We FOUND and SMUGGLED this Historic Lamborghini Countach out of Venezuela!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- Finding and learning about new cars is one of the most enjoyable aspects of the collector car business. I happened across an image of a black Lamborghini Countach Downdraft on Instagram, which led to one of the best car discoveries CURATED has made to date! This particular black on tan Countach Downdraft happened to be located in Caracas, Venezuela, and belonged to an extremely passionate individual. It took several years for the owner to decide he wanted to sell it, but ultimately it was well worth the wait! They had a custom built box with all kinds of documents, service records, and photos of the car, but the story gets better - after receiving the car and doing a little more research, we realized this car was sold in Ft. Lauderdale, and was in one of the most iconic Countach photos, as well as being featured on the cover of Sports Car Illustrated. It goes to show you never what you're going to find, and where you might find it!
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Maaaaan whaaaaat I'm from Venezuela that car is a unicorn because people said that this car existed but nobody had seen it, there was only a very old photo of it and about 3 sightings in years, nobody knew if they had taken it or not until today I see it on TH-cam
Well I'm glad we could help confirm the existence of this unicorn!
@@WeAreCurated In Venezuela there are still unicorns, keep an eye on the Venezuelan market, unicorns always appear, there is still talk of several 300SL
When i was young i see that car in Venezuela, specifically in a mechanical workshop in LA FLORIDA, CARACAS, very dirty and if my mind is dont bad exist another Countach but in White.
@@gianpaolodisante7060 the white one was a clone
@@GRANTU122 De verdad era un clon? No puede ser. Ni lo parecia. Bueno saber de estas historias de coches en mi pais VENEZUELA. Lo del Countach negro me parecia raro que nadie lo hubiera descubierto. Brutal brutal que ya sea parte de una historia y brutal que pertenezca a una coleccion unica en el mundo
A few years ago someone found 3 Mercedes 300sl Gullwing in Venezuela, which belonged to one of its presidents in the 50s. This makes you think that since Venezuela was one of the richest countries in the 50s-90s, how many jewels are hidden today in that country.
And nazis
❤ David you have a great idea/adventure there…..these automotive jewels in Venezuela Can be found.
In fact there is a lot of gems hidden in the country. I had the oportunity a couple of times, in a space of at least 10 years to see this same Countach, and actually a coupple of blocks from my house in Caracas. I have seen a few of this rare cars rolling on sundays, mostly in the 90's
@@rsulbaran that's incredible!
There are 2-3 gullwings in Cuba 🇨🇺 also. They are in horrible condition
That's the one .. that's the countach I've been looking for . Even more then the anniversary edition. The rockers into the fender flares the gold wheels ..man what a find . I hope you can give us a vid of it driving for a bit . Recreate that classic pic of the girls legs sticking out .. what a timeless car ..
Awesome! How did you know of it?
@@WeAreCurated when you showed the car at the beach with the bikini girl with her legs sticking out the door ..it triggered the brain gotta be from a poster ..Also I wonder if thats the car from the classic Rod Claudel Coulde something poster thousands had on the bedroom wall...? No I just looked but those side skirts just so unique.. definitely one of the best looking countach ever.
Imagine finding the girl and she is also as well kept.
As well kept?! Fckn gross objectifying women. Good luck on the dating scene mate :|
Dream MILF.
Hello, there. I'm from Venezuela and i can tell for sure that here we have amazing treasures waiting to be found. This is a collectors paradise but yeah, a nightmare to get things exported, indeed. I know about some neglected Japanese worldwide known jewel collecting dust at Caracas.
Thanks Alejandro! Do you know of any cars in particular?
@@WeAreCurated I have a few jewels not being used near museum condition. Contact me
@@WeAreCurated Hi dude, there's is or was an 1995 red Dodge Viper and a 1930's Buick in Caracas at a dealership
Thank you for this one John and the curated family !, I can confirm there’s many gems in Venezuela, when I was a child my father worked in a company named DAI in Caracas, inside the buildings basement I saw a rolls Royce a Ferrari even saw a hummer H1
So cool! Thanks for sharing Rayner
Man I can’t imagine driving that car in Venezuela in the 90’s
by the beach.... 80s and 90s venezuela was pretty much another miami
You don’t even know, and the speed limits were mere “suggestions”. You could go out in those cars and have a road trip going as fast as you could.
@CuratedTV So John, when are we finally going to hear some stories from your father? He has an encyclopedias worth of knowledge & equal amount of stories that we would all love to hear. Thanks man!
In due time! He's a more private individual
Truly a story that rivals the Chapo's McLaren F1 one. And this one has a happy ending seeing it be in a new home that takes the care it desperately needed.
Just before Hugo Chavez turned the country into a fire dumpster Venezuela was, by far, the richest country in Latin America. A lot of businessmen arriving in Brazil had amazing one-off Rolex watches that they sold for cents on the dollar to collectors like myself. A lot of rare fancy diamonds also made their way out of the country around that time.
Why isn't this channel at a million viewers yet? Your stories are so captivating.
Thank you! We'll get there
One of the best channels on TH-cam for 80s and 90s supercar goodness.
Ps still waiting to hear about that flatnose 911 from the UK 😉
Yup, Venezuelan here. I went to a couple of those Ferrari challenge races, it was amazing. There was a guy in my city that had a dealership and competed in the series. He had a couple of 355 for the street and was working on a fiat Palio. He installed a Chevy V8 on the back (a don’t know if it was an LS) right where the back seats were located, and all the suspension and transmission was from the 355s he had (spare parts for the racing series and such).
Very cool!
such a sweet downdraft example. I went to college with a guy from Caracas who ended up becoming my room mate and life long friend. His father was a engineer for the government and was arrested in 2002 because of political drama. They all live in Miami now so I am pleased this car took the same path. Badass!!!!
Yes, we're happy we were able to give the car a new life in Miami!
Jon, I'm Venezuelan. I know a lot about the history of the car and more hidden jems within the country. Many muiras are still there. The country is in a bad position, but I have a record of many classics that still haven't made it out before Chavez took over and export got tricky. You'd be surprised what has been found and how many times that countach circled through owners privately before your ownership.
manda la info menol
How come the old school Mustangs are so cheap in Venezuela?
Love these stories and always hope these beautiful and rare cars end up with people who appreciate and care for them as much as the original owners
Happy to say that the car went to a very passionate collector, who appreciates the previous owner's thorough care and record-keeping of the car!
Venezuelan here and i knew that Countach back in the early 90's. In video is beautiful but in person is even gorgeous. Venezuela from the 50's to the late 80's/early 90's was petrolhead heaven: Beautiful cars ran our highways: Mercedes, Ferrari, Lamborghini, you name it. It was in there. Rumour has that up to this day there is a Bugatti Veyron tearing the highways.
Fun fact: In the 50's, the president of the time Lt Cl Marcos Perez Jimenez began to build the highways that exists today. He was a control freak that wanted that everything was perfect. When a piece of the highway was done but not open to the public, he called the Roadworks Minister to ask for that piece. If he wasn't sure that it was build to perfection, he took out his gorgeous Mercedes Benz 300SL and tear up the newly constructed part flat out
Like Cuba, Venezuela right now is a paradise of hidden gems. Thank you for this amazing story
Thank you for sharing!
Stories like these are what make Curated amazing! keep it coming
thank you!
A tip for future transport, i use Spot Trace gps tracker. 6 month stand by battery, you can program vibration settings and monitoring updates!!! Been using tge first unit over 7 years and it goes through our canadian winters with no issues!!! Thank you for another great storey
Thanks for the info!
Congratulations John and team. Great find.
thank you!
I love listening to these videos while I work! Great stuff.
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
I come from Venezuela and am now living in Germany and once in the early 90s saw this car. A great memory, I thought it was a replica then. Great to see it again. Great find.
Very cool! Thanks for tuning in
Love this channel and how they preserve these beautiful cars. Great story
Thanks for sharing this! I saw some rumors about this car around the Venezuelan Car Spotting community on tiktok, but nobody had concrete answers about it. It's cool to finally know the full story
Awesome! Glad to help with the story
YOU INDEFINITELY DESERVE MORE VIEWS JOHN!!
Súper cool story!! Amazing content brother! 🤘🏻
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it
John, The World is going to start calling you and @Curated...
"The Countach Kingpins!" 😂👍
All my Best to You, Senja and the Boys!
❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️
I thought it was a poster car, magazine cover is close enough. I have to say, John has some of the best stories along with Ed Bolin and all the cannonball guys.
Thank you for tuning in!
Awesome story. Beautiful Lamborghini.😎👍👍
What a gorgeous Countach!!! I was born in the third year of the production of the Countach. I still dream of owning one to this day!!!!!!
Your stories John.👌 Love em' ♥️
Thanks for tuning in!
I got goosebumps watching this. It's really cool. I hope the previous owner can be glad that it will go to a good home.
I love these story’s! 😍🙏🏼
Thank you for tuning in!
Man, I'm wondering if that's the same Countach I took photos of in the 80's that was at the Marriott off 17th Street causeway in Fort Lauderdale. Will have to dig that photo up, but think it is it!
That's incredible! Would love to see those if you have them
@@WeAreCurated I unfortunately have them stored up north in the attic of a rental property. If I get up there this summer and find them, I'll send them to your store!
Great story! Thank you for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it!
John, like aways amazing story. Please keep them coming. I might have that issue of the magazine. If I do and find it I will send it to you for an extra copy.
Wow, that's incredible John! Thank you!
Awesome story of one of the most iconic cars of all time!
Same flares as the Countach Turbo?? What a stunning car!
Epic story. So damn stressful but that Countach is stunning!
Again, thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for watching!
Lovely story, much appreciated.
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed
Is the Callaway Twin Turbo in that issue of Sports Car Illustrated a white convertible with red interior? My brothers currently own the Callaway press car that was sent out to magazines, it it might be the same car in that issue. It was evidently the one that was in Playboy as well.
Man this is so 80’s. Love it
A great story, the car has prominence for sure.
8:02 Adjustment of multiple carbs is tough...but, dang! That's a double six-pack. Respect! Course you are doing the mechanical adjustment...now comes syncing those 6 two barrel monsters...again, Respect. Worked on some cool & exotic stuff, but not 12 cylinder, 6 2 barrel carbs! Wow!
It's work! But worth it to see these cars live on
Nice find John! Never knew there were any in Venezuela. There are two in my country, very near to Venezuela!
Very cool! Hope to hear more about those
@danielmedina113 No, in the Carribean, Trinidad and Tobago
Black with gold wheels is so badass 👌
Although I am no big fan of the sideskirts…but as it is original it‘s OK
great combo!
Almost every second Garage in CCS/Altamira or La Castellana has a spacial Car inside. I lived there for some years, i know of a beautiful early 911 Targa, sitting next to a Mustang Convertible in a semi-public garage near the banking district of Caracas. Everyone can tell stories like this, it's the relics of the past the country had.
I spend some of my money there on vintage wristwatches, they were easier to export. And you got great deals if you paid cash in USD
America ruined venezulea! But don't worry ! America will be fucked
You got to respect someone brave enough to be the only Countach owner in that country, imagine the hassle of getting someone with knowledge to service it.
congrats on that find john!
thank you!
What an incredible story, unbelievable.
Glad you enjoyed it!
PERFECT HISTORY YOU AMAIZING
This car was the poster on my wall when I was a kid. It’s still stunning
Great story. Incredible background. International car of mystery. L O L👍
Haha yes! Luckily the mystery was solved thanks to the owner's incredible records
There used to be an aluminium body Shelby Cobra in Venezuela as well. No paint, just aluminium bodywork all-around. There are some incredible muscle cars that have also been exported and "rescued" from Venezuela as well in the past.
So cool!
How come venezulea has so much cheap classic Mustangs ??? It's dirt cheap there. Why won't more people export them out of venezulea and make profit
@@HebryNegga-wy4zr it's difficult to export them, they have to be brought to Colombia first most of the time. Also, because Venezuela was so rich in the 70's 80's 90's that those cars were just...cars.
@@seph95 nice - but how did curated export them ?
@@HebryNegga-wy4zr perhaps it's gotten better nowadays for the people who are connected with government contracts through their companies there, but there are Lamborghini and Ferrari dealerships in Caracas nowadays if you can believe that.
In my country (Trinidad) an island 15 mins from Venezuela there are at least 2 Countachs as well
That thing is MEGA. Wow.
It's an impressive car, even amongst other Countaches!
Beautiful car! The rockers look almost like a Vector W8.
You are right! Very similar look
Amazing History! by the way hello from Venezuela!
Hello! Glad you enjoyed it!
How to make a non story sound like the most exciting story ever ...
Thanks dude!! Its right, Venezuela use to have a lot of unique cars
Will you ever have the cannonball run spec with the front wing?
Will you be posting a part 2 to the Van Halen Muira part 1 video?
Yes! Eventually we will
So close. John missed an opportunity to call that box of records "the Ark of the Countach."
😂😂😂
What a great looking car. When I saw it, I was thinking, this was Walter Wolf’s car, but nope. Funny thing is, my old E46 M3 can probably outperform that car in every metric, but one, and that is the pure sex appeal! Wow!
Back in the 80s and 90s it was very tough to import vehicles..some went as far as shipping them in crates (in pieces)
Wonderful story. This is one of my favorite stories so far. Stop with the over editing, you guys were killing it as is. K.I.S.S.
Thanks for watching! Appreciate the feedback
A badass story John ! Probably purchased from Steering Wheel ..
Interesting how they switched from US side markers to Euro side markers. Great find!
Thanks for watching!
Cool story beautiful car
Thanks for watching!
this car shared garage with a Lamborghini Espada. I’m glad y’all found it!
Aun esta el espada alli?
Hey guys at Curated tv : IF THIS is how we’re starting 2023, “WOW “ can’t wait to see what ya come up with to top this story.”WOW “ !!! Hey JOHN just for the record, for sure I can imagine. I have a great imagination. ( it’s in my garage and I’m just taking it out to go get some chicken nuggets at McDonald’s just because). Thanks again wonderful
Please make a video on the story of stradmans countach how did you find it
I saw a black on gold Countach in a parking lot around Destin or Panama City, FL around 1990. Wonder if this was the one!!!
there were only two that original and the replica made in the city of puerto ordaz, with buick engine early 90's
This exact picture was my phone wallpaper for a few months lol
What a beautiful car.
Indeed!
Increíble
de locos
I once spoke to a gentleman in Ft Lauderdale who has brought in some pre-neue klasse BMWs over from Venezuela one by one on consignment.
there is a few also in trinidad
Amazing story! Does it know have 3000 or 6000 miles?
Wow.
8:03 Thought the guy to the left was Adam Sandler for a second.
"CARAJOOOOOOOOOO", That's one hell of story. I never knew that Countach was actually in Venezuela.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thats wild that were wishing Venezuela was the way was back in the 80s
Any sightings of the Black Black 5000QV owned by a very elderly Mr.Been up in Rhode Island? Circa early 1990s... I spy a dodge stealth at 9:20 next to your Ft.Lauderdale Countach
Thanks for removing those horrible DOT markers. That is a story by itself. I vision a guy in the 80s at Port Newark with a hole saw .
Curated eats Vinwiki stories for breakfast.
Ohhhh, John this video catch me here in Caracas, gonna see this gem later this week at Curated!!! Anyone knows where is the Miura of Renny Ottolina?
If you have any leads, let us know!
@@WeAreCurated Im gonna make some moves
@@fernandoduque5840 Gracias Fernando, tienen más info?
@@DavidRondon El Ex de Renny está de vuelta en Italia, el otro que llegó a. USA. Ambos salieron del país hace muchos años llegaron sólo dos Miuras a Vzla. Este Countach y un Diablo. Más recientemente dos Gallardos
Los hispanos cuidan mucho sus cosas con mucho cariño como se dice que bonito carro que lo disfrutes
Exacto! Cuidamos y amamos lo que tenemos por mas que no sea lo que soñamos.
Sweet color combo.
And then it is a countache.....
the black and gold looks incredible!
At my house we have a 1968 Shelby Cobra GT500 1968 Convetible for sale. Here in Venezuela
Whenever I see these side skirts/sills, it makes me think of replicas. So is this a genuine Lamborghini part as I don’t think I’ve seen it on genuine cars before?
What's the deal with those rockers? Are they unique to this one?
did you pay in dollars or with runescape currency?
Smokey and the Countach
❤️ Venezuela
Will this car be at Amelia?
I want to work for this dude now.