Miura, the original supercar

I purchased this ex-Shah of Persia Miura SV 4870 via Simon Kidston a few years later and I still have the Lamborghini Days "Best Miura " trophy it won that weekend.

 

Very cool.

No affiliation with this Miura but I do agree the car looks lovely, as do all the cars that Tom Hartley has available, this P400S appears to be an utterly fabulous Miura in one of my favorite liveries.

That said, when a car is described as "the finest restored Miura ever offered for sale", perhaps we can be forgiven for constructively pointing out very minor issues (that apply to many other Miuras) that can be easily remedied.

I think the whole sills spacer debate was actually quite enlightening, whatever one's preference is.

If this were to be my Miura or being acquired for a client of mine, besides remedying the sills, I would also change the Michelin XWX tires to P400S correct-spec Pirelli Cinturato HS CN 73 units

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Speaking of Pirelli, they released some press images from the late 60s

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Here's another of the same factory Miura P400S show-car with yellow hand-painted
Pirelli script on the tires, at a beach location photoshoot for an international Ad campaign

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Here's the finished product using trippy colored screens to kaleidoscopic effect.

Swinging Sixties

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I don't know which chassis number this one is, save to say that it's a factory P400S showcar also used by Pirelli SpA for promotional purposes.

Give that it is a P400S and Giallo, perhaps someone can conclude which one it might be.

 

According to Pirelli SpA themselves, it definitely exists (see below) as confirmed here https://www.pirelli.com/tyres/en-ww/car/collection

As I understand it, original Pirelli Cinturato HS equipment for Miuras was the CN72 (P400), the CN73 (P400S), both of which I have personally observed & noted on original cars, and, the CN12 (SV).

Doing a little independent research, I found further corroboration of the CN73's existence as original equipment for the Miura at this excellent source here http://www.huskyclub.com/tavtire.html

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Indeed, and I believe that technically-speaking, CN73s (not CN72s) would be correct equipment for the Miura we were discussing, although CN72s would be acceptable. Either way, the Michelin XWXs should be replaced in a restoration of that calibre of a car claimed to be the finest restored Miura ever offered.

 

Another poster version of the Ad campaign posted above, this time for Italy

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