Miura, the original supercar

I appreciate your sadness for me, but there is no need. No idea why you write in such a manner. I simply said it looked like it had been stripped down, and a lot of work put into it and asked you to explain what you are looking for in the car to suggest there are better restorations.

You have explained now about the chassis location for example. I have not suggested it is a great restoration so your quite provocative comment to ask me to demonstrate my ability to judge a car , that I have not judged or claim to have evaluated is completely out of context.

I would not possibly doubt your competence Oliver but you are clearly certainly not short of arrogance.

 

don't misundertsand, there is no arrogance... English is not my mother language, in french it would have been more pleasant probably...

 

tons of vintage Miura photos for sale in Japan:
https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch/ミウラ/20000/
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https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B+%E3%83%9F%E3%82%A6%E3%83%A9/20000/

 

I have a P400 question that hopefully someone can answer (Joe?). I had originally thought that all P400’s came with wooden steering wheels and shift knobs. But, I came across this: http://www.lambomiura.com/info/info-index.htm which indicates late P400’s had leather wheels and shift knobs, and round side marker lights. It says the switch occurred when the gearshift lever was bent towards the driver. But there is no reference source provided for these claims.

My car (147/3378) has a leather wheel, shift knob, round side marker lights, and the shift lever is bent towards the driver. I have some period photos from the late 1970's-early 1980's that show it had a leather wheel and shift knob at least as of then. So, it seems that these may be the stock configuration. But, to date, I don't have any photos from the late 1960's that conclusively prove such by showing the steering wheel and knob.

Does anyone know if it’s true that these changes to leather steering wheel and shift knob were made to late P400’s, and if so, at which car number these changes were made? A reference source would be great.

Thanks!

 

Vince,
there are ascertainments leading to a "theory" that all early P400 were delivered with wooden steeringwheel & shift knob... at least for the 25 first Miura made.

After they are mixed untill the wooden steeringwheel disappear from the production at the end of 1st serie P400.

 

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Had this car a wing on its roof? If so, then I remember a fantastic feature in the German magazine RALLY RACING (long gone!) in the 1970s with this car and a white Countach.

 

Thanks Joe and Olivier! This helps...

 

Current and finally back to original livery!

 

Allow a follow up for this Miura #4680 :

As I mentionned, I had different persons presenting differently the car and providing different asking prices during Retromobile, where I spent 5 days...

After, it has been finally admitted that the car was not finished before its exhibition in Paris, but I have been guaranteed that all the details that I pointed were being corrected and that finally at the end the car will be very beautiful.

Frankly, I wish very much it happens, as all Miura deserve a very good job, as they are all "piece of Art"...

 

This early type steering wheel is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

 

so nice to see this steering uncovered of leather...

 

Interesting to read: the Miura has a glass fiber body!

 

may be they didn't know it was aluminium... and thought "lightness" = fiber glass... instead of heavy steel ?!?

 

I am pretty sure they did not really "test" the car in the real sense of the word. A little driving around for taking some "very fast lookin`" shots - that was it!

 

P400 Miura 3132 being auctioned by Coys claimed to be upgraded to full SV spec by the factory in period. What nonsense. As well as the many visible things not to SV spec no P400 pr P400S can be upgraded to full SV spec without a chassis change. See here: http://www.coys.co.uk/cars/1967-lamborghini-miura-to-sv-specification