I was just minding my business one afternoon, avoiding traffic and driving through muddy untarred streets in a part of Lagos when I found this chunk of gold stuck literally in dirt...a Lamborghini Countach.
The Countach is a very rare hyper car with only 2,042 units produced over its sixteen-year production time. Values are in excess of $100,000 USD. So my surprise and mouth-gaping, saliva drooling posture was justified. I had to inspect.
Vehicle was parked beside an old building close to a carpenter's shed. shrubs were already growing under the car. Upon closer inspection. I could see visible signs of rot and water ingress on the panels.The driver's side door was slightly opened and there were lizards on the car seat.
Upon further inspections, i found out the car was a replica. The body was made of fibre flass. The original Countach was made with aircraft-grade aluminium. This has a V6 instead of a V12 and the wheels look a bit skewed off.
Replica or no replica, the mystery of the car being parked in such a place and allowed to depreciate with every rain calls for more questions.
More pictures below...and oh, i wont mind adding this to my list of possible restorations
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The Countach is a very rare hyper car with only 2,042 units produced over its sixteen-year production time. Values are in excess of $100,000 USD. So my surprise and mouth-gaping, saliva drooling posture was justified. I had to inspect.
Vehicle was parked beside an old building close to a carpenter's shed. shrubs were already growing under the car. Upon closer inspection. I could see visible signs of rot and water ingress on the panels.The driver's side door was slightly opened and there were lizards on the car seat.
Upon further inspections, i found out the car was a replica. The body was made of fibre flass. The original Countach was made with aircraft-grade aluminium. This has a V6 instead of a V12 and the wheels look a bit skewed off.
Replica or no replica, the mystery of the car being parked in such a place and allowed to depreciate with every rain calls for more questions.
More pictures below...and oh, i wont mind adding this to my list of possible restorations
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