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  1. joe sackey

    joe sackey Five Time F1 World Champ

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    #4701 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
    Correct...
     
  2. joe sackey

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    #4702 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
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    OK smarta$$, somebody posted a pic of a Miura SV on page 232 amongst some other fine machinery including a Porsche (which some Porschephiles would resent being called "Pork" by the way), so what? Your rationale that because a slight OT happened we should venture off into never-never land of all sorts of other models doesn't hold. Rather than asking for contributions, why dont you make some?

    As for the R8, we know you have a hard-on for them. Please take it up with those that own that fine machine...

    The Lamborghini GTZ was wrongly identified by you as a Bizzarrini, so what can I say?









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  3. joe sackey

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    #4703 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
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    Today I saw an original Miura.

    Car number 84 built late 1967.

    One owner from new. 1,850 miles.

    When the man bought it in 1967, he already had purchased a new Porsche 904 (still has that also, next to the Miura) in 1964.

    He liked the 904 so much, and one feature, he especially liked. The all-cloth seats were cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and held him firmly in place during cornering.

    He traveled to Italy and asked Sgarzi to build his Miura with same, and the car was duly thus delivered having been flown to LAX via KLM.

    Im talking about ALL CLOTH, not just the inserts. The backsides are in the traditional black basket-weave vinyl.

    How say ye? Anyone seen this before?





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  4. bernardo66

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    #4704 bernardo66, Aug 28, 2008
    Pics? *cough*
     
  5. joe sackey

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    #4705 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
    When someone who contributes so profusely asks, I have no problem at all...

    It took me a LONG time to gain an invitation to this man's collection, so I thought it would be rude to whip out the camera today. However we specifically discussed the issue of photographs for posterity's sake and I have been invited back to do just that in the near future and will post some here.

    The collection houses a Gullwing, ATS, Porsche 904 etc, but I think the Miura is sublime. The car is chasis number 3216 and it is in that classic red-orange shade.
     
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    #4706 bernardo66, Aug 28, 2008
    I understand you completely.
     
  7. JCR

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    #4707 JCR, Aug 28, 2008
    A true connoisseur of automobiles. Looking forward to the Miura photos.
     
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  9. alberto

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    #4709 alberto, Aug 28, 2008

    I have never seen all cloth seats the way you describe in a Miura, but then again, they were custom order cars, so not that surprised someone would order it that way. Should be a very interesting car to inspect and fotograph for posterity. Pretty early, all original examples are extremely rare as you know. Not sure if the exterior color is the same as my 1021 should be. I would love to see detailed pictures of this fellow's Miura. Great to hear that it is all original and one owner. Makes my pulse go up!

    Please, please, please, keep us posted.

    Thanks.
    Alberto
     
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    #4710 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
    THANKS for sharing that!
     
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    #4711 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
    I will Alberto, I will...
     
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    #4713 velocetwo, Aug 28, 2008
    If you would post a picture of the ATS that would be awesome, that is one rare bird.
     
  14. joe sackey

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    #4714 joe sackey, Aug 28, 2008
    Yes I will. In the ATS thread...
     
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    #4715 velocetwo, Aug 28, 2008
    You messing with me? There is no ATS thread.......... is there?
     
  16. joe sackey

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    #4716 joe sackey, Aug 29, 2008
    Just kidding.

    I will make sure there are some shots of it as it sits beside the Miura.

    One of 7 built I think...
     
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    #4717 GoFerrari28, Aug 29, 2008
    Gorgeous. I love that blue. It has just the right amount of metal flake in it.
     
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    #4718 Arvin Grajau, Aug 29, 2008
    nice shot.
     
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    #4719 Speedy2, Aug 29, 2008
    Anyone notice that the Bertone roadster has different tail lamps?
     
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    #4720 richardowen, Aug 30, 2008
    A pristine, one-of lambo in an earthy/naturalist setting just does nothing for me. Get that thing on a speedway, in front of a casino lobby, or a 70s mansion.
     
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    #4721 LC3929, Aug 30, 2008
    ???

    The combination of colours in these photos is wonderful: light blue (the car and the sky), brown (the ground), green (the trees).
     
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  23. joe sackey

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    #4723 joe sackey, Aug 30, 2008
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    Well, thank goodness the shoot wasn't done for your benefit, then!

    When I was asked to do the shoot, I realized that there were 2 people that had to be satisfied: the car's owner, and myself. The owner had something specific in mind, and I think we accomplished exactly that. I can report that both parties are delighted :)

    Considering your choices of location (since you feel the irresistible urge to share your un-solicited preferences as being more appropriate), perhaps I should offer that a speedway would be a location of complete irrelevance to this car's raison d'etre. Not only were period Lamborghinis strictly road car's, but this one was created as a show car. A racetrack could not possibly be more inappropriate.

    As for a Casino, perhaps if it were a recreation of that first orange P400 prototype that actually drove to that famed MC Casino, or if we were based in Monte Carlo, then, and only then might a Casino be appropriate. The Flamingo in Las Vegas doesn't quite have the same appeal... not that it has any relevance with this particular Miura.

    We have seen images of Italian cars parked in front of mansions ad nauseum as hardly an original concept, and often times, the structure of a building can take away from the lines of the car (perhaps as a photographer you are aware of this) and they just don't appeal to me as a setting.

    As a fellow photographer, you should know better than most that we all have our own style & preference. Proclaiming that the way you shoot cars does nothing for me on a public forum would be pretty low-class behavior on my part IMHO, so I will simply refrain from disparaging your choices if I don't like it. Perhaps you can take a cue from that option...






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  25. GIOTTO

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    #4725 GIOTTO, Aug 30, 2008
    This Lamborghini makes ridiculous many sportscars produced in the last 3 decades.
     
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