Miura, the original supercar

All Miura's used in all movies:

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=&model=miura

 

Twiggy's (The actress) Lamborghini Miura with custom alien blood paint and orange stripes.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazeautomotivephotography2008/2338305381

 

Thanks for bringing that to my attention, seems as though a bit of lying is being done on the National Motor Museum's behalf.

Here's another picture of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazeautomotivephotography2008/2339250006/

 

For the life of me I can't find the booklet I bought whilst at the Museum, seems as though they've made a cock and bull story about it being Twiggy's and that it is the only Lime Green Miura that was painted that way.

They'll go to any lengths to get people to pay $20.

 

That's alright, it was my pleasure.

Miuras (imo) are probably my favourite Lamborghini and their power figures for their day are astounding.

 

I still think it's fair to call the Twiggy car by that name even though it's long acknowledged it wasn't her actual ownership that gave it the name in the first place.

However what I did want to share when I read it last month (and forgot at the time) was the letter posted in UK Classic Cars magazine under the byline "more miura memories".

Here it is in full:-

"Henry Proctor's letter in the December issue (Miura memories”) brought back some of my own. I visited the then Lamborghini importer in Alie Street, East London – in those days that part of London was still your typical East End, not the high rent area it is today – and finding several of the worlds most exotic motor cars in a small showroom in an area like that was most surreal.

At the time of my visit there was a lime green Miura with a yellow racing stripe running over its bonnet, roof and engine hatch. It also had a large mobile phone aerial - no cellular phones in those days – the salesman told me it was Twiggy’s. Unfortunately the young model was not around at the time.

But the high point for me was walking into the showroom where two white Miuras sat, one with an 8 track stereo playing the beach boys I GET AROUND and, just at the point when I stuck my head through the open door window to look at the dashboard, I heard the words “we take the car and its never been beat…” nice to know as well that Twiggy, like the car, looks even better today than she did then.

Pasquale Mansi.

By email”

On its own an interesting insight - the anecdote of a slightly fibbing salesman (and who can blame him) are part of the reason these myths are built in the first place (& who are we to unbuild them)!!

The piece is I think nicely dated by the details of the eight track stereo and the period music - & with the details of the mobile radio - at first this seems incongruous with the period but I think such a system existed many, many years prior to our current round of car phones & the likes of a swinging sixties super model was just the sort of gal to have one in her (managers (sic)) car.

What I found strange about the letter however was the reference to the yellow stripe - I've only seen one striped car (white over orange) documented previously for the period - What say the experts on this second striped car – I’m pretty sure the Twiggy car was delivered un-striped & remains so today.

Bax.
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Joe - for a bonus point; what were the serial numbers of both the white cars & what was the next song on the 8 track?

 

Looks like a piece of Christmas candy.

 

So Joe, would it be likely that 1021 came with white indicators? I don't think I've ever seen a Miura with white indicators.

Alberto

 

http://forums.motorlegend.com/vb/showthread.php?t=20695&page=14



Stunning but not that succesfull . . .

 

From a French magazine... Owned by French singer Jacques Dutronc, and for sale in 1971.
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Thanks Joe for the clarification.

Alberto

 

Some interesting stuff here:http://www.autodrome.fr/quelques_jours_autodrome.htm
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The Thierry GORE Miura converted by Edmond CICLET... Maybe #3441 ?
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