Miura, the original supercar

The Silvera/Haiti Miura SVJ, showing EE.60147 plates if possible.

2nd image strictly copyright miurasvj.com
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Images showing front end detail such as headlamp bezels and wiper unit are appreciated
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Ive come across this poster created for the car
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"Albert Silvera was the catalyst who finally enticed my family to Haiti by leasing them the El Rancho Hotel. Originally, Albert had built the main structure as his private home. When I first met him, I thought he was the most striking-looking man I had ever met. He was a forty-seven year old Haitian Syrian Italian Jew, approximately six feet tall, graying at the temples, and slightly resembling a tall Indian version of Rossano Brazzi, the Italian actor. He wore Jacque Fath ties and custom made Italian suits with spread collar shirts from Paris. He had his own plane, Arabian show horses, a yacht, a black Mercedes 300 SEL, a Rolls Royce Corniche, and the first Lamborghini Miura I had ever seen that he later sold to Jean-Claude Duvalier's in-laws, the Bennetts. He loved gorgeous women and was never without one on his arm."

 

Albert Silvera (in the dark blazer next to his Rolls Royce Corniche he owned) talking to a couple. In front of the hotel lobby entrance is 4990.

Pic by Jean-Marc Bailly
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Originally the car sports the chromed headlamp bezels as used by Ferrari and appears to be "Rosso Granada". Chromed mirrors, trim & spinners. Pantograph wiper.
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Later the car was painted red when owned by the Duvalier family.

In the current restoration the headlamp trim was discarded, a major faux pas IMO.
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Thanks for sharing the Japanese magazine article.

 

Thank you.

 

I understand completely

 

The poster was made by a Japanese artist and I believe it was done in the last year or so.

 

http://slckeybo.exblog.jp/m2009-10-01/

Scroll down.

Apparently a well-known graphic artist in Japan.

 

Good luck! When I was refinishing 4884 I discovered that PPG Milano had 18 different shades of red (!!) and what they called "Rosso Corsa" for FIAT was named something different for Ferrari and then something different again for Maserati ... , you get the idea

Personally I think Rosso Miura is something different for each different Italian car company.

Rosso Arancio was the closest but in the end we gave up, looked under the windshield trim, found some perfectly preserved original paint, copied it, and the rest as they say is history.
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Very nice.