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Sackey & Co. | On-line Supercar Auctions is proud to current this extremely uncommon, iconic 1979 Lamborghini Countach LP400S Sequence 1 ‘Lowbody’ chassis no. 1121046 and manufacturing quantity 23, completed in a 1-of-1 manufacturing facility livery for a Sequence 1 of Nero over Bianco.
Now dwell for two-week on-line public sale, concluding on August sixteenth at SackeyandCo.com.
The ‘LP400S Sequence 1’ Countach was the primary variant to put on the enduring fender flares, strikingly broad Pirelli P7 tires, and rose-jointed parallel hyperlinks suspension that the Countach would change into recognized for, a results of the collaboration between Gianpaolo Dallara and Components 1 workforce proprietor Walter Wolf who wished to carry F1 wheel & suspension expertise to the Countach. Walter Wolf has been quoted saying he was impressed to have Dallara create his dream Countach just by wanting in the back of his workforce’s Components 1 racing automobile. Because of his imaginative and prescient, Automobili Lamborghini SpA adopted the design into the sequence of Countach seen right here.
Manufacturing of the ‘Sequence 1’ variant totaled solely 50 items, making this the rarest Countach variant of all, and for some absolutely the final Countach. Produced within the days of the continuing OPEC oil disaster, every S1 was hand-built and needed to be paid for in money earlier than manufacturing facility Gross sales Director Ubaldo Sgarzi would launch it. The instance seen right here is just not solely a Sequence 1 in a 1-of-1 livery for that variant, however one of many 27 sought-after Sequence 1s appointed with the highly-desirable Stewart Warner gauges, as used within the earlier LP400 vehicles. LP400S Sequence 1 vehicles had been the one Countach to be fitted with the legendary sand-cast magnesium Campagnolo ‘Bravo’ wheels, and this instance additionally featured the fascinating Ansa F1 sport exhaust choice from new.
1121046 was accomplished by Lamborghini in Sant’Agata Bolognese on April twenty sixth, 1979, then delivered to Achilli Motors in Milan, Italy. It remained in Italy till circa 1996, when it was imported into France. The French proprietor, a Mr. Soret, first registered it there on March twenty first, 1996. 1121046 was later bought by the present proprietor, a physician and Lamborghini fanatic, and delivered to the US in August 2010. This Countach S has been meticulously maintained by the present proprietor for the previous 12 years, with roughly $138,000 spent within the time he’s owned the automobile. Believed to keep up a mere 3-owner historical past, this mechanically glorious automobile nonetheless retains its unique bodywork and is believed to retain a lot or all of its unique paintwork. It at the moment shows simply 28,421 KM (17,660 miles) from new.
The Countach LP400S Sequence 1 is the stuff of desires for in-the-know Countach aficionados, and few examples can declare this mix of mechanical excellence and uncommon specification. Go to SackeyandCo.com to submit your bid at present!
