Miura, the original supercar

FANTASTIC ! A dream so see such an original untouched car. Like you say “reference car”, very clear picture, this i never knew. Was that red colour on the air filter base also used on SV’s or just on P400 and P400S?

 

It's my understanding that it was used on all of them. Red brick color and not very shiny. Almost like a primer we use in the US.

 

WoW !! This is impressive info, Thanks! What would you suggest for cleaning? Media blasting with the finest glass and after that in a whashing machine or no media blasting at all?

 

+1 on Pierce Manifolds! Great folks to deal with. They used to laugh when I would call to order rebuild kits for the 42DCNF carbs. I would buy 12 kits! At the time I had an ‘83 Jalpa and (2) 1980 Maserati 4Porte’s, all of which used (4) 42DCNF’s each. I felt like I could rebuild the DCNF in my sleep. LOL!

Mike

 

Perhaps the ones attentive to the reading of my post have noted my typing mistake : hexavalent chrome is chrome VI - six (and not chrome IV like I typed...) .
Alodine 1200 is hexavalent chrome Cr6+, but as I said, due to current regulation (proved high cancer risk for people working with CR6+), it is now often replaced by trivalent chrome (Cr3+ - Surtec 650) , but not giving the expected yellow/olive color we need on our Miura Weber carbs...

 

Yes, like primer it is, looks great. How about your engine? Is that going to be painted silver or just cleaned or media blasted?

 

Yeah, they are great. I have a spare set of 40IDL Miura carburetors that I picked up, and had them restore for me recently. Mike and his team did a great job, and they flow tested right to original specs. No coating on them, but still great nonetheless. These are not going on my cars...they are just for spare. They look great on my bookshelf.

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Original Miura engines were painted silver, in fact. So, mine will be done just like that. Silver paint, not very glossy. Most shops do this...Top Motors included.

 

Yes, prior to any Alodine 1200 treatment, your parts need to be perfectly clean : main dirt can be removed by any process you want, but the major issue is the final degreasing. And people offering Alodine 1200 treatments can easily advise you in the correct way to do it.
An ultra-sonic cleaning is also recommended after the parts have been exteriorly cleaned.
And in case you touch your now perfectly clean part directly with your bare hands just before an Alodine 1200 chemical treatment, don't be surprized to see your fingerprints fixed in the final coating result of your newly restored part !....
A proper degreasing is the basis prior to any Alodine 1200 treatment.

 

The spot you circled is the spot the factory put the red dot on to signify the carbs have been tuned. It is the correct size and shape used. It appears to have been hand applied with a paint brush. As far as the original color of the carb one could argue the bit under the red paint is correct as it was preserved. My understanding is the air filter base was changed from red to black sometime when the S or SV as introduced. The car you showed is a very special car. Note the hose clamps used. Very unusual to see them still on a car.

Cheers Jim

 

Hard to say. It could equally be the case that the red paint peeled off, taking some of the gold finish with it. To me that sounds more likely, as the area in the circle looks like bare aluminum and the rest of the carb is goldish in color. Agreed that it’s a very special car!

 

Joe it was a pic of the spare wheel of the SV we’ve been talking about on the site:

https://petrolicious.com/articles/lamborghini-has-restored-this-miura-sv-for-jean-todt-and-its-beautiful

 

Thanks for the link, increidible car, not even 4000 km, COMPLETELY untouched!!! When you look at these pictures you can almost SMELL that car! Ok, normally i am only a reader here, i am going back to reader only modus again. Thanks guys for always posting nice info and so much great pictures, i really enjoy it! I am sure there are lots of reader only guys who enjoy this. Keep up the good work! Today i am going to find out or i can find a place over here to give my weber carbs give this coating, unfortunally not for on a Miura, currently building a 73 911 RS spec, with a further tuned 2.7 minus the MFI, just a car to have some fun with on windy roads. I prefer original cars but sometimes its just fun to do such things like this. Ciao!

 

Ok one more post.. looking at these wonderfull pictures you can see Polo Storico “forgot” even to make the VIN red, should have add a “in rodaggio” sticker on the windshield and for sure more to find.. only on a few pics we can find all this.. i wonder what kind of bolts and nuts are used.. ok, i will stop now about Polo haha

 

Reading some other guys recent posts, you are right...

as a good friend said : the dogs bark, but the caravan goes on…



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Or even better: the moon does not care when the dog barks.....

 

One thing i forgot to ask, does anyone know why the original wheels where replaced by replica’s? I think its always a shame original components are taken away from a car. Perhaps its done for safe driving but in that case i would have expect they would mount the originals on at a event like that especially Polo Storico is all about originallity.
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Looks incredible!

 

DAMN! Love It

 

View attachment 2654588 Concerning my former Miura #3165 I can confirm that I asked Olivier Nameche to find a client for the car. He presented to me Giampaolo Dallara as a presumtive buyer. To inspect the car, he and Dallaras chief engineer came to my home in Sweden and thouroughly examined all parts. Hereafter he made the deal with Dallara.
Happily Giampaolo Dallara now has the so called "Tamiura" in his museum.

Lel

 

One of the remnants of #3673 as a Miura P400.

 

What a great story. It cannot be easy to part with a Miura. But to know it went to such a good home must be reassuring. Especially to know it was restored to such a good standard and is displayed often. Another happy ending!

 

Simply because PS was running out of time, the original wheels were not ready for Retromobile

and you are right, I confirm you it is for safety reason they replace them for safe driving.

Keep one detail in mind, PS got the car enf of september 2017, and started to work on it end of october due to some administration issues, not before, the car was finished for the show... short time for a full restoration.