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1980 LHD Countach LP400 S

Chassis Number 1121254 is this Bianco car with Bianco Leather interior, currently believed to be residing in Calgary, AB, Canada .

It has the following modifications from the standard european model on offer at the time of manufacture: QV Engine fitted.

Other Information: for sale on ebay.com for US $75,100.00 with 38,087 miles on Sep 14, 2010

This is a very special and well known Countach. In 1980, a man named John Robertson from Kalispell Mt. ordered a new Countach S from the Lamborghini factory. He also owned a Ferrari Daytona and he spared no expense making both cars as fast as possible with existing technology. For the Countach, he choose to send it to it's "Pappa" for the upgrades. The car was immediately delivered to Bob Wallace in Phoenix for a turbo installation and brakes upgrade. There are photos of Bob with this car in the book "The Complete Lamborghini" by Pete Lyons on pgs. 51 and 63. There were 3 cars that came out of Bob's shop with the Turbo upgrade. According to Bill Young at GT Car Parts in Phoenix, Robertson turned up the boost too high on the turbo and the motor was severely damaged and Wallace choose a different path to give John the hot rod Countach he desired. At this stage of the story, the Countach QV motor was in production and while Wallace applauded the upgrade in power, he felt that stroking the engine was the wrong way to get it...SO, he proceeded to rebuild a QV motor from an LM 002. He started by removing the stroker plates to achieve a faster revving engine, bored the engine a bit more (no, I don't know how much), custom crank and cams, triple disk clutch (this is the best shifting and clutch feel on ANY Countach!), cross drilled and uprated brakes, custom exhaust, fire control, custom intake manifold, MSD ignition and PRESTO....John Robertson had his QV equipped Countach in a low body S that weighs 700 lbs less than the car the engine was designed for.

Sadly, John Robertson died in a boating accident many years ago and the car sat in estate at GT Car Parts until I purchased it in 2005. The car then went to Gary Bobileff for a check-up and new interior, then up to Calgary where we completely restored the body to GLORIOUS condition. It's simply the most beautiful paint and body work I've ever witnessed.

first 5 pictures from Facebook (RM auction in Paris 2015)
last from eBay in Sep-2010.
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