Miura, the original supercar

A quick Google search shows this car was delivered red, but later repainted white? I’ve always been curious as to whether (m)any P400S cars had wheels and lower trim parts painted gold at the factory.

 

car sold at Barrett-Jackson auction in 1998 (white)

Nut-and-bolt restoration by Miura specialist Gary Bobileff, completed 2000 - changing back to Red

 

Yes.

Another reason for the second restoration was a bit unplanned. I was trying to impress this supermodel from Miami, (not Farrah (joe you have a good memory!) in the picture. I invited her to my home in New Orleans and we decided to take a spontaneous drive to the beach. My beach house is in Seaside Florida which is about a 5 hour, but really cool drive. I was pulling out all the stops so I decided to take the best car in my collection at the time which was 4870. I pull it out, and she says “wow nice car!”. I knew it was the right decision!

Half way through the drive the heavens open up and it pours down rain for hours. Then as we get towards the beach I can hear the wet sand blasting the entire underside of of what was a perfect 100 point restoration. Of course I’m all smiles to the girl and say nothing, but I’ll suck up the cost of a restoration when I return, and if she’s impressed it’s worth it. This girl was one of the top models at the time and I figured I need to pull out all the stops.

Well we get to the beach house. She gets out of the car, looks back at it and me and says “I have to say, that’s the coolest Camaro I’ve ever been in”

After the trip I sent it back to Bobileff and we carefully restored it again.

This car had incredible adventures before my ownership no doubt, but during my many years with her, I added more than a few!


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Expensive ride ha. Not very resilient Bobileffff restorations are they? I'd have been more worried about the engine ingesting sand through the non standard gauze air filters. Did you re-fit the standard air filters? Presumably 4870 still retains some of the non standard mods done on the previous restoration such as the split sump?

 

The things we secrifice for long legs. Great story

 

Correct on all accounts. Every Muira I’ve had have had trumpets. The compartment is actually pretty protected from debris. Better than most TRs that raced at LeMans! Everything that Joe said about them is right on. Besides, there is no more beautiful sight in all automodum!

As for the quality of the Bobileff restoration, this was 15 years ago. Back then, Gary was on the top of his game and the car was fantastic.

As for any modifications (ie split sump), the Muira community/market is pretty solid that there are certain improvements that are necessary during restoration. At least anyone that does anything other than let it sit in a museum.

Couple more things about 4870

The white and blue livery was one the Shah copied many times (my research concluded, like Sackey, that this dark blue/white could have been inspired by Farah’s royal coronation robe.). My Glickenhaus 004, (the design of which was inspired by Jim’s admiration of 4870, ) will be Blue Notte/White.

My biggest mistake with cars was selling 4870. Simon Kidston caught me with a world record price for a Lamborghini (double the then value of an SV) and I did it. (I always wanted a lime green one-so I let it go). I didn’t need the money at the time, and it was a mistake. I immediately got my green Muira and blew the balance on racing Ferrari Challenge cars. Now I regret it. Unfortunately it’s in a collection on Bahrain and will not likely be on the market again in my lifetime, [emoji20]

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Agreed that the split sump is a worthwhile mod. Do you know what solution is used to split the sump on a single sump Miura? Is it the same as the Lamborghini factory used on the split sump cars? Do the factory cars have separate external castings?

Now regarding the use of trumpets that's a completely different matter. Road cars like a Miura use air filters for very good reason. If they weren't needed on a Miura they wouldn't have been built with them. That Ferruccio Lamborghini is pictured with his SV without air filters proves nothing. He may have been just balancing the carbs for example. He is also pictured with his SV with air filters. GTOs and TRs are racing/competition cars and get rebuilt more often than road cars but even these engines would last longer with filters installed but throttle response may suffer slightly and cost time in a race not needed on a road car like a Miura. There is a lot of debris on roads that don't need to be dusty/sandy that will get sucked in the engine causing damage/wear to the valves/guides, cylinder bores, pistons and the carbs themselves. Also debris can mix with the oil and damage bearings at the top and bottom ends. You can't just remove the air filters and put them back on when it's dusty/sandy or whatever. Removing them very likely will make the air petrol mixture leaner which would necessitate adjustment of the mixture to prevent engine damage by running too lean a mixture so it's not just an easy case of taking the filters off and putting them back on. Removing the air filters is not respecting the engine. I think the filters look great too.

John, I think you should buy another SV. Simon Kidston has a very nice orange one atm. I'm sure he'd do you a great deal. See here: http://www.kidston.com/kidston-cars/1846/1971-Lamborghini-Miura-P400-SV





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Joe based on the asking price of Simon’s car and another in EU I heard about with a $3.5MM price, what do you think the SV that will be auctioned this month by RM might bring? Estimate is $2.2-2.4MM. It’s an older restoration.

 

This Lamborghini Miura has just arrived to Mexico.

Can anyone please help me to identify its chassis number.

Thank you in advanced!

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Agreed

 

Its been my experience that many Miuras tend to do rather poorly at auction when compared to private sales. Can't really say why that is on nice auction examples. Perhaps it's just a car that worries buyers more than other marques.

 

Count me in the minority, but I personally don't think splitting the sump is as important given the way most people use their cars, even though I did do it once on a car in order to add an LSD in it. Higher on the list for me would be the Wallace mod for non-SV suspension, chassis bracing where needed, and a lubrication pipe for the transfer gears. All visible upgrades, but all fix some pretty basic flaws in the original design.

 

3580.

 

Ferruccio's SV #5028.

I see from Kidston's www.miuraregister.com that Ferruccio acquired SV 5028 as a used car towards the end of 1974. Were the eye lashes fitted by him or were they ordered by the first owner when the car was new? The previous owner to Ferruccio is very surprising too!!!!