I would just love this - Countach LP400 Spider

[JuniorD]

How fabulous is this?

http://www.autodrome.fr/lamborghini_countach_LP400...

Edited by JuniorD on Tuesday 8th December 14:48

[DrYazz]

Would definitely resolve any headroom concerns.

[Craig]

sorry but that is

how to ruin a classic shape

I wonder how much weight they added to strengthen the chassis (if they bothered!)

[evil_dr_fish]

I f*ing LOVE that!

OMG!

All it needs is the 747 wing on the back and I quite probably would hump the tailpipes!

[HUW JONES]

IIRC it was RHD and chopped for Rod Stewart who also had it converted to LHD for his home in USA. I could have imagined this though.

[militantmandy]

Craig said:

sorry but that is

how to ruin a classic shape

I wonder how much weight they added to strengthen the chassis (if they bothered!)

But it's exactly the same shape...just missing a bit!

[Craig]

militantmandy said:

Craig said:

sorry but that is

how to ruin a classic shape

I wonder how much weight they added to strengthen the chassis (if they bothered!)

But it's exactly the same shape...just missing a bit!

nope - apart from the roof it was based on an original LP400 but made to look like the LP400S with extended arches and bigger tyres etc - hence not the same shape at all

it would have looked like this originally

http://www.qv500.com/lamborghinicountachp2.php

[ianqv]

Hmmmmmm - thats not a good look!!

Re the headroom comment... I'm 6ft 1 inch tall and never had any problems in my Countach. in fact, I had room to spare!

[AndrewW-G]

looks better in the old pics (with wing and colour coded sills) and far better than the 512BB modified by the same people.

[militantmandy]

Craig said:

militantmandy said:

Craig said:

sorry but that is

how to ruin a classic shape

I wonder how much weight they added to strengthen the chassis (if they bothered!)

But it's exactly the same shape...just missing a bit!

nope - apart from the roof it was based on an original LP400 but made to look like the LP400S with extended arches and bigger tyres etc - hence not the same shape at all

it would have looked like this originally

http://www.qv500.com/lamborghinicountachp2.php

Apologies, I thought you were referring to the lack of roof as opposed to the widebody. I stand corrected!

[DamianBlades]

Now the roof is missing it just makes me think Ferrari for some reason :S think it needs the rear wing on the back

[Craig]

militantmandy said:

Craig said:

militantmandy said:

Craig said:

sorry but that is

how to ruin a classic shape

I wonder how much weight they added to strengthen the chassis (if they bothered!)

But it's exactly the same shape...just missing a bit!

nope - apart from the roof it was based on an original LP400 but made to look like the LP400S with extended arches and bigger tyres etc - hence not the same shape at all

it would have looked like this originally

http://www.qv500.com/lamborghinicountachp2.php

Apologies, I thought you were referring to the lack of roof as opposed to the widebody. I stand corrected!

no problem

[ianqv]

AndrewW-G said:

looks better in the old pics (with wing and colour coded sills) and far better than the 512BB modified by the same people.

I know the Wing or no Wing debate will prob go on forever.....
But for me, it just had to be WING!!

[P300V8]

Now that's a proper job!

[Mattymouse33]

Looks like a replica with the arches bonded onto the wings and the black strip at the sill.

The arches are the first thing i noticed but no-one has mentioned the bonding method.

[ianqv]

Door mirrors are nice too!

[orangeLP400]

Aaah...bit of a dilemma this "LP400"....now i would like it in my garage but it is a bitsa....no problem with the vendor "talking it up" but the Rod Stewart connection is perhaps meaningless unless to a die hard Rod S fan but to collectors it is of little consequence value wise...now if it was ex Feruccio or Bob or valentino or a really cool petrolhead it would be different...the value here is becasue its a LP400, but been butchered with parts missing and tacky add-ons....its the lambo equivilent of a lowered Citroen Saxo with blue underbody lights, windows open, seats raked back and rapp blaring from a masssive speaker cut in the rear panel....the look is uncomfortable and there is a lot wrong and incidentally, the outside mirrors look Ferrari 308 to me and are ugly....BUT it is interesting and if only it could be taken back to LP400 but in disagreement with the vendors, this may be possible, but i would think really really difficult....some LP400's were at-sale/post-sale converted to LP400s spec/look at customers request by the factory which now seems a mistake but understandable at the time ...i think if i owned this car i would keep the convertable roof( massive job i would think to change) and try revert the body work to LP400 ..redo arches, rims and tyres, black front bumper, change mirrors and side repeaters and no doubt many other odds and sods....to cut the roof off an LP400 now would be sacrilege but to bring this back to a roofless LP400 would be a project with some merit methinks

[Craig]

P300V8 said:

Now that's a proper job!

is that Nick under a new username? the car looks as lovely as I remember

Craig

[urraco 250 s]

no that it's ivor

[JuniorD]

I think the mixed views (at best) on this one are quite interesting. I agree that the wing mirrors are awful (very 911) and the smooth blends around the wheel arch extension are 'different' and that the unmolested LP400 base vehicle a thing of beautiful purity in its own right. However I think the open top is well exectued and well resolved. As a standard factory job was not available at the time and someone clearly had the money to do it - then why not? Without the benefit of forseight it was an obvious thing to do at the time. Regarding the bodywork add-ons which make the car look like an 400S, again I think this was an obvious modification that someone was liable to carry out in order to make their roofless creation as current looking as possible. Many people have fitted LP560 bumpers to Gallardos and LP640 bumpers, tail lights etc to Murcielagos. Clearly those modifications are much more sublte but the same principle applies. I wonder if such modifications to recent Lamborghini models wil be looked upon unfavourably in the future?