Miura, the original supercar

[430 scuderia]

Oh, I didn't know that d1ablo. In Greece there are 3 or 4 Miuras without be sure.. I thought that this specific Miura is one of the 3-4 because one of them is the same colour as the car in the picture.

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[joe sackey]

5110 back in the Bobnar days

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Pinstriped 70s..

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Anyone know Grace Bumbry?

The Opera Superstar bought a new Miura, chassis number 3072, and drove it extensively.

[joe sackey]

Grace & her P400

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On the track, in the rain!

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I'd guess this was at the old Reims track...

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Grace & Miura in period magazine article

[joe sackey]

Miura number 43 was built in July 1967 and delivered in Lugano. It was sent back to the factory and re-built as number 272 in December of the next year. Featured in the November 1967 edition of German magazine Hobby.

"The sound of the Miura is like music to my ears" the Opera Star says in the interview...

[CK7684]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

5110 back in the Bobnar days

Sinful!!

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Featured in the November 1967 edition of German magazine Hobby.

Reportedly features the car being collected from the factory. Adjusting carbs already?

[joe sackey]

From a later issue of Hobby magazine

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Miura number 43 was built in July 1967 and delivered in Lugano. It was sent back to the factory and re-built as number 272 in December of the next year.

Why was it rebuilt so soon and then with a different number, Joe? Was the car still owned by Grace Bumbry when the car was rebuilt?

[raymondQV]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Miura number 43 was built in July 1967 and delivered in Lugano. It was sent back to the factory and re-built as number 272 in December of the next year. Featured in the November 1967 edition of German magazine Hobby.

"The sound of the Miura is like music to my ears" the Opera Star says in the interview...

As far as I remember the article, they picked the car at the factory when it was produced and exported it with the shown ee plates.
I think the editor was the boyfriend of her.

[430 scuderia]

Thanks for sharing Mr Sackey ;-)

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[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Was the car still owned by Grace Bumbry when the car was rebuilt?

Yes indeed, and re-delivered back to her in Lugano. My thinking is she had an "off" and had the car re-built.

[SAB]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

5110 back in the Bobnar days

It's hard to get good photos of black cars but that one shows the beauty of the Miura.

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Yes indeed, and re-delivered back to her in Lugano. My thinking is she had an "off" and had the car re-built.

Thanks, Joe.

http://www.themiuraregister.com/miur...ster.php?id=43

It says in the above link that Robert Kennedy owned a Miura?

[raymondQV]

Originally Posted by raymondQV

As far as I remember the article, they picked the car at the factory when it was produced and exported it with the shown ee plates.
I think the editor was the boyfriend of her.

Dealer: JAECKEL-Bumbry LUGANO,
The car was directly delivered to the owners Grace Jaeckel-Bumbry a well known Opera-Singer. The car was featured in a Arcticle of "Hobby" Issue 23/67, 15.11.1967 by writter Willi Lanek who was a friend of the Couple.
They took the car delivered at the factory and drove it to Switzerland with Export Plates EE-2507.

Something is odd, because the test in November 1967 was done with the export plates.

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by raymondQV

Dealer: JAECKEL-Bumbry LUGANO

In 1963, she married the Polish-born tenor Erwin Jaeckel. They divorced in 1972.