - £40K mark usually, so something that's been laid up for a while, plus engineer survey, plus all the other stuff you mentioned, I'd say the price should be around the £20K - £25K mark. Agree?
fatbutt said:
Well, a Countach is around the £35K - £40K mark usually?
If you can find a well sorted Countach for that price buy it!
IMHO you'd be better off finding a well looked after car that's actually been used recently with a good history of recent receipts for work done by a specialist (e.g. Carrera Sport). It will still be expensive to run and even more expensive to maintain in tip-top condition. They are however absolutely fantastic cars so do buy one!
I agree with TSS, you would probably be better off buying one which has been looked after but if you can buy them for £20k you should do that all day. I somehow feel that those days are now gone and that the only reason this one has surfaced is the £65k a similar one fetch at Coys earlier in the month. As for buying one.....I wish I had done it years ago....just awesome!!!!
I used to see this car at the Lamborghini service center at Brentford, it definatley had the engine blueprinted , if you speak to Dell Hopkins at Lambo in high wycombe he should be able to shed more light on it .
The car was alot used for allot of magazine work , BR33 was always on a cover of a car magazine back then , i believe he then bought a QV and had the engine on that blueprinted as well
As for reliability I've had mine for 18 years and serviced or repairs as and when they are needed, most expensive service item is clutch 2-5k depending on who your talking to , mines been really good , no major mechanical probs at all , in fact only clutch stater and alternator in that time and 27k kms
Feel free to ask any questions if I can help
Cheers
Danny
The car was alot used for allot of magazine work , BR33 was always on a cover of a car magazine back then , i believe he then bought a QV and had the engine on that blueprinted as well
As for reliability I've had mine for 18 years and serviced or repairs as and when they are needed, most expensive service item is clutch 2-5k depending on who your talking to , mines been really good , no major mechanical probs at all , in fact only clutch stater and alternator in that time and 27k kms
Feel free to ask any questions if I can help
Cheers
Danny
Re. Del Hopkins
Del left Wycombe at least 5 years ago!
He then went to work with the Pagani importer for a while and then to a Ferrari dealer, all in west London.
As he and his wife always said they would, he's gone to live in a really cool looking house near Alicante and, should anybody still want to ask him for some 'absolute' details about almost any Lamborghini sold in the UK between the early 1970's and late 1990's, you can call him on 0034 ....
naaah! as if...
In my 'umble: Countach prices have begun to rise again - see the world record price paid for an LP400 from the UK to USA very recently and an Anniversary being sold for £60k in the last few months as well - so, saying 'any' Countach, (without even specifying which type), can usually be had for £35-45k is, frankly, a bit optimistic to say the least!
Del left Wycombe at least 5 years ago!
He then went to work with the Pagani importer for a while and then to a Ferrari dealer, all in west London.
As he and his wife always said they would, he's gone to live in a really cool looking house near Alicante and, should anybody still want to ask him for some 'absolute' details about almost any Lamborghini sold in the UK between the early 1970's and late 1990's, you can call him on 0034 ....
naaah! as if...
In my 'umble: Countach prices have begun to rise again - see the world record price paid for an LP400 from the UK to USA very recently and an Anniversary being sold for £60k in the last few months as well - so, saying 'any' Countach, (without even specifying which type), can usually be had for £35-45k is, frankly, a bit optimistic to say the least!
Edited by XXVIII on Friday 23 March 08:31
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