The Lamborghini Miura is already one of the world's most beautiful cars ever made and an early seventies P400 S looks fairer than them all, especially when it features a stunning bare metal finish.
Set to be auctioned off by RM Sotheby's without reserve on 14 August in Monterey California, the US-spec Miura has covered just 16,000 miles and been subject to a meticulous restoration.
Originally painted grey, the stunning Miura P400S was picked up from Lamborghini's Sant'Agata factory in 1971 by a wealthy Iranian family. The car was then shipped to the west coast of America where the first owner's 19-year-old daughter fell head-over-heels in love with the family Lambo.
So attached with the Miura S, she decided to keep it for herself and drove it to the University of California for her classes for more than two years.
Sadly, the combination of a young driver plus one of the fastest supercars of its day didn't end well.
Remember, the Miura S back in the early 1970s was impossibly quick. Powered by a smooth-spinning mid-mounted 3.9-litre V12, it produced 365bhp and 388Nm of torque – enough to launch it from 0-62mph in less than 6.7 seconds before topping out at 171mph.
Luckily, the damage was reportedly said to be minor but instead of getting it repaired, the 21-year-old daughter hid it away, presumably from her parents.
In 1977 it looked like the Miura would be rescued when it was bought by a local body shop owner, who'd worked on the car in the past but for reasons unknown it remained in storage for over four decades until it was finally purchased by its current Lamborghini enthusiast owner.
Realising he'd rescued a time capsule of a car that hadn't been on the road since 1973, work began to preserve the original Miura in 2019.
The first hob was to reconstruct the car's damaged nose. Luckily, parts purchased four decades earlier helped.
As part of the repair the original grey-white paint was stripped off revealing just how original the Miura was.
Despite the lack of use, the engine was stripped and rebuilt with a new fuel tank, cooling pipes and brake lines installed, plus a set of rebuilt Weber carbs.
Inside, the car's original full blue leather-lined cabin remains untouched and perfectly preserved.
The original plan was to repaint the Miura back to its factory-correct hue but it has been offered for sale as is, as the bare metal finish proves how original and unmolested the Lamborghini is.
It's now up to the next owner to decide what to do. If it were us, we'd leave as is and park it in in our living room to save one of the most original Lamborghini Miuras in the world rusting away before our eyes.
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