Miura, the original supercar

The picture at the top of the page in the link is of P400 3372, not 4863. IIRC in 1976 P400S 4863 had cloth/velvet centres to the seats.

 

Sure the top image is of 3372 but the car that has been restored is 4863...

 

It would be great if the Polo Storico team would share their info,pics,struggles,etc on this wonderful restoration. After following several proper restorations here and elsewhere I can't express how curious I am to see what they found, what they fixed, and what they improved upon, if anything.

Surely it was documented from day one...

 

4863.

I wonder if PS made new front and rear clams or corrected the SV lookalikes?

 

saw my first miura today at the NY Auto Show. What an amazing car in person. there were a lot of lamborghini there today. The centenario was another amazing car. The urus on the other hand im not so sure about.

 

Coys haven't changed their description to reflect the actual situation.

"The Miura is supplied with its original Portuguese Livrete, correspondence and invoices from Lamborghini confirming all works carried out at Santa’Agata in 1974, further invoices for recent refurbishment and maintenance works, a letter of conformity and UK V5C document."

See here: http://www.coys.co.uk/showroom-cars/1967-lamborghini-miura-to-sv-specification-2

 

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This thread is clearly the place to ask this question.

Does anyone have a photo of Lamborghini Miura SV #4822 from any time in its life?

This is the first of two RHD white Miura SVs supplied to the UK, but then apparently it lived in South Africa for many years and then in Australia for many years.

On the ILR site, there is a photo [copyright Joe Sackey, no less!] of a white Miura SV from the side, but no registration plate, SV markings or steering wheel can be seen to confirm this is 4822 [although Joe, I'm sure you can confirm easily enough!]

We've debated RHD Miura SVs on here before: there were 7 Miura SVs delivered to the UK in RHD (one of which #4820 was then converted to LHD), one RHD to Argentina, one RHD to South Africa and two RHD to Australia, making a total of 11 made (10 of which are still RHD).

Amongst all the Miura expertise on here, there must be a photo somewhere.........?

 

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That's 4830.

 

There are some excellent pictures of 4822 along with its interesting history on Simon Kidston's Miura website www.miuraregister.com. You will have to subscribe to see them.

 

It is great to see these cars used!

 

Thanks, but I believe that is my photo, and it's 4830 at Portman Lamborghini in London.

 

Fab. Thanks. Will do.

 

Thanks for the offer. I have subscribed to the excellent Miura Registry which has lots of detail on the car and many photos old and new, so no need. For some reason I’d not realised this registry exists-it is excellent!

 

I am amidst a clutch replacement on my 1968 P400, and discovered part number 2104642 (see diagram), which the factory calls a "Clutch Movable Ring," a flywheel, is unserviceable and needs to be replaced (heat cracking). The factory price is $1700.00, including tax. However, I recently discovered there are none available. The factory has none, and every supplier and restorer I have checked with, is out as well. I have checked all the usual sources, including some individual parts procurers both in the US and abroad. Nothing. And, the factory does not know when its manufacturer will make another batch...I am told it could be months, could be years. Ahhh...the joys of owning a rare car. So, seeing no other viable options, after researching the issue, I made contact with an American flywheel manufacturer who will prototype and manufacture a new flywheel and a spare for me. This company specializes in flywheels-both stock and a variety of race race applications-and has prototyped unavailable one-off flywheels for various rare collector cars before. Before I go further in this process, however, I wanted to reach out to the Miura community to see if there is anyone else in need of one, or who may need one in the not-so-distant future. My plan is to have them made out of high quality forged steel so they are of better-than-original material (less prone to heat cracking), but factory spec. as to all other characteristics (dimensions, pins, mounting holes, etc.). I am willing to order as many as demand dictates, and depending upon batch size, I believe I can get the per-unit price well below the factory price. Feel free to reply here or PM me. Thanks all. -Vince

 

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I’ve waited for this moment my whole life. 11 year restoration isn’t done yet but I drove this car this weekend, first time it’s been on the road since 1979. It has an SV front clip because that’s how my father bought it in Italy in 1974. I’d like to revert to the correct front end eventually but we are currently focused on getting all the functional aspects of the car sorted first. Lots of electrical things don’t work yet (like the tach).


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Love the colour. Are they SV wheels on the back with Michelin XWX tyres?

 

Very nice! You would be surprised how many electrical problems that can be fixed just by taking a dremel tool and cleaning the wire and fuse connections. Relays are another problem.

 

Yes, exactly.

The issue is more that things aren't installed or hooked up yet! The wiring harness is new so it's just a matter of putting in things like headlight motors, interior lights etc.

 

Wow... i know you have YOUR to do list, but she looks super good to me.. epic moment after all this time i bet.. spent My weekend doing taxes LOL

 

Congratulations of getting this far! I've been watching this car slowly returning from the forlorn (although never by your family, thankfully) into what it is today, through the hands of some very competent restorers.