eBay Find of the Day: 1968 Lamborghini Miura P400
If we needed any more convincing that you can find more delicious things on eBay than old movies and great deals on ecco golf spikes, this auction would have done the trick. AutoHaus in Los Gatos, Calif. is auctioning off this flippin' fanTAStic restored 1968 Ferrari Miura P400 (for Posteriore 4 litre) with apparent SV upgrades done by a retired pilot who owned the vehicle. The eBay summary says the vehicle has a mere 44,000 miles on the odometer, but a magazine article included in the listing pegs it at 66K.
The Miura is powered by Lamborghini's 3.9L V12, which was also used in the 400GT. Unlike the latter, the engine is mounted transversely in the Miura and produces 350 HP. Frank Sinatra, who owned a 1970 Miura P400SV, remarked, "If you want to be famous, drive a Ferrari! If you are famous, drive a Miura."
At the time this was written, the current bid was $135,100.
Thanks for the tip, Mike!
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G. Snyder 11:44AM (5/22/2007)
A Ferrari Miura? You guys don't even pretend anymore do you?
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felipe 11:43AM (5/22/2007)
that's a sweet ride.
love those doors. what is the knob on the inside of the door by the vents?
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drolds1 11:45AM (5/22/2007)
Ferrari Miura?
Proofread.
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dskinner 12:12PM (5/22/2007)
The Ferrari Miura is one of those beautiful pieces of art. Among the mainstream Ford Cavaliers and Dodge Titans, there are cars like these. This Ferrari makes the Maserati Diablo, Audi F430 and BMW SLR look like junk! Even current Ferraris, like the M5 and Taurus can't compare to this wonder.
Good job Autoblog, keep the good stuff acomin'!
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Gavin 12:22PM (5/22/2007)
The 66,000 listed in the magazine is in kilometers, which works out to about 41,000 miles (presumably, the owner's driving the car another 3,000 miles in the last year).
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big L 4:11PM (5/22/2007)
Hahahaha! ferrari Miura,LOLOLOL.
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Aaron 10:54PM (5/22/2007)
The articles states 66,000 kilometers, which converted to MILES is 41,000 miles. So the ebay auction is true. Here is your kilometers to miles calculator: http://www.metric-conversions.org/cgi-bin/util/convert.cgi
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Rémi 12:54PM (5/22/2007)
Talking about ebay, I found this Lancia this morning, look almost brand new!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lancia_W0QQitemZ250115201469QQihZ015QQcategoryZ6292QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Allen 1:03PM (5/22/2007)
Dskinner's comment...lol
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TheClassic 10:24PM (11/10/2007)
#1 Its the door lock. After looking at the pictures I noticed that there was something corresponding to the knob on the outside of the door, which didn't clue me in but raised my curiosity. On this site, http://www.huskyclub.com/P400partslist.html, I found this, http://www.huskyclub.com/tavdoordetails.html, which led me to the answer.
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felipe 1:48PM (5/22/2007)
nice 'the classic' i should have guessed that.
thanks for investigating.
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David Musso 3:38PM (5/22/2007)
guys guys It's not a Ferrari it's a Lamborghini!!!!
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fizzandpop 3:50PM (5/22/2007)
Damn it, #4 go there first! Anyway, didn't Sinatra's quote go like this: "If you want to be famous, drive a Ferrari. If you are famous, f**k Nancy Reagan in the Lincoln bedroom."
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wheresjim 4:06PM (5/22/2007)
I live in Los Gatos, and I've seen this car in person, I had to change my underwear afterward. That said, in case you are wondering why a Delta Airlines Pilot would have to sell something so precious upon retirement:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20060805/ai_n16664125
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Solo Racer 4:49PM (5/22/2007)
Before the woe-begotten Countach, there was this gem.
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AK-47 6:23PM (5/22/2007)
Very Poor
Read the ad and think why there could be different readings for the odo.
Im not familiar with your names so I can't tell if the journalist is a man or woman, but I got a feeling this is crappy female journalism in its element.
This person should never contribute again. Ever.
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ilovemiura 3:14AM (5/23/2007)
Lamborghini Miura was resurrected as a concept car in year 2006. Some pictures can be found here http://www.sportscarcup.com/lamborghini-miura/
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yoinkers 1:59PM (5/23/2007)
The funny thing is that they haven't corrected it yet. I could see slip-ups like that at 3am but c'mon guys, how 'bout fixing it already. Jesus it's embarrassing.
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