ZONE ROUGE 1

1985 5000 QV

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THIS IS " SV " LABELED BUT IT'S NOT A FRANK SBARRO

2010-10-28T08:58:00.000-07:00

Countach S, probably replica of Frank Sbarro swiss designer, but it misses the upskirt with airintakes for rear brakes....

by D. Kean

1987 EVOLUZIONE

2010-06-25T01:10:00.000-07:00

the Joshua tree

Italian socialist brotherhood rises: Berlusconi and Craxi, a liason in politic italian scenes for the years to come.

1987 soccer world champion: Ruud Gullitt from Milan Football club

the Countach Evoluzione core

a special thanks to Eng. Damiano Garro

RANDOM PICTURES

2010-04-13T12:23:00.000-07:00

tacho

Original but with North American required bumper, hence extention.

by Evan Mencke

1979

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1979 Lamborghini LP400S Countach, SN 112.1094. The car was finished in September, 1979 and is an early, low body model (40.9 in high). 10 of these

" Series 1" cars were made in 1978 and another 40-41 were made in 1979.

The wheels are sand cast magnesium and made in Italy by Compagnolo. The rear tires are 13.5 inches. While the car is short and low, it still holds 31.5 gallons of premium fuel (in two tanks) and the engine holds over 18 quarts of 20W50 racing oil. The gas tanks are filled through openings in the NACA ducts on the side of the car.

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Reza Pahlavi deposed by Ayatollah Khomeini

Syd Vicious dies

Maradona wins soccer World Championship under 19

The Voyager 1 goes to Yupiter

Margareth Thatcher becomes Prime Minister in Great Britain

19"72, Mexico City, Pietro Mennea, World record 200 mts

RANDOM PICTURES, 1979

2010-02-14T03:36:00.000-08:00

Interior view of 400 LPS.
The 5 speed transmission occupies the center section of the cabin. The shift level is direct into the transmission, allowing for fast, positive shifts (essential when shifting fast at nearly 8,000 rpm). Down on the left corner under the steer, the dead pedal. ( click to enlarge)

1971. The origin

2010-02-07T09:25:00.000-08:00

This is the year the Countach was born, by a Ferruccio and M.Gandini corpusmind. When everything started.
Countach!!! A crude north italian slang word to salute the first sight of prototype, come into the legend for ever and ever.

(below, some pictures of world essays in 1971)

Marcello Gandini, the creator of Lambo Countach, here with Miura, one of his famous cars edited by Lamborghini in 1966.

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The Zeppelin

Jim Morrison passes away in Paris

Pink Floyd

Citroen GS car of the year in Europe

after Beatles

Pontiac GTO convertible

Nixon and Indira Ghandi

first intel processor 4004

Michael Jackson

ENORMOUS POWER

2010-01-06T00:00:00.000-08:00

1982 Lamborghini Countach LP500S with Kriesseig F1-exhaust system.

A small bit of enormous power of this machine over the years...

NEL MITO ( INTO THE STORY)

2009-12-06T06:32:00.000-08:00

Un blog nel blog, potremmo chiamare Zone Rouge 1... Oppure un sito monografico a cura di Reparto Corse n. 6, sarebbe meglio, il primo di una serie da me ideata come un piccolo gioco di scatole cinesi per permettere a noi tutti di ricordare o di immergersi nelle magnifiche atmosfere che solo motori di razza, e percio' da sogno, possono regalarci.
Ripercorrere la storia e le immagini di un'auto come la Countach, che ha segnato un'epoca abbastanza lunga tra l'inizio degli anni 70 e la fine degli anni 80, per me sicuramente rimarra' un'esperienza per rivivere un ventennio, e anche gli anni piu' spensierati della vita di chi ora ha tra i 30 e i 40 anni ( ma non solo), cioè quei tanto contrastati anni 80, che comunque sono stati ricchi di storia e di avvenimenti per la storia italiana su cui andro' a focalizzare l'attenzione, perche' italiana purosangue è la Countach, antesignana di uno stile inarrivabile in tutto il pianeta e portavoce di un modo di fare tecnica e stile applicato ai motori che ancora oggi fa sognare e viaggiare lontano con la fantasia. Spero l'idea sia gradita ai lettori di Reparto Corse n.6 che poco sanno su questa dreamcar, e anche a chi puo' insegnarci tutto su di Lei, sperando di poter essere il piu' preciso ed esaustivo possibile.
Buon 2010 e buon divertimento.
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You can call it a blog into the blog, or better, a chinese boxes game dedicated to some pureblood engines giving us dreamy atmospheres...
We'll roll over the true story of the Countach, and for that, through the 80's italian story so contrasting, because the Countach is italian 100x100 , like the art and the genius that created it, unmatchable and fantastic piece of high technique.
So I wish you all a very good 2010, hoping to share with all experts and learner the passion for this kind of dream sportscar.