Miura, the original supercar

There are 2 types of Miuras: Smokers, and non-smokers.

License plate surround says "Phoenix - Bob Wallace Cars"

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4892.

 

4892 means that is the chassis number designated to the car when it was manufactured.

There is only one "real" Jota, and it was destroyed in testing. Well-known, even to newbies.

This is one of the SVs taken by the factory and given some Jota features. Some people refer to these cars as "SVJ"s, even though their chassis ID plates all simply indicate that they are SVs modified by the factory. Some people like to suggest that some of these so-called SVJs were purpose-built by Bertone SpA but that is simply incorrect. Each one of them was built as an SV by Bertone SpA and then supplied to Sant Agata where the Jota features were added.

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Wolf was not involved with any factory-modified SV or the original Jota. He didn't think too much of Miuras in general, even though he owned 3 of them.

Of course the Jota came first, and was destroyed years before the Bianco LP400 with roof wing materialized.

No, its not correct to say there were only 5 SVs that were Jota-modified. Exactly how many, there is some question, but Im aware of at least 7. As I state in my book, http://joesackey.com/the-lamborghini-miura-bible/ on page 146, "Five built with Seven remaining". Speaks for itself. And they are not JOTAs, strictly speaking, they are factory-modified SVs.

 

Yes 5 are acknowledged within the actual SV production period, but at least 7 before the Countach production period.

 

I meant to say, "4826" !!

 

5078 @ Spa in the early 80s..
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5038 when we owned it.
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5064 after we owned it.
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I wish I did!

 

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