Miura, the original supercar

I saw a few of these RHD cars when they were new and I never saw one with Gold wheels, certainly not 4814,4816,4818 ,4828 and I think 4812 was silver, the only one I recall having gold was the silver car 4820, I only ever saw your white car with silver wheels

 

4826 had gold wheels and sills. White 4830 also originally had gold wheels and sills and is how it was bought in 1976. Did 4818 have silver wheels when you saw it with Rod Stewart when you had your Marcos?

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Thanks Joe,
Not that much around... over the 150 produced, none LHD are for sale actually.

Does it mean that owners keep them waiting for higher market value, or because they will regret to have sold their "toy" ?

 

Silver wheels, Red spinners and cills,we are going to retake the picture 40 years on when the weather improves. I still have an orange Marcos and 4818 is at Colin's which is just up the road from me.

 

Cool! With Rod too? There were some magazine articles about 4818 in the nineties and it had gold wheels and sills. There's a short video somewhere in this thread of Rod driving it and the outer rims look polished with red spinners?

 

The owner after Rod Stewart was Mark Walker ,he had the car painted yellow with gold wheels, when he brought the car it was Black with polished rims, the car left Stewart in late 1986 and was advertised by a dealer in London {Michael Fisher,see Super Car Classics Mag} Mark kept the car until around 2000 when it was sold at Bonhams Goodwood and went to collector Andrew Pisker who had it restored at the factory ,he kept it for a few years before it was sold to Hong Kong,it is now back in the UK with a new owner who has got Colin Clarke sorting out a few bits to make it perfect

 

Thanks. There's an extract from a recent book on line where Rod is quoted as saying he sold this Miura for £9,000. If true he certainly got "done" good and proper.

 

Do you have another explanation ?

 

All I can say is that I would feel 10X more confident in a $2M purchase for a Miura SV than say an Enzo or some of the other cars bringing that crazy money these days. Historically this is an important important car and it gives the Lambo marque the credibility it deserves with big money collectors. After all, this is where the cars are going ultimately. Big money guys.

Yes a serious collector looking to place $50 million can do so easily with the Ferrari marque alone. Its a reason why the Ferraris trade well over the decades.

These Lambos are underrated, plain and simple. Would you rater roll around in a Miura with carbs behind your head, or a Lusso with 4 speeds??? I think that answer is simple.

In my view as the younger generations grow up, the countachs and Miuras of the world will become top of the list for collectors looking into vintage cars.

Maybe the older guys with money cant quite handle the experience of one and are looking for that older GT style? I believe this actually could be true in some way. If your looking into 60's-70's cars, nothing really matches what Lambo was doing. They started a new category called supercars for fu** sake.

An SV at $2M may one day look like a steal in my estimation. No I don't own one.... SIGH!!!

 

Funny anecdote - an 18 year old relative of mine came into the shop last week to ogle at the cars, most of which were built 25 years before he was even born.

He took a quick look around, walked right past the Miura and the other Italian stuff, and made a B line for a 71 Skyline GTR.

Never underestimate the power of Playstation! LOL!

 

Interesting,my twenty two year old son has just brought an Audi TT sport, he also has a Noble M12,and access to my collection of Lamborghini and Lotus,he has got more reaction from owning the Audi from his friends of the same age than any of the other cars that includes the Miura,so may we should not underestimate the Power of the Playstation

 

That is funny, and scary....... They just need a little culturing and they will see the light. Hehe

 

Way cool pics Joe.

 

Couldn't agree more. Kids "get" Miuras. I did Sporting Bears Dream Rides years ago at the NEC and the majority of my passengers in 4812 were sub 25. They definitely knew the significance of these cars to the DNA of modern supercars.
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I was going to ask you about this Mr Sackey! Any s/n?

Thank you in advance

 

Thank you!

 

Who upgraded it to SV specs ?

 

BTW been meaning to ask - all the way back form Page 1 - which car is on the left in this photo?
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