For some reason, I am attracted to old kit cars that are completed to a reasonable degree of quality. I can’t claim with any certainty that this Lamborghini Countach replica was built to exacting quality standards, but I do enjoy seeing all of the photos if it in it’s prime, clearly enticing onlookers at car shows in the 90s to take a closer look. Sadly, it sounds like the car has fallen on hard times, with the seller describing its current condition but not sharing pictures of it, simply noting it’s been parked under a cover and will need to be towed. Find the listing here on Facebook Marketplace in Silver Spring, Maryland, for $15,000.

Call me crazy, but I dig the proportions of this Countach copy. Perhaps it’s the period-correct color-matched basketweave wheels on white-letter radials. The deep fender flares, the gigantic rear wing, and the various scoops and flares all do their part to convince onlookers this is an actual supercar. The dead giveaway of the “Countach 5000” badge taking up the entire panel between the taillights reminds you that no matter how good it looks in photos, the proportions are likely way off in person. This Countach rides on a VW Beetle chassis like so many others, and uses an air-cooled VW engine.

Now, the interior is interesting: the dashboard and gauges aren’t just lifted from an air-cooled VW, and fit-and-finish looks decent (keep in mind, these are old photos-of-photos, so it’s impossible to say for sure just how high quality it is. The details seem encouraging, however, like the white leather wrap on the steering wheel and the (leather?) covered dash. The radio controls seem clean and not gaudy, and I’d like to think it has a set of period-correct Recaro seats installed; however, we don’t get to see what the front buckets look like. It makes me wonder just how rough the Countach kit has become in the years since it was last shown.

The seller doesn’t tell us much about the engine, but in this photo, it appears to have some enhancements – even if purely cosmetic in nature. The seller’s location in Silver Spring makes me chuckle as I found one of my best project car discoveries in this town, and despite being a dense urban area, I spotted lots of other projects cars hiding in driveways and side yards in this part of the world. The listing notes that the seller no longer has time to make repairs or the Countach clone, and that his son isn’t interested in it, either, hence the reason for the sale. Bring your trailer and a winch and let’s see if this clean Countach replica can be saved.