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more about #countach more comments → Six Flags Over Tomsk: There are many, many things I would buy for $400k (not that I have that kind of dough) before I would spend it all on this thing. Pipe. more » MushyHeirloom: Maybe if you're a museum, but if you ever plan to drive that thing any distance, this - and for that matter, any - Cuntstache is a real Crack Pipe. A... more » Nurburgringer: paint it lime green and I'd say nice price.kudos to FJ for including the best photos yet of the mystical 'periscope', but of course they didn't break ... more » Joshuman: At that price, hire Ken Imhoff to build you one. more » MikoSquiz: Crack pipe at any price. The Countach is a legendarily terrible, terrible car. The poster is actually better than the vehicle itself. more » Mobius: Crack pipe, this is the less desirable road-going model. However, this much would be chump change for the secret Italia Programma Spaziale Evoluzione ... more » Mobius: 2 days ago, certainly, a Countach is something special. But then the 458 Italia came along, and if I had that much money, all other spending plans ar... more » BadIdea: $395K??? Lambos may have looked cool in that era, but so did skinny leather ties and mullets. Plus, the dash on that car looks like blocks of wood c... more » Novaload: It's crack. It was even, to some extent, crack back in its day, i.e. something for people who just can't get high fast enough snorting coke and need s... more » Flagrant German Fanboy: While this is clearly one of the more rare models of the Countach era, if you really need a Countach fix, you can easily acquire a later one in equall... more » Number_Six: Nice price. In this condition it transcends the word "car". more » nataku8_e30: "Weight distribution of the car's 3,296 lbs was an ideal 41/59" Wait, what? more » cchannel BLT: Crackpipe - it doesn't have a genuine Fiero chassis! The Countach before the body kitted and winged LP400S version is like the pre-boob-jobbed Pamela... more » r0ver: I hate to say crackpipe as this is one of my dream cars,and,yes,Graverobber,you're right.These early cars are the purest expression of the design(esp.... more » reddingofish: I remember seeing one of these things on a city street 25 years ago. It sounded like a frigin' lion. more » -
#nicepriceorcrackpipe
1977 Lamborghini Countach for $395,000!
Not everything from the late ‘70s was malaise-inducing. Today, it's up periscope for some Nice Price or Crack Pipe Italian insanity. More » -
#topgear
Carbotanium or Titbon: What You Get When You Mix Carbon Fiber With Titanium
Pagani’s two million dollar Zonda Cinque is built of a new twist on carbon fiber: carbotanium. Top Gear’s expert linguists deconstruct the Italian supercarmaker’s latest Oakley-ism. More » -
#basementlamborghini
Basement Lamborghini Hits The Road, Builder Gets The Pink Slip
At long last, Ken Imhoff's basement-built Lamborghini Countach made its first run around the block. There's still plenty of test and tune left, but darn it sounds good. Unfortunately, Ken lost his job. More » -
#crazyeurocarboy
An Elegy for Six Missing Cylinders
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#separatedatbirth
Separated at Birth: Lamborghini Countach Vs. Ikarus 280 Bus
One is an Italian supercar. The other is a Hungarian bus. Both are from 1971 — and both use the same rear light cluster.
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#cardesign
How The Stile Bertone Mantide Got Angular Rear Wheelarches
When Jason Castriota left Pininfarina for Bertone, it was like switching to Coke after a lifetime of Pepsi. Let’s examine a design element he’s started using that’s alien to Pininfarina but essential to Bertone. More » -
#crazyeurocarboy
The $2 Million Showdown: Bertone Mantide vs. Corvette ZR1
Stile Bertone's Mantide now has a price and production run size: $2,000,000 and ten. Let's see if it's worth the 20× premium over its donor car: the Corvette ZR1. More » -
#accidents
Delivery Driver Wrecks Mario Andretti's Rare Lamborghini Countach
According to a post on ToyotaNation, a Lamborghini dealership employee allegedly got into a street race with a Viper GTS while delivering an ultra-rare Lamborghini Countach once owned by Mario Andretti. Guess what happened next? More » -
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#crazyeurocarboy
The Ferrari 599’s Archways of Aerodynamics
Three years after its Geneva introduction, the 599 GTB Fiorano is in bloom with a track special and a performance upgrade. We are happy to report its most graceful piece of aerodynamics remains unchanged. More » -
#cartwork
Lamborghini Coloring Book: Color Me Urraco
The essence of supercar design lies in the choice of tools required to reproduce them: crayons instead of CAD software. Dutch artist Frank de Kleine proves the point with his coloring book of Lamborghinis. More » -
#supercarteardown
Lamborghini Countach 5000S: Supercar Teardown
We're back with another installment of Supercar Teardown. This time, a car every boy (and grown man) of the 80s had hanging on their wall — the Lamborghini Countach 5000S. More » -
#wedgedwonders
Top Ten Best Wedge Car Designs Of The 60s, 70s and 80s
In car design, the wedge is something we can appreciate. Here's our list of the top ten most influential wedge-shaped designs of the 60s, 70s and 80s.
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#basementlamborghini
Ken Imhoff Interviewed On NPR's The Story, Airing Tonight Across The Nation
When last we updated you on the saga of the basement-built Lamborghini Countach, we hinted that Ken Imhoff had something brewing. That something is a complete interview airing tonight on NPR's The Story. -
#wireframelamborghini
Artist Creates Wireframe Lamborghini Countach
What you're looking at above is not a computer generated drawing, it is a full scale wireframe representation of a Lamborghini Countach created by installation artist Benedict Radcliffe. The car is the latest in a series of wire cars Radcliffe has completed. It's likely the most ambitious, painstakingly crafted from 10 mm steel tube welded together into that familiar shape we all know and secretly love. Upon close inspection you see fine details in the wheels and the intake gills, even the letters spelling "Pirelli P7" are worked out in tubing. We contacted Benedict to find what was behind his impressive creation and it turns out he's a real car guy, and a serial wireframe artist. His story below.
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#projectcarhell
PCH, Head Turner Edition: Stutz Blackhawk or Backyard Lambo?
Welcome to Project Car Hell, where you choose your eternity by selecting the project that's the coolest... and the most hellish! The sporty Simca beat up on the magnificent Humber in our last Choose Your Eternity poll, meaning France gets the PCH Superpower trophy… once it's out of the shop, that is. Today we're going to look at the sort of cars thatdesperatemotivated sellers often refer to as "head turners." You know, it's weird and sort of cool, but also sort of horrible… and wouldn't it be fun to own one?
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#kitcars
Why Kit Cars Have A Bad Reputation: The Front-Engine Countach
Close the drapes and be certain young children are not in the room, for this is horror on an entirely inconceivable scale. The utter malice exhibited through this monstrosity should be punishable. We believe this was once a Fox-body Mustang; what it is now is a horrifying interpretation of a Lamborghini Countach (kind of), but the Craigslist seller doesn't deign to reveal anything else about the car, assuming the styling will stand on its own — and command $29,900. There is no question whether this is a Nice Price or Crack Pipe; This is "ten years strung out, sleeping in the garbage bins behind a Korean restaurant" level Crack Pipe. (Thanks for the brain-maiming tip Dylan) [Craigslist, Here if it disappears] -
#handmadebasementbuiltlamborghini
EXCLUSIVE: "I Am The Guy With A Lamborghini In The Basement"
Last week we brought you the story of Ken Imhoff, a Wisconsin man who, after falling in love with the Lamborghini Countach in the classic movie Cannonball Run, followed his dream by building his very own Lamborghini in his basement. The amazing build took place over the course of ten years and was completed and dragged out of the subterranean depths only about a week prior to our story. That very same day Ken contacted us, amazed by the response the post had garnered, to let us know "I am the guy with a Lamborghini in the basement." Of course we knew you needed to hear more, so over the last week we've been working with Mr. Imhoff to put together a story that will not only do justice to his car, but to his vision and persistence. Below is Ken's story in his own words, along with a load of new pictures of the finished car and details of the entire extraction process. What's most interesting to many may be the technical details — those too await below the jump in this exclusive detailing of one of the most amazing build we've ever seen. More » -
#handmadebasementbuiltlamborghini
Hand-Made Lamborghini Built In Basement Finally Sees Light Of Day
Seventeen years ago, Ken Imhoff watched Cannonball Run and became so enamored with the Lamborghini Countach in the film, he hand-built his own, in his basement. In what we imagine might be the most Jalopnik build ever undertaken, Ken designed and fabricated his own tig-welded frame, installed a thoroughly massaged 351 cubic inch V8 with a ZF-25 5-speed transmission, hand-formed the aluminum body over a meticulously measured and accurate body form, and finished it all off in a beautiful metallic gray. It took Ken 10 years to complete the project, and the results — as you can see both in the gallery and in the video below the jump — are amazing. There's only one problem, when you build a car in a basement — how do you get it out? Find out below. More »
