Miura, the original supercar

...and WHO is supposed to pay ?

 

LOL

 

"Mcdonadls"?????? Haahaaaaa......!!!!

Ciao!
Walter

 

ahhh...now that`s logic!!! But whats then with "Burgle King"?? Is that for low slung Ferraris?

Ciao!
Walter

 

The Miura is just as stunning today as it was when it first came out.

 

nope
i like the standard better

 

Probably works better than the original. At least the passenger has a chance to be cool.

The A/C unit was really a waste of money, IMHO.

 

OK, more paint questions.

I've been looking at how to paint the headlight area of my late Miura S, and I'm not sure what is correct. Looking only at period photos of the P400 and the P400S, it appears that there were two treatments. In the first, the entire aluminum body is painted body color all the way through to the underside, and in the second, the interior portion of the hole is painted satin black (I of course can't be sure that it isn't a shadowing effect which causes the illusion of black paint, but it seems unlikely that all period photos would have this effect). I've included two photos to show the difference. Obviously, both cars have black eyelashes.

I know this is nitpicky, but my painter asked the question - I might as well get it right, seeing that the car has apparently been repainted twice.

There are other period photos I could reference, but these two just happened to be handy. (Photos copied and edited from posts made by Joe Sackey - one is a restoration, but it highlights nicely the difference I'm talking about).
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Thanks Joe. Even with this in mind, I may just paint it black anyways, because I like the look better. (Photo from web-cars.com)
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I would have regard for practicality. A big problem with the P400/P400S eyelashes is cleaning especially a light colour (like my old lime green 4659). Forget originality and mount the eyelash units in captive nuts so that you can loosen the bolts and swivel them clear to clean behind. As for the black/colour divide on the metal lip this is surely not original. Imagine the factory or Bertone detailing like that before the SV (when they had to use paint 'cos they could not afford to make the eyelashes)? The only contrast paint (other than on bolted or riveted on parts) that I know of on the early cars is on the door slats

Piet

 

I did some digging in an old photo album and thought I would share these pictures with you. Unfortunately the quality of the scans is not that great. I took these pictures of a Miura S at the Monterey Historic Automobile Races, Laguna Seca Raceway, August 22, 1987. Note the dual color (gold/silver) paint job on the rims.

Antoine
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Funny story about that car. The very first time I went to the Historics was that day (August 22, 1987). I was fairly fresh out of college, working my first real job, seeing cars for the first time in real life that until that point I had only seen in magazines and books. My head was spinning, my heart pounding.

I was walking in the parking area looking at all of these cars I could only dream about, never thinking I would ever own one (I was earning maybe all of $30k probably at the time, as fresh engineer out of college). We went to the Lamborghini parking area and saw this very same Miura S; I know because of the license plate 'Exempt', I'll never forget it. As I was admiring the car, the owner dropped the car keys but he did not notice. I picked up the keys and held them for a minute and then tapped the fellow on the shoulder and handed him his car keys. He barely even acknowledge my giving his keys back to him. What was I thinking when I had his keys in my hand? That's for me to know but my thoughts were not pure.

I also remember seeing a Ferrari 308 getting towed because some bozo parked it where it was blocking foot traffic near the track infield entrance area. I'll never forget watching as this tow truck (and NOT a flat bed mind your, one of those cherry picker types), backs up to the car, hooks up to it and lifts it to tow it. The car alarm goes off, making the usual racket. This only manages to draw more people to look at the Ferrari that's getting towed. It was both disturbingly funny and shocking at the same time.

I did not take my camera that year, and I never made that mistake again. It is great to see that picture. Brings back a lot of memories. If you have others, please post them somewhere I'd love to see them.


Alberto