Miura, the original supercar

I would say Grace Bumbry had both...

 

A great gentleman has passed away.

Roland D'Ieteren, main player in the Automobile industry in Belgium, businessman, cars collector, one of the actors in the "Concours of Elegance circus", also owning Touring Superleggera and Ruote Borrani (wheels)

He was for a long time a member of my "Lamborghini Club Belgium", whether in Belgium or abroad, each of our meetings were moments of great simplicity and great passion.

Among others, he was the current owner of Miura P400 #3072 ex Grace Bumbry.... here at 2006 - 40th Miura Anniversary...

R.I.P.



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According to Grace Bumbry, who I was in contact with yesterday, she only ever owned one Miura between 1967 and 1973 that she never had any major accidents in. Her Miura only received minor scratches here and there in her care.

So 3072 #43 very probably is not the ravine IJ Miura due to the dates alone. Perhaps Production #43 was damaged by the factory when in for service, and unbeknown to her a new car was built using the original engine. I have asked her about the possibility of this happening.

She is a lovely lady and is as sharp as a knife, as in my correspondence with her I had made a typing error stating the chassis number of her Miura as 3027, but she corrected me and said that the chassis number of her Miura was 3072.

 

Great article and car. I saw it at Retromobile.

 

Looking for Miura SV 1972 Black car I believe serial 5010. Any help will be appreciated,
Chadbourn Bolles

 

Holy grail tale....

 

A wonderful and very talented woman. I love the way she says just a bit on from here "I had a Lamborghini...." She was talking about meeting the Maestro von Karajan on the Autobahn where he'd stopped to look at her car. She was doing some reportage for a magazine which was probably the Hobby article.

 

He did have a road version Ford GT 40 MK III #1105 and the Miura's Ferrari competitor, a 275 GTB Long Nose #8615.

 

No intention to be picky, but clearly this accident happened while she owned #3072, she may no wonder to let people know she or any relatives crashed the car, but if it was made by the factory, she would know it too, because the production sequence of #272 was delayed in delivery by close to 3 months:

#43 - VIN #3072 - Engine #1220 - delivered 18/07/1967 - Jackel LUGANO

#272 - VIN #3072 - Engine #1220 - delivered 27/12/1968 - Jaeckel LUGANO

 

Following Dr Bumbry's reply stating she only ever owned one Miura, I have already explained to her in detail the two production numbers and delivery dates on the register for chassis #3072, as well as the body numbers from the second production on the car, which would have been there during her ownership.

I await her reply.

 

It means "we" are all looking for #5010 for few years now....

 

Thank you.

 

Apologies if posted before (did check)

Great story and surely this SVJ is special enough even for you to approve Joe

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/incredible-story-hubert-hahne-and-ultimate-lamborghini-miura-svj

 

just on the page before....

 

When and where it was last seen? If i recall correctly it had US-side markers at some point but delivered new to Italy (Modena car)?

 

Owned by Mike Little in USA back in 2006, since it vanished...

 

Modena car was the Lamborghini importer in NY from late 1970.

 

Just typos I'm sure, Joe. You got their first names the wrong way around. It was Alberto Pedretti and Alfredo Caiti.