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  1. mt_jt

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    I think it's safe to say most on this forum are interested in Miura-related details but what is it exactly you are trying to find out?
     
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  2. joe sackey

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    Definite interest, please do continue.
     
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  3. joe sackey

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    I have seen multiple style Bertone sill kick-plates, that's an interesting observation also.
     
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    The small "b" Bertone logo I've noticed is located at the bottom of the water channel of the lower windscreen bay.
    A few centimeter close to the hole dedicated to the gas tank vent just below.

    Note that this small cold stamping isn't very deep, and hardly or even no-longer readable after painting.
    Concerning the size, yes it is very small, the diameter of the circle around the "b" letter being approx. 8mm.

    I'd be very pleased if someone can have a look at it (needing an access to a Miura put back to bare metal in this area) and confirm and share what he has found about it !

    Thank-you
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  5. joe sackey

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    Very cool, we learn more about these cars every day.
     
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    Very interesting. I was not able to find it on my car with the paint in place. I also looked at the underside for an impression but did not see one there either. It is either a very light stamping (which it appears to be) or my car does not have one.

    Cheers Jim
     
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    Thank you Bruno

    I will look on a restoration project Miura nearby and will tell you !
     
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    here is its steeringwheel, not original I presume ?
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  10. joe sackey

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    Steering wheel and rubber carpet-pads are not original, but the lovely vinyl 'basket-weave' seat-inserts are.
     
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    Such markings typical in the automotive industry until todays production. We can find them on many products such as dashboards, wheel bearings, sealings and so on.

    Reason for the producing factory to mark their products is to protect their own quality prior to dispatching their products to the assembling companies largely named "car producer" which many times have more than one supplier for the same product.

    This
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    is a sample logo to be found for instance on Mercedes W123 dashboards. It is hidden on first sight, but once the glovebox open you can see it on the visible part of the dashboard frame holding the glovebox.

    In the Miura case it is interesting to see and new to me as well that Bertone marked their bodies. Can we imagine Bertone did this on all his products ?

    Or was this just done
    a) to make sure to identify the original Bertone supplied chassis
    b) to make sure Feruccio not to order "clones" from third parties or not to produce a certain amount of chassis himself ?

    I could imagine it knowing the logic and santo spirito della prima repubblica quite well...

    Carissimi saluti
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    Those silver mirrors, ugh.
     
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    In the period they would have been body-color matched, chromed, or simply unfinished black plastic. I must confess Ive never seen them thus-finished (silver paint) but I think they were going with matching the wheels & sills. I agree, perhaps not the best look, but a minor detail easily changed.
     
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    Fair enough. I prefer Miura's(all cars really) without mirrors though they do serve a practical purpose.
     
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    Agreed!
     
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    OH MY!! What is the name of that color?
     
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    Translated "Light blue sky" makes sense.
     
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    Beautiful.
     
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    Frankly I'm surprised more Miuras weren't finished in this period color
     
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    Very fitting color on the Miura,perticulary the s being less brutish than the sv
     
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    Isn't it a P400?
     
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