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1975 LHD Countach LP400

Chassis Number 1120066 is this Swiss market Blu Tahiti car with Naturale Leather interior, .

It is fitted with engine number 1120070.

Other Information: sold via Bonhams auction Greenwich Concours d'Elegance Auction at 1 Jun 2014, 12:30 EDT, LOT 388 Greenwich.

Sold for US$ 1,210,000 (CHF 1,167,037) inc. premium

the advert read:

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.

Delivered new to Zurich, Switzerland in March of 1975, the current owner acquired 1120066 from the Auto Palace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1978. Having recently acquired another LP400, a dark blue example that he had purchased in Toronto and driven to the Auto Palace to have homologated, he was smitten by this striking light blue example that was sitting in their showroom and quickly ended up owning both cars. Excited with his new car, he later recounted the story of when he picked up his 7th grade son from school in the Lambo—a stunt the youngster was a bit shy about given that his classmates must have ribbed him for being collected by, what appeared like, a futuristic spaceship.

For decades, both Countaches resided in the owner's garage with minimal use, first in Ohio and later in Florida, along with a 1972 Porsche 911T, all the while being assiduously maintained. Having two examples became gratuitous, resulting in the sale of the dark blue Countach over a decade ago. Between the limited practicality of the machine and the busy work schedule of its keeper, fewer than 16,500 original kilometers have been enjoyed in 1120066 over the last nearly four decades.

Never shown publicly and rarely seen since being acquired, 1120066 appears today as a veritable time capsule—a beautifully original 'Periscopica'. Inside, its seats and console show minimal wear. All of its original fixtures, such as its Phillips stereo and factory climate controls, are still in place looking virtually new. The gauges and Christmas tree warning lights are similarly untouched. Outside, the original Campagnolo wheels are fitted with a new set of Michelin XWX tires that were fitted about a year ago. In the front trunk, the never-used spare sits under the original tool set. Open the engine compartment and you are rewarded with a nicely detailed piece of Italian engineering, with only a few areas of paint loss to give away the fact that this car was built during the Nixon administration. When placed on a lift, the underside is revealed to be very clean, with minimal wear commensurate with age. The doors and front and rear lids all fit as they did when the car left Santa'Agata. Most recently, a full repaint of the exterior in the original Blu Tahiti was completed to alleviate the deleterious effects of the last 40 years. The original paint was retained in the doorjambs and under the trunk and engine lids..

Information on this car was sourced from bonhams.com.

and here https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21916/lot/388/

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