In 2009, enthusiast Jeff Ippoliti bought The Cannonball Run’s Lamborghini Countach LP 400 S, and recalls having been captivated by it as a boy. Full story at https://lucire.com/insider/20240618/lamborghini-commemorates-the-cannonball-runs-countach-reuniting-it-with-actresses/
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00:00I was a kid when the movie came out, and I saw it, and especially that first four minutes of that car on the screen, it was just amazing to me.
00:06And it was just so futuristic. I mean, even now, today, nearly 50 years later, it still looks amazing. It still looks incredible.
00:14The sound of the car, and how it looked, and I remember the opening scene where the car was coming at the camera, and it looked so low and so flat, and so sinister and black.
00:24And then, the sound of it. Loved this car, since the very first time I saw it.
00:29And, I mean, it's a 1979 Lamborghini, so it's an older car. It doesn't have the creature comforts that you would, say, of a new car, or even a new Lamborghini.
00:37But it has all that raw power and sound to it, and it is an incredible experience.
00:43It's not just driving a car. It's a whole experience with this car.
00:47Well, to me, it's always been an important car, and I think everybody in my age group had a picture of the Countach, a poster of the Countach, on their wall growing up.
00:58So, it's iconic, and the car was inducted as the 30th car in history onto the National Historic Vehicle Registry.
01:05So, what that means is that Congress of the United States has determined, or deemed, that this car is important to American history.
01:12So, one of 30.
01:14And I think that says it all about how important this car is to American culture, and what it meant to a whole generation of people.
01:22I never get used to owning it.
01:23I still walk into my garage after nearly two decades, and I get chills.
01:26Sometimes I just touch the car to prove to myself it's actually real.
01:30It's amazing.