VIN: Lamborghini Countach LP400 chassis 1120074
History of chassis 1120074
Chassis 1120074 was a right-hand drive Countach LP400 signed off by the factory on April 11th 1975. Configured in Argento Metallizato with Rosso upholstery, the car first appeared publicly on the front cover of Mobil & Motor magazine’s September 1975 edition.
The Countach then departed for the UK where it was registered KWT 689N.
Later in 1975, 1120074’s owner, renowned Lancastrian car dealer, William Loughran, loaned the Countach to Car magazine who wanted an LP400 for a comparison test against a Ferrari 512 BB and Porsche 911 Turbo. Noted journalist Mel Nichols wrote:
“In the true domain of the supercar, in the country and for long trips at that, the Countach is superior. It corners faster and more easily, and gives the driver more pleasure as it does so. It has about it that outstanding air of purpose, an impression that makes you just want to keep on going and going and going in it, never to look back or turn around. It corners so flatly, and yet there is sufficient suspension control for it to ignore mid-corner bumps and to prevent it bottoming in hollows even though it looks so low (the Ferrari will sometimes touch its tail pipes, sending a shower of sparks shooting out behind it)
It is the unmistakable lack of compromise about the thing, and the pervading sense of security that presents for so much of the time. So given the task of driving long range as quickly as possible on a variety of roads, with maximum driving pleasure as an overriding factor, I would not hesitate to take the Lamborghini. It is the ultimate supercar.”
By the time of Car’s road test, 1120074’s interior had been changed from red to black.
The Countach remained in the UK for a couple more years (as depicted here at Roger Phillips’ showroom) after which it departed for Australia where it was subsequently modified to S trim.
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