Miura, the original supercar

Well, its well known amongst collectors that COYS has not the best reputation in the business.
I know of many problems they had with buyers and therefore I don`t believe anything they mention in their catalog descriptions. But in their description of 3132 they stated that there was a modification done on the chassis to match SV-specs.

 

3132 has a P400S bonnet which does not fit a SV chassis. If it was rebuilt to full SV spec, the S bonnet wouldn't fit, the information of which I believe is also in this thread. A P400S chassis cannot be rebuilt to SV specification. The gauge of the steel used in the chassis of Miuras got progressively thicker throughout its production life and the SV chassis steel is thicker gauge than that in the S. So it would need to be totally replaced.

 

Meant to say above that 3132, an early Miura, has a thin gauge steel P400 chassis and bonnet, not a P400S. This 10 minute edit window is ridiculous. The gauge of steel in 3132 will be even thinner than that of a P400S, let alone a P400SV. The chassis and/or the suspension may may have some SV mods but it can't be rebuilt to full SV spec.

 

I thought that the only difference between the suspension on the P400/P400S and the SV are that the trailing arms on the early cars are from 350 GT and that they used the lower rear trailing arms from Islero S on the SV. And that wouldn't affect the track. Of course the SV has 7 1/2 and 9 inches wheels compared to the 7 inches whells on 400/400S

And why wouldn't a SV bonnet fit a normal or S Miura?

L-E

 

I just took a lock on my S with SV wheels at the back. and admit that you are right. There must be something that I have missed. It doesn't look at all as wide as a SV.
Have to check out what differs in the suspension more than the lower wishbone.

L-E

 

The box sections of the chassis are thicker on the SV. A non SV bonnet will not close down on a SV.

 

Hi Lel,

The rear track width difference between a Miura P400 or P400S & a SV is 5" : 1412mm vs 1541mm.

4" are in the wheels themselves where the 9" SV rear rims are 2" wider than the original 7" Miura wheels. And these 2 more inches are 100% on the outside.

The remaining inch of the overall tack increase is coming from the revised lower suspension arms (based on the Islero / Espada design) . They are 1/2 longer (per side) than the original Miura A-shape lower arms.

The rear upper suspension arms are always the same on a Miura, from an early P400 up to the last SVs : so, on the SV chassis, the fixing brackets for these rear upper suspension arms are externally moved of 1/2 inch, on each side of the chassis frame.

Hope this helps !

 

Yes Joe,
But, even if I personally have your Miura book in both English & French edition, I imagine that it's not the case of all the guys here on this forum.
And nowadays, in 2018, with more than 16000 posts on this (great) Miura thread, it's not really easy to find a specific technical information, assuming it has been already discussed here...

 

Thanks,

so 12,5 mm extended brackets and a couple of Islero/Espada lower suspension arms are the only important difference between a 400 and a SV.

And a million dollars/euros.

About the bodywork I still do think that the SV bonnet fits an older Miura, and vice versa.

L-E

 

No, have you?

L-E

 

On a different note, I have a shed full of Italian car parts that I want to sell. I think some of them are suitable for a Miura but I am no expert so please make up your own mind. The full advert is here:

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/lots-of-italian-car-parts.571939

To emphasise, while I believe the items are all original, I can't say for certain whether they are correct original equipment for any specific model or make. Moreover, as most of you know better than me, there were lots of reproduction items made, coupled to which even the original toolkits came in lots of varieties and weren't even made by Lamborghini themselves. So please check carefully before making an offer. The items are in central London, England if you want to inspect anything in person.

If you're interested in any item please PM me and I can let you know the asking price and send more photos. I'm open to reasonable offers for any item or for the whole lot. I'm happy to send by recorded delivery free anywhere in the world.

Thanks!

Jonathan

 

Oh yes, I remember this beauty !!
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Seeing a Miura competing on circuits makes me always smile. Its hopeless....

 

How sexy and low does that Miura look going around that track, man what a great looking car!

 

Hi Joe,

I'm very interested of your 5 Miura SV having completed the French Tour-Auto Rally !

On my side, I've also identified several Miura having been listed for this Rally over the years : cars simply registerered but potentially never participating, others participating but "did not finished", or the ones with a rally finally / fully completed.

I personally have factually identified 9 Miura registered for this French Rally (Original-Period in the 70's or re-edition in the 90's) : 2x Miura P400, 4x Miura P400S (including one with 4 participations), & 3x Miura P400SV.

So I'm very curious of your 2 additional Miura SV when you mention 5 Miura SV in this Rally and that I have only identified 3 of them ! based on my daya-files that I'd consider to be 100% accurate and exhaustive...

Also, in case there is any interest in this topic of this focused local French Classic Car Rally, I'd be pleased to post some pictures of the concerned Miuras.

Bruno