I am looking for a web forum that would be frequented by owners of these cars. Any suggestions as to the better ones for this car? Thanks!
Take a look at Lambochat.com (or go to Ferrarichat.com and look for the Lamborghini section, further below this one). Yahoo has a group called Vintage Lamborghini. Those are probably the two best ones for Lamborghini Miura owners, in my opinion. Alberto
If you're considering a Miura you should chat with Gary Bobileff (an F-Chat Sponsor). He has restored more of them than perhaps anyone else in the States. www.bobileff.com
you are joking right? joe sackey has created one of the best miura threads known to man on this very site. i would suspect that between joe and gary bobileff...there is nothing you will need that you will not find here! pcb
+100 on Gary... I was at his shop last week and he must have had at least 6 in various states of repair and restoration.. Amazing! T
Drives like a truck, takes off like an airplane above 70mph and is as reliable as a Nigerian banker. Looks good in the garage though.
The "holy" Daytona: drives like a truck at low speeds, very fast, with -almost- useless brakes, looks good in the garage though! Please not: the Miura is an icon in the automotive history. The Daytona is a very good looking Ferrari...........
+1. The Miura is an automotive icon--as is a Mercedes Gullwing--both landmark post war GT designs. It is avant-garde in every respect. The SV especially is an aesthetic masterpiece, I don't think that you could change a line. Not a Mercedes or Daytona in terms of reliability however.
You assume too much. Have you ever xrayed a Miura crankshaft? If not do it for the fun of it. What idiot would design a car that shares oil between engine and gearbox (SV excepted)? Pass 70mph in a Miura and you'd better wear dippers... Emotion is one thing, engineering totally another.
The cars were a bit raw and unrefined compared to Ferrari of the day. It made them exciting to drive and maddening to own. Given the low production numbers, and financial and labor difficulties it is a wonder that the cars were produced at all. That does not diminish the brilliance of the design however and yes, the cars can now be made as reliable as they should have been when new. All it takes is money.
Nobody disputes the brilliance of the design. Saying it drives well or is reliable is, well, a bit far fetched. The Miura's racing palmarès and pedigree are certainly a tribute to the car's abilities.
The Miura is a car that was still a new idea when it went into production. There were a few "issues" yet to be resolved. Today a well sorted car is a pleasure to drive and no more likely to disappoint than it's contemporaries from down the road. Lamborghinis were never designed to be competitive race cars. I'm not sure why that would matter.
Probably as an indication of its capabilities? The Miura has all the characteristics a race car had back in that day with the added ease of access to fix anything that might fail in a race (that the Daytona hasn't). The fact it did nada and that nobody even tried to do anything serious with it is a clear indication of a few shortcomings with it, that's all.
It the last of a long line of successful V-12 Berlinetta's, from 250 TdF to 365 GTB/4. The DNA is intact.
