Miura, the original supercar

It's not a Lip !!!

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Two of the most gorgeous cars ever made!

 

Fascinating to see those period photos of 4659 in Malaysia, fast forward 37 years ...

Martin
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Hi fellas,

It's amazing to see period photos of 4659 in Malaysia back in 1972. I read this info about 4659 a few years back but often wondered if it is true that it was in Malaysia, whatsmore in 1972.

But, seeing these pictures, this can be happily verified. The registration 'C5' is still in use today. It's retained within the same Royal Family. And it's now on a Lamborghini still, no less!
Credit to member AnType for picture. It's a first model Gallardo on SE wheels. And I've seen this car personally.

It's been said that Tengku Arif Bendahara (the first owner of 4659) later bought a Countach in the 80's but this remains to be substantiated. He passed away in the 90s, sadly.
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Originally Posted by ed biggie
jim
The car has sit in a warehouse for some twenty nine years along with ten other cars.
As far photos have learned my lesson on that one, only negative people(xs10shl) like to make
they voice hear on cars less than show ready!!!

Will post photo's of cars as they get cleaned up! but have started the porsche's first.
Will tell the whole story about the cars soon. i am just learning about the web sites for now.
sorry about the delay but have had a couple of guys show up at my house. I am sure they just
what to help but makes me a little stand offish.

thanks
ed

Quote:
Originally Posted by MiuraP400
I understand. Even if you don't post them, please take lots of pictures. Since your car has not been touched in so long I would assume it has lots of original items / details which is nice to document. It doesn't matter how many times you restore a car it is only original once Whether you restore the car or drive it as is, they are all cool. Personally I like the patina of car that is used and cared for.

Cheers Jim

Please, please, please, take pictures of every inch of that car, literally. I own number 9, also built in 1967, and your car is the closest car I know to mine that is still all original and I want to use it as a reference for when I redo my car. I for one would absolutely love to get copies of the CD's of those pictures for this purpose. The record you can create with would be essentially unique at this point.

I do not blame you at all about your reaction to people "showing up"; that's not a good thing and would really torque me off as well.

If I may ask, do you still have the original battery for the car? Have you changed any of the rubber parts such as wipers, hoses, bushings, etc? I noticed in some of the posted pictures that the car has a red top fuel pump, is that original to the car? The red bottom air filter intake are original I assume. Are they the same color as the underside of the air filter tops (which are a red/burnt orange color).

Thank you for preserving your Miura as you have. I sincerely hope that after your hard efforts to save this car in as original condition, you are able to record the car in every detail so the work does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

Alberto

Ed, Joe, others:
These come from posts circa 5529, from about a year ago. Did this beautifully original Miura ever get its pictures taken? I am still hopeful that this car will be documented thoroughly and that I can get a set of all of the pictures to help document these cars in their orignal state and for someone like me to use to asist in making their car correct.

Thanks for any input you may have.
Alberto

 

Shot this one at a Bonhams'auction in 2001 I mean.

Not the cutest of all.
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another shot...
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Last but not least...
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What's that?

 

The rear reminds me of an Opel Manta A ;-)

 

Hope Joe has the answer.

 

On my own, I'm looking for a side view of a Miura (no matter the version) in dark green w/ golden lower part & rims.

 

I believe it still resides in Germany.
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Oh my God... At least replicas of SVJs like 4840 and 4088 look a little like the "real" ones...

Philippe M.
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good for me !

 

Anybody has an idea what's the red Jota in Italian plates ????

 

looks like that car was converted by an "idiota"

 

Lol!

 

Obviously, too many !