Countach

[rcracerpete]

Hi guys,

Just took some quick pics of my countach which i recieved today.

Paid 18 pounds + pnp,shell looks like its had it,but not bad price i think.The tyres and wheels don't look to be off this model?What are they off?

Any comments welcome[]

UPDATE:

Took front wheel of and found bearing there...its a pity the oringals arent present...

Pics:

Closer pic of wheels:

[racingdowantheM64]

That is very nice pete

good find

marcus

[kingeddie]

fantastic price, the wheels and tyres look the same as on an old f1 car i used to have.

[Japanscaledriver]

wheels look like they could be off the JS9 Matra? 58012?

[topforcein]

ar it finally turned up then.

it looks ready for the restoration.

[yannick]

wow, nice find pete []

[Rammer]

Pete, Nice buy. Tyres & rims look to be correct for a CS. Diplo's on the front and no 76's on the rears. I think the width on the rears is 45mm?? Good luck with the resto......

[Pellandine-sports]

Hihihihi

Drop Rob Smith an email, (TC member - Purple Rob), I seem to remember that he had some Countach parts to sell/trade a short while ago...he might be able to help you out with a shell and wheels etc.

He's a good guy to deal with.............worth a try.

Good luck

[WillyChang]

Sponge & Duplo tyres are off the Countach CS (540 motor, FRP chassis).

Shell & rubber tyres can be bought as re-releases of a few yrs ago.

[tamartin]

Thats a perfect CS Countach.

There are only the steering rod missing on the Chassis, besides of that it is in perfect shape. The front bumper will be the worst part to get!!!

The tires are original and perfect. The diplos are very nice!!!

If you want to restore the car, remove the red rear lights from the body, then throw it away. When you buy the rerelease body (Ebay) put the red rear lights on it and you have a perfect CS Countach.

[ukzz4iroc]

Very nice find!! If you are after a reasonable body for it look up Motocrosser (member on TC)- he sent me pics recently but I managed to get a re-release so didn't buy it.

Standard CS rims and tyres.

Bargain!!

[DJTheo]

quote:If you want to restore the car, remove the red rear lights from the body, then throw it away.

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Why throw it away? Am sure some people could need it and make a great body of it, or he could use it for running, its a shame to throw anything away that survived 25+ years and someone could possibly need/use later.

Cheers

[richytanimal]

Yep, don't throw the shell away, I could use it[]

Very nice price that, was that the one off ebay, I was gonna take a chance on it myself but missed it[:I]

[Dephcon5]

Looks to me to be a well used but very original CS Countach. Correct wheels and tires and shell. The re-release shell is identical fo the original and would complete that resto with relative ease.

Nice find! good luck.

g

[akihabaramallrat]

There are some differences in the rerelease body, The rear lights are clear not red and it does not come with the catch pins

[rcracerpete]

Hi,thanks a lot for the replies guys,if i get a re-realise body i might replace the lights with the red ones from this old countach shell,would they fit straight in?

Also whats the best method of getting the lights of without breaking them in half etc?

Instead of cathc pins how does the re-realise body fasten on?

Cheers,

Pete.

[Dephcon5]

the re-release countach shell is exactly the same as the original in every way. However the rear tail lights on the rerelease are clear and need to be painted red. What most dont realize is the original red tail lights from 1978 were PAINTED red not molded red. So dont go nuts trying to preserve the red tail lights when you can use the new ones and use the clear red paint from tamiya for the same end result.

I proved this when striping an original shell and the tail lights came out clear. Suprise!

[Tamiyahkg]

hi, i have a NIB Original Tamiya Countach Re-issue body FS. It's not a replica. Don't waste the chassis when you have this never built body. i also have the last set of Countach wheels. The Rear wheels are wider.

http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...d=37441&id=1841