#Countach #prototypecar which, sadly, was sacrified for homologation despite being fabricated completely differently from the production cars. Thanks for sharing! @motoringtitude > Bob Wallace and the #Lamborghini #CountachLP500 #Prototype (1971) • A single prototype was built, the #LP500 (where the 'LP' stands for 'longitudinale posteriore', which means 'longitudinally in the rear' in Italian and refers to engine orientation and placement, whereas the 500 stands for the 5.0L engine displacement they intended to use). Painted bright sunflower yellow, the concept car was well received by critics at the #GenevaMotorShow in 1971. Sporting #Gandini's original design concepts, the car's design required extensive modification to qualify for mass-production. The two most notable changes were necessary because air-intake proved insufficient to cool the engine. The prototype had slatted, 'gill-like' intake ducts on the rear shoulders, and these were replaced with massive "air box" scoops that extended out from the vehicle's streamlined body. In addition, NACA style air ducts were cut into the body of the car beneath the B pillar, which required eliminating the prototype's traditional door handles and replacing them with handles of a unique configuration set into the portion of the ducts carved into the scissor doors. Aluminium-honeycomb sheeting, a concept utilized in the prototype design, was also dropped in preparation for production. The car did not survive; it was sacrificed in a #crashTest at MIRA facility to gain European type approval, even though its construction method was utterly unlike production vehicles • #motoringtitude #bobwallace #carporn #carculture #carphotography #blackandwhite #filmphotography #supercars #madeinitaly #lamborghini #countach #gentleman #lifestyle #summer #love #italiancars #amazingcars247 #carswithoutlimits #exoticcar #carphotography #classiccars @lamborghini https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnz97hfnEIG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=tdb2ul6awl0x
