Miura, the original supercar

I inspected #3829 for a potential purchaser in Greece last year. I am very familiar with all the details, as the car is missing it's engine and transmission assembly. But, fortunately, I do know where it is! The current owner wasn't co-operative with the price, therefore, the deal didn't go forward.
Gary Bobileff

 

What happened to the engine and gearbox?

 

almost had a deal 20 years ago, but didn't go with the numbers i've been asked! it's the history the car has, cause it was Onassis and Kokotas car!! the engine and trans was missing from those days, but been told that the car was going to come with it back then!

 

The present owner sent the engine assembly out for a rebuild, and never paid for the work. The shop that has it really would like to get paid with interest after 20 plus years! Not an unreasonable request. The owner does not want to pay. ( or can not pay).
Gary Bobileff

 

Sounds like there could be a major dispute here that may prevent the car and its drivetrain from ever being reunited. It's a shame.

 

This dispute can be rapidly cured by money......maybe a little too much money for what it's worth!
Gary Bobileff

 

I wonder how much money is preventing the reunion? Would the engine need fresh attention after not being run for 20 years, even though rebuilt?

 

Gary, is the powerplant in greece?

 

Yes, I am sure it would, as rings will fatigue, valves that are open will have collapsed weak springs, and who knows if the valve seats were changed to steel, as there were no concerns about not running gasoline with lead back then, as unleaded fuel didn't exist!
Gary Bobileff

 

No
Gary Bobileff

 

Does the car have any engine and tranny as we speak ?

 

no

 

We were talking about the rear end of SV c/n 4818 ex Rod Stewart previously and here are some more recent pics of the car after it had been restored at the factory. They've corrected the lights but you'd have thought that the factory would have put 'SV' in the right place. It looks like the same (replaced bespoke???) rear clam too with the lights inset further down the back.
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Thanks, Joe. Yes, I'd learned previously from you here and in your book to take the words 'factory restored/restoration' with a pinch of salt but it should not be allowed to say a car has been 'factory restored' if indeed it has not been, and in the case of a Lamborghini, 'Factory Restored' should mean inside the confines of the Automobili Lamborghini Factory at Saint Agata. Are any cars restored at the Lamborghini Factory?

 

Probably they did it on purpose
as a particular ID

thus everyone can say ; there goes Stewart's car

 

SV c/n 4806 here with round tail pipes, black sourrounds and divisions on the rear lights instead of chrome and no? honeycombe grille or Lamborghini Script. It also has a couple of chrome fasteners or bolts on the top of the rear clam near the roof. Is this how it was born at the factory?
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Did the Prototype SV c/n 4856 have a standard Miura (P400 or P400S), non SV width rear clam with SV lights and 9" rear wheels? Probably my eyes.

Actually, just found out that the above car is not the SV Prototype. Got the c/n 4856 number from the Miura 40th Anniversary Get Together thread. The correct information was courtesy of Mr Sackey in another thread after doing a search on '4856' on this site.
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Thanks, Joe. I thought the car in the pic was the SV Prototype as it was referred to as such in another thread. Just seen a pic of the Prototype that was recently auctioned and it has the wide SV clam.