Miura, the original supercar

+1. Although not an original or authentic thing to do, putting spacers on the back axle or wheel mounts to widen the rear track or putting 9" wheels on the back, both so that the rear arches are filled out greatly improves the look of Pre SV cars. The P400 and P400S look like a rear wheel has fallen off from some angles. I was wondering if doing this would further increase the chassis flex on the earlier Miuras?

 

No, but the spring and struts are under heavier load which results in a softer reaction of the suspension, this might be an improvement or in the worse case a real bad roadhandling, all depends on the suspension setting and the thickness of the spacers.

 

Great pics, Joe. Piloting a Lamborghini Miura SV with a beautiful woman by your side. Life can't get much better than that!!

 

Thanks, Raymond.

 

Is the rest of the bonnet on 5028 the same as an SV with SV bonnet refinements or perhaps I should ask if it has an SV bonnet with eyelashes fitted (as you have worded above) or is it the same as found on the P400/P400S?

 

Actually, you can tell that it is an SV bonnet by the grille and its opening. Some of the differences are obvious in Joe's pic above (and by looking in The Lamborghini Miura Bible) with the yellow Miura behind the SV and 5028 has the similar opening for the grille as the SV with the more rounded shape of the opening and the grille at both right and left sides and comes to a point, a bit like an arrow, on the P400/S. Something new I learned today and another quick way of spotting an SV, or a genuine SV bonnet at least.

Mind you. Those clever and talented guys at Bobileff Motor Company really have paid attention to detail in converting this Miura to SV spec. The grille/opening also has been changed to replicate that of the SV. Most people would just be looking at the headlight surrounds.
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http://www.sportscarmarket.com/car-reviews/etceterini/4667-1971-lamborghini-miura-p400-sv-prototype

Interesting info about the Prototype above. My apologies if posted before.

 

I was thinking you must have done, Joe. Along with the others you have owned too.

 

Just noticed that the front clam on 4856 (the incorrectly called prototype we discussed recently), may have a standard P400 clam that's been converted to SV spec as well as having a standard P400 rear clam. It has the rounded SV grille/opening but on all the other genuine SV's I've seen the 2 rectangular vent's edges at the right and left below the grille/opening should run parallel or in line with the drivers/clear lamps i.e angled on an SV and straight up or at 90 degrees from horizontal on P400/S cars. Original SV in the pic below. I may be wrong of course as we all know that no 2 miuras are the same.
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No angled rectangular vent edges below the grille on these SV's though. Hmm. I did say I may be wrong. Actually, are these 2 the same car? Hmm, the rhs edge of the grille opening looks more rounded on the bottom car?
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4870, the ex Shah of Iran SV, has the same shape vents as the above 2 cars as well which further disproves what I said above about the vents under the grille on the SV. Sorry, I should have researched this more thoroughly before posting.

 

The definite difference between the early and later bonnets are the edged outside line. On the SV it´s CocaCola bottle shaped (to better suit the wider rear bonnet) and on the others straight. This means that the lips over the wheel arches are more pronounced on the earlier cars.
Therefore it´s very difficult to reshape the bonnets all the way.

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Does anyone know if the deletion of the eyelashes was functional, or just to make the SV more 'manly'?

 

Thanks very much for clarifying that, Joe and for your many other interesting replies to my and many others' questions and for the fabulous pictures here in this great Miura thread. You're very kind to share your vast Miura knowledge.

 

http://www.themiuraregister.com/miura/register.php?id=697

I wonder what happened to ex Ron Stern SV #4812 UK reg. JLL 838K here? Notice how almost everyone in this pic is looking at the Miura.
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I understand the wife of a friend of the owner reversed "all over it"! Evidently it's quite hard to see a Miura behind you in a rear-view mirror. They do make a nice noise though, which may be what these onlookers have noticed...

 

It's all better now though. Here, with sibling 4814
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Thanks, Jimmy. Yes, pictures never do justice to how low a Miura is.