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  1. mt_jt

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    #14051 mt_jt, Sep 10, 2015
    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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    #14052 joe sackey, Sep 10, 2015
    Definite interest, please do continue.
     
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    #14053 joe sackey, Sep 10, 2015
    I have seen multiple style Bertone sill kick-plates, that's an interesting observation also.
     
  4. bb4635

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    #14054 bb4635, Sep 11, 2015
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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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    #14055 joe sackey, Sep 11, 2015
    Very cool, we learn more about these cars every day.
     
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    #14056 MiuraP400, Sep 11, 2015
    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
     
  7. Olivier NAMECHE

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    #14057 Olivier NAMECHE, Sep 12, 2015
    Thank you Bruno

    I will look on a restoration project Miura nearby and will tell you !
     
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    #14059 Olivier NAMECHE, Sep 12, 2015
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    here is its steeringwheel, not original I presume ?
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    #14060 joe sackey, Sep 12, 2015
    Steering wheel and rubber carpet-pads are not original, but the lovely vinyl 'basket-weave' seat-inserts are.
     
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    #14061 BBBBBBB, Sep 12, 2015
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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...

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    #14063 375+, Sep 13, 2015
    Those silver mirrors, ugh.
     
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    #14064 joe sackey, Sep 13, 2015
    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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    #14066 joe sackey, Sep 13, 2015
    Agreed!
     
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    #14067 cnpapa24, Sep 13, 2015
    OH MY!! What is the name of that color?
     
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    #14069 cnpapa24, Sep 14, 2015
    Translated "Light blue sky" makes sense.
     
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    #14070 NürScud, Sep 14, 2015
    Beautiful.
     
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    #14071 joe sackey, Sep 14, 2015
    Frankly I'm surprised more Miuras weren't finished in this period color
     
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    #14074 Ellagirl, Sep 20, 2015
    Very fitting color on the Miura,perticulary the s being less brutish than the sv
     
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    #14075 mt_jt, Sep 20, 2015
    Isn't it a P400?
     
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