Miura, the original supercar

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by ken qv

he was not sound when he wrote his will

Apparently.

[miurasv]

I've just read in post 18 in the link below that Steve McQueen owned a Miura. Is this true and if so does anyone have any details? Thanks in advance.

McQueen

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

I've just read in post 18 in the link below that Steve McQueen owned a Miura. Is this true and if so does anyone have any details? Thanks in advance.

McQueen

Not true. McQueen was a cool guy, but did not own a Miura.

Which is why no pictures exist, unlike all of Mc Queen's cars which were well-documented because he shared his cars and exposed them to family, friends & enthusiasts.

Here is a cool guy who DID own a Miura. Actually he owned 2.

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Not true. McQueen was a cool guy, but did not own a Miura.

Which is why no pictures exist, unlike all of Mc Queen's cars which were well-documented because he shared his cars and exposed them to family, friends & enthusiasts.

Here is a cool guy who DID own a Miura. Actually he owned 2.

Thanks, Joe. Did Miles have an SV? Do you have an opinion on whether Steve McQueen actually owned the 275GTB/4 being restored by Classiche?

Steve McQueen's 275 under restore at Ferrari?

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Thanks, Joe. Did Miles have an SV? Do you have an opinion on whether Steve McQueen actually owned the 275GTB/4 being restored by Classiche?

Steve McQueen's 275 under restore at Ferrari?

Haven't looked into McQueen's 275 GTB/4, although I am facilitating a great example as we speak. FWIW I think Ferrari are very smart with Classiche.

My understanding is that Mile's first Miuras was a P400S (seen in pic) and the second was an SV. He bough both cars from Bob Grossman, but chassis numbers have been elusive.

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Thanks, Joe. Did Miles have an SV? Do you have an opinion on whether Steve McQueen actually owned the 275GTB/4 being restored by Classiche?

Steve McQueen's 275 under restore at Ferrari?

Speaking of interesting 275 GTB/4s, here is Miles'

[joe sackey]

Thank goodness he didn't paint his Miura like this! In that psychedelic era musicians would often paint their sports cars in wild liveries (Joplin, Lennon et al), but Miles had some class..

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Thank goodness he didn't paint his Miura like this! In that psychedelic era musicians would often paint their sports cars in wild liveries (Joplin, Lennon et al), but Miles had some class..

Did any of the Beatles or the the Rolling Stones have a Miura and does Paul have any Ferraris or Lamborghinis now?

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Did any of the Beatles or the the Rolling Stones have a Miura and does Paul have any Ferraris or Lamborghinis now?

No idea what Paul owns now, but none of the Beatles or Stones had a Miura, I don't think..

[joe sackey]

This guy owned one, but just like Miles with his first Miura, he too had a bad accident and totaled it.

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

No idea what Paul owns now, but none of the Beatles or Stones had a Miura, I don't think..

George had a love of cars and Paul had a few Lamborghinis, one of which, the 400GT, may be in Italy now. I posted a video with Ferruccio's son and the car was seen there. I think this is another car that was for sale at Pullicino Classics when I was there. Not heard of Mick having any interesting cars. I've only read that Keith had a Dino 246.

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Not heard of Mick having any interesting cars.

Are you kidding? He is a car nut!!

One of his prized possession's is his 288 GTO 58149 which he personally collected at Maranello on EE.190.AK touring plates in 1985, see pic. He still owns it, we are told..

I'm sure you'll agree that's an interesting car

[joe sackey]

Always has been into cars since the 60s

[joe sackey]

Bikes too.

Sorry for the off-topic.

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

Are you kidding? He is a car nut!!

One of his prized possession's is his 288 GTO 58149 which he personally collected at Maranello on EE.190.AK touring plates in 1985, see pic. He still owns it, we are told..

I'm sure you'll agree that's an interesting car

Yes, that's an interesting car I'd say. I seem to remember him now ordering a Jaguar XJ220 that he didn't take delivery or cancelled the order of?

[joe sackey]

Originally Posted by miurasv

Yes, that's an interesting car I'd say. I seem to remember him now ordering a Jaguar XJ220 that he didn't take delivery or cancelled the order of?

I recall there were quite a few cancelled orders but I don't remember why..

[miurasv]

Originally Posted by joe sackey

I recall there were quite a few cancelled orders but I don't remember why..

I think it may have been the market crash for supercars. A lot of speculators ordered them and a £50,000 deposit was required which they would lose if they cancelled so they used the fact that the car did not have a V12 engine as Jaguar said it would as grounds to get a refund. I don't know if they were successful.

[merstheman]

Miles had a few Ferrari's. There's a funny (but also sad) story about how when he bought his Testarossa in the 80's, he felt the need to have someone call all the police stations around where he lived to let them know he bought the car, because apparently he kept being stopped by cops who thought it was stolen, as they couldn't believe a black man would drive around in one of those. He was a complex man...


What about this picture of him with McQueen

"Hey Steve, what can you tell me about them Ferrari's?"

[joe sackey]

Napolis was there when he crashed the Miura:

"There was a bit more to it than that. He didn't fall asleep at the wheel. He tried to make a right angle turn at 60 mph from the left lane of the West side Highway to the 125 ST exit across three lanes of traffic. He didn't make it. He hit the WPA Stone exit ramp and the Lime Green Miura came apart like Brazilian plywood in the rain. I pulled over and ran back to his car. He was wearing leather pants and the bones of both of his legs were sticking through the pants. He was bleeding badly.

He looked at me and said: " Is my car ****ed up?" I told him the car was gone. He said: " I got to take a look." I told him both legs were broken and he wasn't going anywhere. I ripped up a shirt I found on the floor and told him to hold the cloth over the bleeding with pressure as it was getting bad but not arterial. There were two large plastic bags filled with white powder on the floor and one had broken open. The interior was dusted. I grabbed the bags and ran to the sewer and chucked them. He screamed: "What the **** you doing????" I used rain water to wipe down the car as best as I could.

The cops arrived. One of them asked me who I was. I told them just one of the guys he cut off. He looked at Miles and at me and told me to split.

Years later I was directing "Shakedown" with Peter Weller. Weller liked Miles's music and I told him that story. One night he went to hear Miles. He went back stage where Miles recognized him. "Hey Robo" Peter told him the story and asked if it was true. Miles got real quiet and said: " I always wondered who that White Mother ****er was. You thank him for me and tell him to come by anytime."

Miles was in the hospital for a long time and didn't play for almost a year. He did make hours of basement tapes which he gave to Sal. One day maybe we'll release them but they're pretty raw..."

[miurasv]

http://jalopnik.com/5919954/how-i-sa...is-lamborghini

Any idea which RHD SV this is pictured in the above article posted by and about Jim/Naplolis? Also, does anyone have any details on the Miuras which Miles actually owned?