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Originally Posted by FlyingDog
How much do Miuras go for?$?
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I don't know if its age related, my age, but I feel that auto design peaked around this time. Miura's, 275GTB & Daytona Ferraris, Maserati Ghibli's the list goes on. Just about all my wish list cars come from this era. How about a Lamborghini Jarma?
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From one of the links...."Rebuild on a Miura engine starts at about $20,000; this can escalate to $35,000 if the job is extensive or exotic machining work is ordered. The original design called for a life of about 45,000 miles between rebuilds." Pretty car ! but sounds like about .50 to $1 per mile just to pay for the engine rebuild Art rolling sculpture beautiful to look at but really not very functional or durable. That is the beauty of the 928 it was designed and built to be driven. The very best sports car Porsche could design and build at the time !
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FBIII yes it is all relative....it just depends on who your relatives are . besides no one can predict accurately what ANY market is going to do. The point in time when nearly everyone believes that it can only go higher,that there is little risk,that if you do not get IN you will miss out ... Barret Jackson auction a 66 VW Micro bus with all the right bells and whistles just sold for $99,000 .
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There are 3 price ranges for the Miura depending on year and engine. I believe in good condition the cheapest is in the $200k+ range fully restored heading upwards of $590k+. The Miura is one of the sexiest cars ever made however you don't want to own one unless you have lots of cash. They have a transversly mounted V12 engine that was placed in the frame and the car was built around the engine. So the $30k+ rebuild expense does not include the cost to remove the engine which can cost equally as much.
That being said I wouldn't pass up the oportunity to own one.
That being said I wouldn't pass up the oportunity to own one.
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Engine, schmengine - the transmissions have a service life of about 20,000 miles. Oh, the sweet agony Miura ownership must be!
Saw oodles of 'em lined up together at this most recent Concorso Italiano. With at best, only 4" of ground clearance, maneuvering a Miura on the golf course grounds is always an interesting thing to watch.
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Saw oodles of 'em lined up together at this most recent Concorso Italiano. With at best, only 4" of ground clearance, maneuvering a Miura on the golf course grounds is always an interesting thing to watch.
Dan
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I was at Lime Rock about 20 years ago at a club race and one of the guys brought his all black SV. He was beating the sh..t out of it and overrevving on down shifts and smoke would waffle out the rear louvers. It looked like Darth Vader smoking a cigar. What an awesome machine.
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I knew those lights looked familiar...."The Miura headlights were also innovative. They are a pop-up design, but that fact is something the casual observer might not be aware of. Their activation, via electric motors, was minimal (right). The headlight bucket itself was shared with the early Fiat 850." ...
#28
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I don't think engine access was difficult at all. The front and rear body sections came off in one piece. http://www.web-cars.com/miura/index3.html
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Originally Posted by FBIII
I don't think engine access was difficult at all. The front and rear body sections came off in one piece. http://www.web-cars.com/miura/index3.html
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Originally Posted by FBIII
I don't think engine access was difficult at all. The front and rear body sections came off in one piece. http://www.web-cars.com/miura/index3.html