Man managed to track down his granddad’s lost Lamborghini Countach and got emotional recounting the story

The late founder of Chick-fil-A Truett Cathy was a renowned car enthusiast whose grandson fell in love with his prized Lamborghini Countach – now he’s spoken out on how he tracked it down.

Cathy started the restaurant business in 1946. However, he didn’t start collecting cars until he was in his seventies.

He went all in, purchasing roughly 300 cars at auction in the 19 or 20 years before his death.

However, there was one car that stood out to his grandson.

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The 1983 Lamborghini Countach

In 1999, while vacationing in Florida, Truett met the Root family, responsible for developing and patenting the famous Coca-Cola bottle in 1915.

Truett bought a dozen of the cars from the Root family – including a 1983 Lamborghini Countach finished in a unique spec shade of Blue Acapulco for $50,000.

While the rest of his car collection was kept in specially built hangars, Truett parked the Lamborghini Countach in front of his restaurant for everyone to see it – it was ten years passed until he moved it again.

Seth was able to drive the Lamborghini Countach only once to the local Starbucks, nine miles down the road, and back.

A heavy clutch and gear shifter made it tricky to drive – it’s said Truett drove it at 56km/h (35mph) to his office.

Eventually, it was put into storage.

Turns out cars can make for family-bonding experiences as this son surprised his dad with the exact 1968 Pontiac GTO that he sold 20 years ago.

Lost and found

Seth’s grandfather passed away in 2014 leaving his 300-strong car collection.

The Lamborghini Countach was put on sale at a charity auction for $300,000 in 2016.

It was bought by three men for $275,000 due to an issue with its clutch.

It was then repainted and sold in London to an Italian automotive enthusiast, spending four years in Southern Italy.

This is where the trail went cold for Seth so he asked Countach expert and founder of Curated, John Temerian, to help him.

He came across it in a shop in Italy and tried to buy it – but the owner turned down John’s offer.

John eventually purchased it for one million dollars at an auction a couple of years ago

It was shipped to Atlanta on a 747 cargo plane and curated in Miami before Seth bought him from him.

Seth gets emotional describing the financial struggle to get the funds together.

He eventually made payments for the Lamborghini over a year.

His grandfather’s 1990 Lamborghini Countach had only 17,000km (11,500m) on the clock.

He fixed the clutch for $36, put on new tires, and is currently enjoying every moment behind the steering wheel and displaying it to car shows.

His grandfather’s Lamborghini will be at the Savoy Automobile Museum in Cartersville, Georgia, for four months this fall.

This isn’t the only special Lamborghini Countach discovery after a man was said to be ‘stoked after a million-dollar barn find.

This man, on the other hand, built a DIY Lamborghini Countach using a Toyota V12.