Another Miura Restoration finished up!

Kewl

Keep it stock...ok.

 

Very nice indeed, the Tabacco interior works well with the Verde.

 

Interior is hot!

 

Wow, looks amazing!!!!

 

I'd love to see the pics with the GT40 front end on it. The V of the SV is a bit small on the back and the rear wheels need to come out a bit. Things I'm sure you can easily do. Looks good.

 

That's awesome!

 

serial number ?
Telaio ?


pics before ?
Was it Verde ?
did you guys switch the tail lights ?

 

Beautiful. More desirable than ever.

 

Did you fabricate the front and rear clams yourselves or are they stock P400/S clams modified to look like SV?

 

Please, we need before and during pictures.

Great job.
Pete

 

It's about as far from stock as you can get. It's an S pretending to be an SV. Gary does a great job of course, but the customer gets what he asks for, regardless of how, well, un-original it might be. Remember the golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.

 

That looks great!

Do you have any before pictures?

Nick

 

One word: Wow!

 

Yes, Carlo, before pics please. Looks great!

 

I agree that Gary does unbelievable work. Beautiful job. However, very disappointing that another original car has been changed into something it is not. I know that the value of an SV is much higher than an S. However, it is also not inexpensive to buy a Miura S, restore it, and then to turn it into a faux SV. Why not just buy a real SV? This car now will always have a "story" associated with it. Not Gary's fault -- customer has the right to do what he wants. Just disappointing...

 

I guess all the upgrades done by Bobileff's team equals the S to SV improvement

but I might be dead wrong

 

Actually ladies and gentleman, modifying P400's and S models to SV spec's is great, as years from now, there will probably be new owners on these cars, and hopefully the cars will all come back to be transformed back to stock. That is what is called "job security"! The same thing happened when the Ferrari 308's first came out, every one wanted the look of the Factory Rally cars, I remember that I did 13 cars in a row, all in various stages of completion, all sporting front and rear fender flares, extra wide wheels, spoilers, wings, and motor mod's with bigger brakes, removing the front bumper, installing an "egg crate" style front grille. In it's day, everybody loved it. About 5-10 years later, these cars would come home to be put back to stock. It's also happening with the Miura. It's the Bobileff Stimulus Package at work!
I love America!
Gary Bobileff

 

I agree, and imo all of that work just lowered the value by ~10% from what it would have been as a Bobilef-restored S! Talk about a financial step backward...not to mention altering a rare car into something it never was. I think it is funny how people thing they are increasing value by making into a fake of a higher-spec version. Never works out that way in the collector car world. Look at all the LP400 cars that were 'upgraded' with flares etc to look like the newest and greatest S Countach, only to have to be converted back to be worth much (famous owner (Rod Steward) cars excluded, perhaps) Oh, well, as long as the owner is happy, that is his business.

 

It makes me wonder when that GT40 mod took place ....

 

No real harm done, IMHO - The car is better off than it was before it came in, and people will just think that it has a replacement clip because it was hit and repaired at some point in it's life. Looks like a proper restoration job, so I'm sure the customer will be happy.

Besides, anyone who can drop $200 large on a full resto (and has $8000 to spend on a pair of SV taillights, for that matter) can surely drop another $100 large to return it to stock should he desire to do so.