Garage Shop Fabricator™: Ken Imhoff

FFJournal TV gets an up-close look at a Lamborghini Countach 5000 that was completely made by hand in the basement of fabricator superhero Ken Imhoff. Ken explains some of the challenges and triumphs of making a Lamborghini from scratch.

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Autos & Vehicles

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[haripurwantoui]

a magnificent work, dude :D I have to try it myself, would you please teach me how?:D (Harry - Jakarta/Indonesia)

[FFJournal]

We'll pass your comment along to Ken. Thanks for watching FFjournal TV.

[jws2]

One *ss wipe gave it a thumbs down. WHY? I want to laugh at the people that will say it's not real to quality replicas like the Prova, Sienna or Mirage replicas. They are the same people that DON'T have 10 grand for a clutch job (good for about 10k miles) or 12 grand for a engine out service (basicly a complete tune up) on a real one. There is NO denying this is a great car. This guy built this from scatch and I have a hard time asembling a kids bike.

[DIOSpeedDemon]

That is a beautiful car. My dream has alway been to own a 1988 and a half black on black lamborghini countach quatro valvo. So far I have collected 4 lamborghini key blanks and I keep one on my key chain to remind me of my dream. One I will fulfill that dream and here those twelve cylinder sing!! Great video RH DSD

[R0JIBLANC0]

heard of this a few years ago but never got to see it, this is jaw dropping. lamborghini themselves should give you some props. maybe some bull emblems or something

[522design]

Did you blow a hole in your foundation to get the car out ? Awwwwwwsome !! That's some funny shit ! Love the fab work

[snoogboonin]

@MetallicBill i've never seen a countach in MN but i have seen a 2 diffrent gallardos

[MetallicBill]

How much time and money, and well, it's still a major challenge to realize this as everyone's dream come true-car. I live in MN, and I've seen some real Countachs around, even later models since Chrysler revitalized them with the Diablo. There was a fear that Countach might go bankrupt at one time

[MrKboat]

Maybe it would've been easier to buy the "Real Deal" if you have that kind of cash, but buying the car is the easy part... The expense of maintaining it is where things tend to go sour 4 all of the "Why not buy the real thing folks":) Everything, and I do mean everything that needs to be serviced on the real deal is in the thousands & usually start for the simple things around $5k & up... Hats Off My Friend!!! YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB INDEED!!!

[Countachguy]

@hotmercedes

Your suspicions are correct. No the windows do not go down. The real car has the lower portion drop about 2.5" before it stops. I say what's the point? It is a fair weather car so I decided to leave the window totally out for fresh air input. I am glad you like it. I don't post here much and I thank everyone for the kind responses.

Ken Imhoff AK Countachguy

[hotmercedes]

Only question, the windows are down in all the videos, I know the angle is a bear and that is why only the bottom half ever came down. Do the function on this car? BTW best looking hand built I have ever seen!

[M4ExKalashnikov]

That's a real love between man and a car

[BayouBluesMan]

BOSS