I discovered the long lost Countach Twin Turbo on Instagram

A few years ago now I stumbled upon an interesting Countach on Instagram. It appeared in the back of a photo from a storage facility and I quickly pursued the car. After over 1 year of negotiations and research, we had the opportunity to purchase the Long Lost Lamborghini Countach Turbo. This is the full story!

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[ANDREWP]

It's always nice when someone is telling story and has photos of the events that transpired. Thanks for sharing-

[Oldbmwrrs]

That car came to our shop in Reno, the carbs and a lot of parts of it were in boxes stuffed into the interior. The car was filthy and it was a mess to figure out what I had or was missing, luckily I found plenty of photos and a site with actual parts lists and images. Yes it was serviced, I believe the place who was working on it for Pennington had replaced the clutch and other parts. After going through the carbs, rebuilding a fuel system, properly setting up the clutch release mechanism and a bunch of other little jobs you need to do before firing up an old car, I got it running. The photos you show of it with the 25th anniversary car were taken on the floor of Sport Haus in Reno where I had been working. That job was particularly satisfying in knowing it's importance and history. I had heard Mr. Penningtom was actually a very nice guy from locals who got to know him. The person who brought it to the shop owned the Ben's liquors chain and a big strip club called Wild Orchid. Was fun getting my foot in the door of the exotic car restoration people, shops with no signs or windows kinds of places, that network was good for tracking a few parts and some good info down. I have a few pix of the car on my phone still, when it was in the shop and on the showroom. Yes I drove it a little, but the tires were from somewhere around '85 and if those were still on it when Balboni was driving it, he was taking his life in his hands! Honestly once I got it running and the carbs set up it ran pretty reliably so long as we put stabil in the gas. Glad it's in good hands now as at the time the owner I was dealing with was looking at shockingly ugly ghetto/tuner wheels to put on it!

[gregfair]

Really awesome story! I am so happy that there are people out there like you that still carry a passion for older super cars (especially Lamborghini Countach and Diablo!!!) thank you for sharing a story on this extremely rare

[mo-hammadabunaser]

I have watched all the stories about this car yesterday, when I saw you uploaded about it today I had to watch and listen to the whole story!

[artysmotorsports]

Awesome story. I'm starting to really enjoy the concept of learning the story of a cars life and not just seeing it as an asset

[jakytoff]

Amazing! I remember this car from a magazine my brother gave me back in the 80s with only Countachs in it and I now have tears in my eyes. I went blind in 2005, but I remember this car with the seatbelts and twin turbos. Is there anyway you can get my blind ass a ride in this thing? It holds a special place in my heart.

[pezzonovante]

John, your mission, if you choose to accept it: acquire a Walter Wolf Countach.

[augustinf]

Congrats on the 6k subs john ! Don’t know why you don’t have more, your videos are awesome and you are my favorite vinwiki host... same taste in cars!

[minimoney]

Stories are second to none! More please!

[Drive.collective]

Love hearing this story again, that car, this experience. Amazing

[jamescaban]

Yeah I remember having the story from the magazine back in the day and all those pictures wonderful nostalgia..

[sanxhez]

I live in Reno and saw this car around town twice, and actually have a Snapchat Memory from July 2018 with the car taking up 2 handicap spots parked outside of Walmart

[afhyoutube]

Can't thank you enough for posting that Lambo factory video. I enjoyed it so much.

[seanpburke]

John is a perfect combination of 2 things I love - fast special cars and the SESH. You just know John is a sesh head,

[actontreadway]

I had the magazine and the poster of this car back in the day. So incredible.

[TheMileswin]

Great story. Thanks for sharing. I would love to see the car come to Australia sometime in the future.

[redijedi_]

I saw this car when i was younger. it was at the dealership/storage facility when i went there. i went to look at a Lamborghini Gallardo because i believe i was 8 at the time and i was so interested in cars. they were in the process of cleaning it. i wish i would’ve known how important this car was. awesome story 👏

[kirisgarage]

Nice 👍 I like stories about cars and you have really great content 😊👍 Lamborghini always is nice topic and many years ago I heard the story about the Greek magnate Aristotle Onassis and his Lamborghini miura Was very interesting. 👍

[jamesthomson]

should show the photos longer during the video

[norbittonorbitt]

I'm in Belfast Ireland there's a countach floating about over here lol