Miura, the original supercar

Not so sure. I'd be happy to do better. ;-)

 

Well atleast I loved them, everything were right these shots. Superb.!

 

I might be jumping ahead because I've only read up to page 78, but I have a question about Joe's book. Is it mostly numerical facts or more stories of development & such? If the latter I will buy it
Thanks!

 

IMO it's both a good read and most certainly a precise write-up on Miura history including the necessary numbers on dates / production numbers / VIN#'s etc..
The only negative on the book I would be able to mention is the frequently shared opinion on the "best" and maybe even "one and only" Miura workshop in the world for Miura restorations.. I would have preferred a more neutral point of view in a book that's intended as a historical work. But other than that it's a must read for any Miura owner or enthusiast.

 

"The Lamborghini Miura Bible" is a most enjoyable book on the Miura and you will learn a lot from it. I knew quite a bit about Miuras before reading it but I know quite a bit more now. You should definitely buy it.

 

+1
Definently a good read and yes a great book to buy and loaded with alot of good info on these cars! You won't regret the buy!

 

It's been 5 years ever since this thread was started
and it's one of my favorite places in the World Wide Web .

Thanks Sackey and everyone else in this community for their precious priceless contributions






P.S. I've noticed some people all over the place have copied and pasted this mispelling of ISLERO

 

Found this pic, just wanted to share it with you all
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And Miura
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In spanish the word Jslero makes no sense , not at all besides being unpronounceable

I recall Islero was named after his mother whose name was Islera
( relative to an Island )

Joe : Thanks for the "cartel" I love it
but it advertises the same corrida or performance of Manolete which happened to be his last ( Aug . 28th 1947 )

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0FuuG7Li0[/ame]

 

Sorry to interupt your theory Joe.

I met Mario Marazzi last 14th November for a whole day and this point was one of my questions. The following day, I was with Ingrid Pussich and this point was also discussed in regards of one "warranty file" concerning the Islero of one of my father's friends : #6027.

ISLERO is the name selected by Ferruccio, referring to the bull which killed Manolete.

When Ferruccio asked for the logo to be designed, he never determined how it must be, he was expecting sketches.

The logo was starting by a capital letter, then tiny letters : I s l e r o
instead of full capital letters.

Because of the line underlining the whole Lamborghini name with the "L", the idea was to continue but starting with "I" didn't match, so the "I" was slightly modified in what you are probably one of the few to believe it is a "J".

As, you show it yourself with the 2 catalogs, but I saw the Press release and many official correspondance about Islero are ALWAYS with "I"... no more doubt to have !!!

 

Jota has a different meaning, it comes from Group J in racing, which says to which degrees a Jota car is allowed to be modified to be confirm with Group J according to FIA.
But Olivier knows this better than me.

 

...just published:

http://www.heel-verlag.de/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi?action=showdetail&artnum=9783868524734

By the way - is anybody interested to get the two other issues? Please give me a signal;o)
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Well, I spoke & interviewed Etienne Cornil too, have you ?

Without sarcasm, the only point I agree with you is : "... it was a mistake..."