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New boy on the block

wheels-inmotion 8 Jul 2012, 9:54am
Hi peeps

A little about me....

48ysld, widowed with two grown up girls, Admin i do have my own company [url]www.wheels-inmotion.co.uk[/url] Admin i assume you will check this out but business is not why i'm here.

Like most of us as kids we were attracted to certain cars, my attraction was the Bond Esprit and the Cannon ball Run Countach. By good fortune and many years of waiting i did find a genuin unmolested Esprit which i used as my daily hog for several months. Sadly my wife fell Ill and died and the car lost it's attraction and i sold it.

Grief not forgotten but the fog clearing i decided to get dream car number two the Lamborghini Countach "replica".

I'm going to have loads of questions but equally i can answer loads of yours regarding chassis and suspension dynamics.

Thanks for looking at this topic
Tony
AcC8braman 9 Jul 2012, 5:44am
Hi Tony,

I am currently building a countach replica- mirage kit.

Will be good to hear what you are building

Cheers

Steve
wheels-inmotion 9 Jul 2012, 9:38am
It's a ready built mirage "i?", I should be getting it this Saturday with luck.
AcC8braman 9 Jul 2012, 10:23am
Not a pearlescent yellow by chance?
AcC8braman 9 Jul 2012, 11:23am
Cool, where did you get it from?
wheels-inmotion 9 Jul 2012, 11:27am
A private sale in Chesham Bucks, a sort of barn find.
AcC8braman 9 Jul 2012, 12:26pm
So will need some work doing to it?

When you say Mirage "i" - do you mean Mark 1 body?

Looking forward to pics :)
wheels-inmotion 9 Jul 2012, 1:13pm
It needs some work to tidy it up, not to sure what version the body is, how do i tell?
AcC8braman 9 Jul 2012, 2:20pm
Usually tell from :

1) Windscreen a pillars are 2cms +
2) The rear quarter windows are flat.
3) Front bumper is not separate from the body.

Having said that, these could have been changed, mine is in the process of being changed now
JG 9 Jul 2012, 6:12pm
Welcome to the forum :grouphug:

Will be fantastic to see two Countach builds/renovations on the go. Will watch with interest.

John
davecymru 10 Jul 2012, 9:21am
I'm jealous! :)

Welcome to the forum and as John said, i think a lot of people will be interested to see two Countach renovations on the go.

Lots of pics please :)

Dave
AcC8braman 18 Jul 2012, 2:50pm
Hi Tony,

Any news on the purchase?

Cheers

Steve
wheels-inmotion 20 Jul 2012, 9:11am
Yes, I'm picking it up tomorrow....Here's a pic, taken on my banger of a phone.
AcC8braman 20 Jul 2012, 3:22pm
Exciting stuff :). I remember when I picked mine up, I couldn't sleep the night before lol.

Makesure you get as documentation as you can.

Good luck, looking forward to pics

Steve
AcC8braman 22 Jul 2012, 9:52am
How did the pick up go?

Any pics as a taster?

Cheers

Steve