Miura, the original supercar

I'm doing some repainting of my S, using my SV as a guide, and I've noticed some bizarre things that I thought I should share with the group.

For example, the 2 roof vents on the SV appear to have been hand brushed with black paint around the interior recess of each perforation . The roof paint is original, and I cant imagine someone doing that to the vents after the car left the factory, but perhaps someone did, and it is non-original. I can see that the black color is painted over the car color, so it's similar to how the doors are painted.

I've included a picture for your perusal. Please note, I am not talking about the interior of the vent, which is clearly black. I am talking about the perforations on the skin themselves. The 3MM recess is painted black.

Anyone out there with more info?
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Correction, it is NOW with its 4th Owner AT LEAST since I bought it and had it come into the USA...

 

Found some interesting shots here: http://www.lambowerkstatt.de/html/werkshalle_7.html and http://www.lambowerkstatt.de/html/werkshalle_5.html. I had not seen these before.

Alberto

 

That's Instinsky's Workshop near Stuttgart.

 

While I was at the 2005 Concorso Italiano I have noticed that the front rim of Miura SV 4926 has a less deep bed compared with the other SV rim. The picture below shows Miura SV 5092 as comparison. Is there an explanation for this difference on the front 7.5x15 Campagnolo wheel? There might be a difference between the original rims and the reproductions available from Eurospares.

Antoine
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Yep - THEEEEEEEEE man for Lamborghini in the Fatherland!

Ciao!
Walter

 

Cool and very rare color-combo.
Not my personal favorite but it really has something!
Ciao!
Walter

 

This magazine features the pick up of Grace Bumbry's Miura at the factory
http://cgi.ebay.de/HOBBY-1967-TEST-LAMBORGHINI-MIURA-Wunderlampe-Du-Pont_W0QQitemZ280179798851QQihZ018QQcategoryZ7452QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Chassis #3072
Engine #1220
Prod. #43
18.7.1967

Dealer: JAECKEL-Bumbry LUGANO,
The car was directly delivered to the owners Grace Jaeckel-Bumbry a well known Opera-Singer. The car was featured in a Arcticle of "Hobby" Issue 23/67, 15.11.1967 by writter Willi Lanek who was a friend of the Couple.
They took the car delivered at the factory and drove it to Switzerland with Export Plates EE-2507.

 

I just found this unhappy P400 on egay, what a shame happened to here...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lamborghini-Miura-P400-Lamborghini-Miura-project_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ290187566496

 

The missing parts alone make it a "budget buster".

 

What was the last SV transition ? Still a $1M car ?

 

#3096 is on egay as well

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lamborghini-P400-1968-LAMBORGHINI-P400-MIURA-IMPECCABLE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ320191045808

 

Extensive AND expensive.

 

Raymond,

Egay ?...

Philippe Muratori
www.lamborghinimiura.com

 

This made me laugh.

"A good machinist could make a transfer gear assembly with a tilton clutch".

An R&D project of mammoth proportions to be sure.