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  1. wbaeumer

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    #8351 wbaeumer, Mar 16, 2011
    ...yep! I brokered it again!

    Ciao!
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  2. joe sackey

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    #8352 joe sackey, Mar 16, 2011
    I was going to say. I guess the marriage didn't last.
     
  3. wbaeumer

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    #8353 wbaeumer, Mar 17, 2011
    The previous owner had the car for almost 4 years!
    Ciao!
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  5. joe sackey

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    #8355 joe sackey, Mar 17, 2011
    I guess these days, 4 years is a long marriage! :)
     
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    #8357 joe sackey, Mar 17, 2011
    Strictly speaking, this car started life and was delivered as a LHD car delivered to Italy, and was one of 2 SVs subsequently (in the period) converted by the works to RHD for sale in Australia.

    I think there are more like 10 RHD SVs.
     
  8. joe sackey

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  9. big ease

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    #8359 big ease, Mar 19, 2011
    Miura SV on the wet roads of Portland

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    I was driving in downtown Portland yesterday and happend to see a Lamborghini Miura SV. At a stoplight and the driver said it only has 5000 original kilometers. This was the first time I have ever seen a Miura in person, and the sight and sound was spectacular! The pictures I took do not do the form justice, probably because I was shaking with excitement.
    The car looks like it sold at an auction in France last year for about $900,000.

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  10. silhouette

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    #8360 silhouette, Mar 20, 2011
    Almost correct Joe. They ( there were two) were purchased in Italy but then returned by the dealer to the factory to be converted to RHD before being brought in
     
  11. joe sackey

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    #8361 joe sackey, Mar 20, 2011
    I think we are saying the same thing.
     
  12. espada1952

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    #8362 espada1952, Mar 21, 2011
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    Pics of original factory built RHD car note the wiper motor and the fuel pump are on the the wrong sides this probably indicates that the car was not converted at the factory
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  13. joe sackey

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    #8363 joe sackey, Mar 21, 2011
    Stephen:

    I think the fuel tank nozzle, horns, washer bottle, brake fluid reservoirs, wiper motor, and fuel pumps are the OPPOSITE of location for LHD cars, so this suggests to me that this white car you have pictured in fact has ALL the components moved over to correct-for-RHD, something only the factory itself bothered to do.
     
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    #8365 joe sackey, Mar 21, 2011
    Don't think so: look at tax disc in window, fuel pump sticker, and chassis ID plate bull logo....
     
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    #8366 MiuraP400, Mar 21, 2011
    I was hoping no one saw that, I took a closer look. Your right it is not a mirror image. Amazing how many things were moved.

    Cheers Jim
     
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    #8368 2NA, Mar 21, 2011
    Because of the steering column the fuel tank definitely must be changed.
     
  19. xs10shl

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    #8369 xs10shl, Mar 21, 2011
    How well is the Aircon working in this car, with the condensor up front? (Assume "better", perhaps even "great") I attempted to add a stealth A/C on my S until I got the price for the bell housing.
     
  20. joe sackey

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  21. jimmy

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    #8371 jimmy, Apr 4, 2011
    Is that 5002 then? Different spinners and wing mirrors from the other Oz car currently for sale in the UK (5036, from post 8357)
     
  22. joe sackey

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    #8372 joe sackey, Apr 4, 2011
    Correct.
     
  23. spadge1976

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    #8373 spadge1976, Apr 6, 2011
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    Joe - can I take this opportunity to thank you for The Miura Bible. It easily surpasses Coltrin and Marchets Miura tome, which was a great book but was a bit let down by the visuals. The Miura Bible addresses that with images that finally do justice to the car, a really beautiful book. I would love to see you do a Countach Bible one day.

    I wonder if you could answer a couple of queries about this car, Jay Kay's SV. Have the black headlamp surrounds been removed from this car or did SV's ever come out the factory like this? I haven't seen another like it. Incedently I think the Miura looks so much more elegant without wing mirrors like this one- I've seen a lot of Miuras spoilt with ugly plastic wing mirrors (such as in post 8373). Ther seem to be a few variations on the wing mirrors, both in placement and design - any particular reason for this?
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  24. vaholtorf

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    #8374 vaholtorf, Apr 6, 2011

    I can answer the part about the wing mirrors. The external mirrors were never mounted at the factory (unless specially ordered), and were dealer items. So the type and placement was up to whatever dealer installed them which means there are innumerable variations. And there were those that left the dealers without wing mirrors, only to have subsequent owners that felt they needed them put them on, further increasing the variations of mirrors and placement. They were usually Sebring or Vitaloni mirrors, as those were the coolest wing mirrors back then.
     
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