The famous Lamborghini Countach from Canonball Run is without question one of the most popular movie cars of all time. I remember as a kid watching the beginning / opening scene of Canonball Run over and over with permagrin.
The owner of the Dumb and Dumber Lamborghini Diablo purchased the Canonball Run Countach from Ron Rice in 2009. See the new owner tell his story below.
"The Cannonball Run Countach has found a new home! After some negotiations, I purchased the car from Ron, and it is now in my garage next to the Dumb & Dumber Diablo! I picked up the Countach today, and after battling some incredible traffic around the Daytona Bike Week, we finally got some open road on I4 and had a great drive back to Orlando! Ron is a really nice guy, excellent to deal with, and wow, does he have some great stories! I was a teenager when Cannonball Run was released, and I was mesmerized by that car. I don't know how many times I saw the film, but it was a lot. That car started my whole love affair with exotic cars. Soon after the movie came out, my parents bought me a model of the car for Christmas. Fortunately, Dad always videotaped Christmas mornings back then, and at one point on this old video, I hold the model car up to the camera and say "Someday I am going to have this car." That was about 25 years ago. Of course, at that point I may have well been saying that someday I would live on Mars. But I could dream! Fast forward to 2008, and through a mutual friend I get in touch with Ron and ask him to bring the car to our annual Celebration Exotic Car Festival last April. While Ron rarely ever did this type of thing, he agreed to bring the car, because our event is a charity to benefit Make-A-Wish. When the car showed up the morning of the show, I was just plain star struck. Sure, she needs some restoration. But still, just to see this icon, was awesome to me. Ron and I spoke several times about the car over the past year, and as of 10:30am today, she was mine! Getting in the car and driving it home was surreal. I still haven't quite wrapped my head around it. The car will be detailed in time for this years Celebration Exotic Car Festival on April 18, but afterwards it is my intention to fully restore her, including change the interior back to the original tan. I will keep it exactly as it was in the film- 12 exhaust tips and all. Just wanted to share the story! More pix to follow, but here she is with the Dumb & Dumber car:" New Owner (jeff512tr) posts on Ferrari Chat
The famous red 1993 Lamborghini Diablo from the movie Dumb and Dumber with Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels.
The same person owns both of these wonderful movie cars.
