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Lot 337 - Goodwood Auction, June 27, 2014
1975 LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH LP400 'PERISCOPIO' COUPÉ
Registration no. BVU 985N Chassis no. 1120070 Engine no. 1120068
Sold for £953,500 (CA$ 1,735,652) inc. premium
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Lot 388
1975 Lamborghini Countach LP400 'Periscopica'
Chassis no. 1120066
Engine no. 1120070
Chassis no. 1120066
Engine no. 1120070
Sold for US$ 1,210,000 (CA$ 1,321,757) inc. premium
Single owner since 1978, fewer than 16,500km from new
Single owner since 1978, fewer than 16,500km from new
3,929cc DOHC V12 Engine
Six Weber Carburetors
375bhp at 8,000rpm
5-Speed Manual Transmission
4-Wheel Independent Suspension
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
*Exceptionally well presented 'Periscopica' Countach
*Same owner since 1978 and just under 16,500 kilometers from new
*Presented in the original color combination
*One of just 150 built
*A beautifully preserved, unrestored example
The exceptional example of Lamborghini's original LP400 'Periscopica' Countach offered here, chassis no. 1120066, was produced in the model's second production year, 1975. The car was finished by the factory as seen today, in Blu Tahiti over a Naturale (light tan) leather. As all LP400's, 1120066 was fitted with a kilometers per hour speedometer and Celsius temperature gauges. Interestingly, the car is fitted with engine 1120070 (engine 1120066 resides in chassis no. 1120062). According to Lamborghini authority Valentino Balboni, it was not uncommon that technical issues, such as delays on the dynamometer or, most often, delivery urgencies, would result in the first available engine being selected and installed—but no corresponding correction would be made to the already installed serial number plate. As such, according to Balboni, there are "known reasons to consider engine number 1120070 [as] originally fitted by the manufacturer in chassis 1120066." The fact that the car has never been separated from its engine in the 36 years that it has been in the care of the present owner further corroborate this.
Six Weber Carburetors
375bhp at 8,000rpm
5-Speed Manual Transmission
4-Wheel Independent Suspension
4-Wheel Disc Brakes
*Exceptionally well presented 'Periscopica' Countach
*Same owner since 1978 and just under 16,500 kilometers from new
*Presented in the original color combination
*One of just 150 built
*A beautifully preserved, unrestored example
The exceptional example of Lamborghini's original LP400 'Periscopica' Countach offered here, chassis no. 1120066, was produced in the model's second production year, 1975. The car was finished by the factory as seen today, in Blu Tahiti over a Naturale (light tan) leather. As all LP400's, 1120066 was fitted with a kilometers per hour speedometer and Celsius temperature gauges. Interestingly, the car is fitted with engine 1120070 (engine 1120066 resides in chassis no. 1120062). According to Lamborghini authority Valentino Balboni, it was not uncommon that technical issues, such as delays on the dynamometer or, most often, delivery urgencies, would result in the first available engine being selected and installed—but no corresponding correction would be made to the already installed serial number plate. As such, according to Balboni, there are "known reasons to consider engine number 1120070 [as] originally fitted by the manufacturer in chassis 1120066." The fact that the car has never been separated from its engine in the 36 years that it has been in the care of the present owner further corroborate this.
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