Thoroughbred

19 thoughts on “Thoroughbred”

1. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 10:20 am

   At a guess, the 1985 Lamborghini Countach LP500 S.
   1. Mickey Twopints June 10, 2019 at 10:41 am

      I wonder how it ended up on a ZV plate? I thought they stopped issuing those more than 15 years ago, which (if true) would imply that the car in the picture wasn’t vintage when it was imported/registered.
      1. Mickey Twopints June 10, 2019 at 10:54 am

         https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/guide-to-vrt/vehicle-registration-tax/zz-registrations-vintage-vehicles-and-zv-plates.aspx

         Me am talking bolleaux again.
      2. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 10:54 am

         ZV plates are issued to vintage cars (over 30 years) so this may have been imported as such. That was my clue for the model: mid 1980s. I think the plates are only issued to imported vintage cars: cars originally registered in Ireland surely retain their original plates, but I am open to correction on that.
      3. Cian June 10, 2019 at 10:55 am

         Looks like you can still get the ZV plate…
         https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/guide-to-vrt/vehicle-registration-tax/zz-registrations-vintage-vehicles-and-zv-plates.aspx
2. Tony June 10, 2019 at 10:20 am

   Lamborghini Countach
3. Dhaughton99 June 10, 2019 at 10:31 am

   Bloody boomers.
4. Scundered June 10, 2019 at 10:43 am

   Nice that it comes with its own breakfast bar
5. Alastair June 10, 2019 at 11:11 am

   It’s a 1981 Countach LP400S.
   1. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 12:01 pm

      You sound very definite. What gives it away as an LP400S rather than LP500S? Genuinely curious, as I find them hard to separate.
      1. Alastair June 10, 2019 at 12:14 pm

         That particular car was imported recently, and those are the published details on it.
         https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKHuE39xck
         1. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 12:31 pm

            Ah! Using research instead of guesswork, I see :)
      2. Liam Deliverance June 10, 2019 at 12:22 pm

         Damn you guys!, just spent far too long looking at Countach related pages, back to work now
         1. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 12:38 pm

            They are such beautiful machines I would not consider any time spent looking at pages of Countachs as being too long :)
            1. Liam Deliverance June 10, 2019 at 1:20 pm

               When watching Top Gear (new series) my eye is always drawn to that red one up high above the audience, it is a special car, I think a spin to the Phoenix Park next Sunday may be on the cards!
6. Liam Deliverance June 10, 2019 at 11:29 am

   It’s a magnificent car, visually.
7. Ianb June 10, 2019 at 12:15 pm

   I thinks its a LP500s the wheels on the LP400s were different. they had cylinders coming out of the holes that are shown in the wheels. The 500 wheels are as shown in the Photo
   1. TheQ47 June 10, 2019 at 12:29 pm

      Cartell.ie: https://www.cartell.ie/ssl/servlet/beginStarLookup?registration=ZV61073 describes it as:
      Registration ZV61073
      Make LAMBORGHINI
      Model COUNTACH
      Description LP400 S LEFT HAND DRIVE 2DR
      Engine Capacity 3929
   2. Slightly Bemused June 10, 2019 at 12:46 pm

      @Ianb: that was why I thought it was the LP500S, and hence my query to Alastair above.

      If you check out the link in his reply to me above it shows the model with the wheels as in the photo, and not with the cylinders I expected.

      And thanks @TheQ47 for the more detailed info, and also learning that they can be so easily looked up :)

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