Rarest (production) Countach of 'em all ?

Periscopa roof?

Im pressive for 1978.

They probably have this car on www.lambocars.com so you might want to check here.

 

The car is very rare.

LP 400 S1 - Some have the early dash (Stewart Warner gauges) and some have the later dash (Jaeger gauges). There were also alot of changes from one car to the other. Most of these cars all have subtle changes from one degree or another.

 

What the heck is a periscope roof??? I cant really see from the picture but it looks as though theres a dude popping out of the engine bay.......

 

okay, so apart from channelling much-needed precipitation into the cockpit, what does it do?

 

judging by the looks of it, it apears as if it is supposed to give you more reward viewing in the mirror. you would be able to see a bit more of the car behind you.

 

well i guess that makes sense, Peri meaning "around/about" and Scope "look/see". it'd be interesting to see what is actually visible through that mail slot.

 

Learn something new every day. Today it was that some countaches had periscopes, just wait til i tell my pals.....yeh right...

 

From my understanding the periscope rear view mirror was never put into production and no car was shipped with it. The little window on the roof was kept during early Countach production purely as a styling cue. In fact there is a registry (The Registro Periscopio) for those that own these cars.

For those who do not know, the original design as appeared in the prototype was to have a special rear-view mirror that allowed a clear view out the thin piece of glass mounted on the roof. Thus the idea of the 'periscope'. Kinda like a submarine.

 

There were about 150 LP 400 's made,from 74 to 77 when the s was introduced.The periscope roof was supposed to be used with a mirror to have better rear visibility but the rear view mirror never made it into production and the periscope was totally useless except that it decreased head room inside the car and was subsequantly discontinued.
The LP 400 that i owned had stewart warner gauges and 14 inch wheels