Miura, the original supercar

Chassis #4000 seems to have been listed today by Tom Hartley as a full restoration.

http://www.tomhartleyjnr.com/used/1969/classic/lamborghini/1969-classic-lamborghini-moira-swadlincote-for-sale-cyy388g

I love that beautiful red w/ the silver accent and blue interior. I believe I read in here that Kidston's orange SV was a complete restoration as well that took a few years and was asking $3.6m. Taking that figure into account, I'm assuming a S of equal condition could fetch $2.5-$3m?

 

This topic of split sump vs non split sump was discussed at length 3 months ago and eloquently summarized by P400 in this post:

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/145952812/

If you search back to page 652 there is more on this topic.

 

According to RM Sotheby's Polo Storico did restore the front and rear original clams from SV lookalike back to original. They also removed the chassis mods and restored it to how it was originally.

 

THJ seems to have gone the extra mile to restore the car back to original to include things like the correct interior and exterior colours and painting the sills and wheels silver from the gold they were. I'm sure Cremonini will have done a great job of the bodywork and chassis. THJ says the car has had a nut and bolt restoration but doesn't say who did the mechanicals or the interior.

 

Great looking car but they didn’t get the gap tight enough, which is often often a problem, where the sill meets the body in the rear. The two clips shouldn’t be visible.

 

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I think that's just how they are. Look at the car in the post above. Cremonini, who restored chassis #4000, worked on Miuras at the factory when they were built and does the paint and bodywork for Polo Storico.

 

The above should read that Cremonini painted Countach bodies for the factory when he was at Autosport. He didn't paint Miuras at the factory but has restored many.

 

Hubert Hahne dealership 1971.

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I remember the location at Corneliusstrasse in Düsseldorf in the very early 1980s. The workshop was in a very much cramped backyard and also the "showroom" was very small. Hubert Hahne`s brother Bernd Hahne was a very good racing driver. He sometimes picked up the new cars in Sant`Agatha and drove them to Düsseldorf overnight.

 

Fair enough, Joe.

I only used it as a reference b/c it was the most recent example that popped into my head that had undergone a full restoration to become like-new again as well, except with it being a SV instead of a S; if Kidston believes his Miura is worth $3.6m, it was just a broad assumption THJ's could be worth somewhere in the ballpark I posted. I wish I knew what the last restored S had recently gone for; it would be a more appropriate guideline.

 

If it sells.

 

Just my opinion, but Rod Stewart's affiliation should guarantee that.

 

Everything simply depends on whether the reserve price is realistic on the day...

 

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