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  1. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #5977 joe sackey, Mar 25, 2009
    I checked on this car. Yes, I know the car. It is a 1968 Miura P400. Modified by Top Motors (& others) to resemble an SV. Pictures were sent to me during the conversion which I believe was only finished last year.

    By the way, the images they are using for advertising are those of a REAL Miura SV 5022 which resides in the USA with a New Yorker, which happens to be red. The converted P400 happens to be black.

    Interesting outfit.
     
  3. alberto

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    #5978 alberto, Mar 25, 2009

    Joe, you are getting soft. This about as polite/PC a comment as one could make given the use of pictures of a different car than the one they actually have for sale. To me it's just plain misleading, if not outright fruadulent if what you say is true (which no doubt is).
     
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    #5979 joe sackey, Mar 25, 2009
    Shall I tell the owner of 5022 in New York that pictures of his red SV are being used for the sale of a black P400 for sale in Germany?
     
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    #5980 Jota 5084, Mar 26, 2009
    Thanks Joe!

    Record price for an P400? :)

    A-S Singen does often use pics of car they have sold before, i think it was the same story when they showed #5006 instead of a pic of the car in the ad.
     
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    #5981 alberto, Mar 26, 2009
    I believe it would be the proper thing to do. We shouldn't knowingly let bozo's like these misrepresent cars, specially cars near to our heart.
     
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    #5983 joe sackey, Mar 29, 2009
    Look how low it is. Belt-line?
     
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    #5984 MiuraP400, Mar 29, 2009
    That's why I liked this photo. It really shows how low the Miura is.

    Cheers Jim
     
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    #5987 alberto, Mar 31, 2009
    Joe:

    Do you have any interior pics? I'd love to see how that ended up in the redo.
     
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    #5988 joe sackey, Mar 31, 2009
    He left the interior alone and just cleaned it up.

    Still has the original wild boarskin (tan pigskin really) with orange shag-pile carpets...
     
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    #5989 alberto, Apr 2, 2009
    Good, glad to hear it.
     
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    #5990 joe sackey, Apr 2, 2009
    Moderation :)

    The Webers are a bit too sparkly although Jeff Stephan now has the "as-new" formula and can mellow them a bit...
     
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    #5991 AllAboutTheCars, Apr 3, 2009
    Hey Joe, really enjoying the Lambo shirt thanks to you and Margaret. Heard about what you're doing with the Ferrari cars in Monterey. Awesome. You have a fairway waiting for you if you wanna bring the gang to La Dolce Vita. You will appreciate the Lambos I have signed up thus far, about 21 as of today. I'd post pics, but unsure if that would be cool. email me at [email protected] if you want me to send them.
     
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    #5993 joe sackey, Apr 3, 2009
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    Great to see so many options this year!

    The Ferrari GTOs will not be doing anything formal on Friday (as most have either Laguna Seca or Quail commitments) although I am sure some may individually have a look-in at both Concorso and La Dolce Vita to see whats going on.

    Are there any Miuras coming to La Dolce Vita?
     
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    #5994 joe sackey, Apr 3, 2009
    LOL, I think I remember this Diablo (EE.699.AU) as being the first RHD Diablo to come to England covered by a car magazine? A couple days old and the shift lever breaks off in the driver's hand :-0

    Thats Miura SV 4828 beside it...
     
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    #5995 sumlin, Apr 3, 2009

    I recall that too, I think the display was arranged by Portman (was that the importer's name?)

    I'm only at Pg 40 of the 300 so forgive me if this has been mentioned before but I have an old magazine with a pic of a Miura discovered in the East somewhere (perhaps India, maybe Iran - I can't recall) and the headlamps had been switched for something from a more mundane car (presumably they had broken and whoever was using it as a run-around couldn't afford to fix them) and were just normal circular upright headlamps wedged into the original holes. Can anyone remember this?
     
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    #5996 raymondQV, Apr 4, 2009
    Today I found SV #5080 back to Switzerland, it still carries it's Californian Plates.
     
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    #5997 joe sackey, Apr 4, 2009
    I think you are thinking of 4870 when discovered in Iran with its "fixed" headlights and featured in a 1991 Classic & Sportscar issue...
     
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    #5998 sumlin, Apr 4, 2009
    Wow, I often wondered whether it got saved or not. Good to hear...
     
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    #5999 joe sackey, Apr 4, 2009
    In the past 15 years or so, many Muiras have been 'rescued' as they have become appreciated once more...
     
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