The Lamborghini Miura Bible

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  • 1845841964
  • 9781845841966
by Joe Sackey Named after the Spanish ranch famed for its ferocious bulls, the Lamborghini... more
The Lamborghini Miura Bible

by Joe Sackey

Named after the Spanish ranch famed for its ferocious bulls, the Lamborghini Miura's flamboyance and engineering wowed the public when it was unveiled in the mid-sixties. Yet despite its devoted following, there has been no authoritative publication on the car for over a quarter of a century ... until now. Written by a world-renowned authority on the subject - who has himself owned, maintained and restored five Miuras - this unique book features everything the enthusiast would want, from a specially commissioned studio shoot capturing the historic homologation prototype USA Miura SV, to production statistics, specification information, paint charts, and much more. With over 400 photographs and illustrations, this is the definitive guide to an iconic supercar.

Contents:

THE MIURA LEGEND
"Death in the afternoon"

  • STARTING OUT
    "A fistful of dollars"
  • A FIGHTING BULL CALLED MIURA
    "One for the ages"
  • THE MEN BEHIND THE MACHINE
    "Young Turks"
  • P400 GT CHASSIS
    "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • SALONE D’AUTOMOBILI TURIN 1965
    "A star is born"
  • CLOTHING THE CHASSIS
    "The stuff of genius"
  • GENEVA SALON DE L’AUTOMOBILE 1966
    "Shock and awe"
  • MARKETING THE MIURA
    "In the blink of an eye"
  • MONTE CARLO 1966
    "Off to the races"

P400 DEVELOPMENT
"Prototype to production"

  • THE ENGINE
    "Four-liter V12 with an all-in-one sump, mid-mounted transversely"
  • THE PROTOTYPE BECOMES ROAD-READY
    "Form meets function"
  • THE P400 DEVELOPMENT PROTOTYPES
    "Diamonds in the rough"

A TRIP TO REMEMBER
"Well Mr Markley, yes, it will go 170mph"

  • ORIGINAL NOTES
    The first detailed road test

P400 TO P400S
"Growing pains"

  • DALLARA LEAVES
    "The honeymoon is over"
  • MIURA P400S

JOTA
"Burning the midnight oil"

MIURA SPYDER
"Roofless little devil"

  • ZN75
    "All that glitters is not gold ..."

P400SV
"Ultimate Miura"

  • ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT
  • PRODUCTION SPECIFICATION
  • PRODUCTION
  • PRODUCTION NUMBERS BY YEAR
  • ENGINE VARIATIONS
  • POST-PRODUCTION SUMP MODIFICATIONS
  • SV DELIVERY DESTINATION BY COUNTRY

P400SV
Specification

  • PAINT COLORS
  • INTERIORS
  • AIR-CONDITIONING

SV FOR AMERICA
"Trouble in paradise"

  • FULL SPECIFICATION
    for USA Miura SVs
  • USA SV CHASSIS NUMBERS
    ("Solo per versione USA")

MODIFICATO
"Modified by the works: super Miuras"

  • REBUILDS AND DUAL IDENTITY CARS
    "Oh, what a tangled web we weave ..."
  • JOTA-STYLE MODIFICATIONS
    "Five built with seven remaining ..."

CHASSIS NUMBERS
"Smoke and mirrors"

  • THE LAST MIURAS
    "Curtain call"
  • OTHER LAST CARS
    "The cast and crew"
  • NUMBERS

DRIVING
"Chariots of fire"

  • Then, there is that sound….

PERFORMANCE
"Come fly with me"

  • MIURA P400 PERFORMANCE
  • MIURA P400S PERFORMANCE
  • MIURA P400SV PERFORMANCE

STANZANI
By Simon George

MAINTENANE & RESTORATION

  • Top Gun Street in San Diego is Miura heaven
  • Maintenance

MIURA MEMORIES
By Richard Losee

LOST & FOUND
"The story of the first SV built for America"

MIURA SV BUYER'S GUIDE

  • ORIGINAL OR RESTORED?
  • NUMBERS
  • DOCUMENTATION & HISTORY
  • SPECIFICATION
  • EQUIPMENT
  • MODIFICATIONS
  • CONDITION
  • COLORS
  • INSPECTION
  • SOURCIN
  • MARKET VALUES

OWNERS
"Fanatics"


Buch, Hardcover, 26 x 26 cm, 272 Seiten, 450 größtenteils farbige Abbildungen, englischer Text