Miura, the original supercar

Maybe practice makes perfect.

 

That's one SV I don't know yet, at this hill climb one was killed, the GT40 got off the road, unfortunately a guard was running out with the yellow flag.
The driver of the miura had to brake hard and lost control and unfortunately hit the guy who was running out without need.
If that guy didn't run on the track nothing would have happened and he still being alive...
Driver was Lüssi a temporary car dealer in the zurich region.

#5074 is still in the museum in Porrentruy, owned by Alex and Felicitas.

 

Sorry to hear that somebody died there - I did not know that.

Joe
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Joe, any idea of the VIN of the yellow ones you posted?
Not the awful wrong painted ex-Wolf...

 

The yellow Miura SV that was involved in the crash is S/N 5052. I have talked to the owner on the day before the tragedy and he was very friendly to open up the front hood so that I was able to check the serial number 5052 stamped on the I.D. plate. He told me that he owns the car since 34 years (2006) and drives it quite often. The car outside appearance has much “patina” accordingly and looks unristored. The original mirrors have been replaced by un-aesthetically squared units! The interior looks still to be the original blue colour. The sills are black with thin silver/aluminium trimming.

Antoine
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Thank you so much, I was searching this car a long time already. Well another yellow SV is still a mistery, the car of Urs Blum, perhaps it's 5074 which was restored in the factory.

It seems Glen's registry is wrong since it says:
Prod. #731. 10 May 1972. Originally to Fischer Schulze, Germany through Foitek. Now in Japan.

Have you been able to take also a picture of the VIN plate?

BTW: one of the pictures I postet before show also #5052, have a look at the registration plates...
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Joe, do you know the yellow swiss SV which took part at the Miura drive to Monaco?

Unlike #4908 this car has no mirror on the right side.
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When did this crash occur? It looks like the Miura won the fight.

 

Pretty sad. Both great cars. That GT 40 looks like a replica. But it maybe just me. Hopefully it is a fake!

 

July 2005 at the Hittnau Hillclimb in Switzerland, tragically one died.

The GT40 is an original as well since that hillclimb was for temporary cars only...

 

4856 I think

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=106152&page=2

 

Thanks, I was searching this list like mad.

Interesting to know that #4806 is still in Switzerland...

 

Hey Joe, what's the status on your book? I don't know anything about publishing, but is there a hold up somewhere on that end of things or are you still editing and working on the content? Just curious.

Alberto

 

In time for Christmas?

 

OK ... whose cars are these
7 lambos http://up.autotitre.com/forum/up/6a5752f6f8.jpg

 

By then unfortunately the battery of my camera was dead so I could not take a picture of the VIN plate.
You are correct; in your post #2634 on the lower picture we can see the same registration plate so it must be Miura SV S/N 5052. This very same picture can also be found on the lamborghiniregistry site in the information „folder“ for Miura SV S/N 4998. Some update/adjustment is required on this entry I believe.

Below picture shows Miura SV S/N 5052 on the day the tragic accident happened (Sunday, August 27, 2006).
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I used to see SV 4960 parked on the street in 1975 in Vienna, Austria. It was sometimes parked on a traffic island at Freyung Platz, the car looked virtually the same as is does today.

Bruce Perrone

 

Picture from "Marcel de Lange Collection"

He's still here!
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Where's Joe?
Grabbing that yellow SV in Switzerland?

 

I assume he is still busy with the turkey.....!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Yes, Blum's car is thought to be 5074.
Yes, the Registry is incorrect but only as far as the "Japan" reference is concerned (the the 'Fischer Schulze Germany via Karl Foitek' is correct). Remember Glen relied/relies on information provided by individuals, sometimes tall on enthusiasm but short on research.

Joe
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Marcel Massini is wrong in his notation of 4856 as an "SV prototype".

"4856" is an "allocated" chassis number not even on the factory's own Miura production register which covers all SVs...

This car is actually P400 3745, which was sent to the factory in early 1973 and converted into an SV with most (but not all) SV features. It lived its early life as a well-documented car in the USA, residing in Texas and Colorado among other places.

I apologise that not all my notes have or will ever make it on the Registry as not only is there a lot of material archived, but more continues to come in.

Joe
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Art takes time.

As I hope you know, when Im doing anything I reall like to give it 100% and not rush it.

At this point Id like to include the restoration of the Miura Roadster and its debut in August of 2008 before I consider publication. But the manuscript is getting better and new received wisdom continues to surface. This thread alome is a nice resource...

Joe
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Those are Max Bobnar's cars as imaged in the early 1980s. The black SV is 5110 in one of its previous guises, complete with its rather interesting red, black & white interior! Since we are on the theme of crashed SVs here it is imaged circa 1991.... image courtesy of Wrecked Exotics.

Joe
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Bruce, you should get an SV again...

Joe
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