I saw a ground up restoration on a rusty Miura. The structure is much more like an airplane. There are lots of bent sheet metal z and l channel tack welded. The body person was very skilled. This car was not designed to be driven in slush and snow. One of my favorite 60’s cars.
A wonderful drive from the Audrain, down Bellevue Ave, along Ocean Drive, past the Newport Country Club, and rounding Brenton Point. Couldn’t think of a sexier car to do it in than an orange Miura. Grazie Signore Osborne.
A+ grade for photos of the chassis! I haven't seen those before. Keep the tech coming. Rev it up a little more next time. Your irrepressible grin is infectious and one of my favorite aspects of your videos. Find some excuse to bring back David Donohue.I do like the way you show how just driving around normally is special in these cars.
Thanks! The Miura has to be my favorite. I have fond memories of driving one in anger on an urban Texas highway, in the late '70s. The other cars on the road that day were used as pylons.
Donald . How you managed to stop yourself from gunning this piece of mechanical magnificence , and sculptural beauty is beyond me ! I implore you to view Iain Tyrell's Workshop on you tube. He is unquestionably THE world's foremost afficinado on Lamborghini and drove the "ltalian Job" example to ltaly to meet Marcello Gandini (may need confirmation ) with whom he has met a number of times and they get on well . Donald , have l somehow missed the Concours ? Always love your presentations . Thankyou .
Donald, I must say, you look good in a Miura 👍🏻 Classy, informative and it’s always entertaining review. Thank you the Miura is one of my all-time dream cars.
The Miura has been my all time favorite sports car since I was 13 years-old and saw it on the cover of Road & Track magazine. Back then I had an HO slot car of one. I’ve seen them at Concours and I have Joe Sackey’s book, The Miura Bible but alas, have never owned or even ridden in one. I know they’re not perfect cars, I see them as akin to a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Flawed but who cares? My favorite is the Miura S. The SV might be better but the frivolity of those eyelashes is just too cool to pass up. Marcelo Gandini said his only regret in the design is how the narrow track of the front wheels cause them to be so far inside the wheel arches. Said there was nothing he could do about it as the chassis was already designed and production ready when he was charged with draping a body over it. Otherwise, it’s perfect.
Well Mr Osborne........I must say that you are a mature driver.........you handle a clutch and steering wheel with great respect and appreciation..........well done my friend........
Great job as usual Donald, love your videos. Wonderful not hearing Jay say "right" constantly also. Possibly the most beautiful car ever designed? Cool to see one with the headlights up. First time I've seen that.
the soprano is generated by the gearbox wine, not the proper engine note. And if you listen carefully Donald, they are in exactly a major third-distance together
I saw a car video with some old guy on the west coast somewhere. He owned a Miura and drove it. What he said was you could drive this car 140 mph all day long without a problem. He also clarified not that there was anyplace you could legally drive it at those speeds, Just that the car itself could do it. Think about that, cruising at 140.
Four carbs, not 6. There are 4 triple-choke Webers. Great video, but if you actually want to hear one being driven a bit more aggressively, you can view some of my videos of me driving my 1967 Miura.
Nice find Donald. I hadn’t heard the owner’s name before. I doubt we have this one in the registry and would love to add it. Which chassis number is this car? Comment below or shoot me an email. Nice video
A Datsun 240Z is just as "Analog" just as Beautiful, just as 70's. Both are REAL "SPORTS CARS" Come on...the only thing I would add to this video. Is Jay Leno catching up and passing you in his Muira!!!!
The driver /actor at the start of the Italian job couldn't drive the Lamborghini properly. He want used to the manual gearbox, so they changed the speed of the film to give the perspection of him driving faster than he actually was doing.
Awesome car. But I could never own one. I couldn't use an Italian accent to pronounce names of things and people while telling friends about it like Donald does.
It’s obvious you don’t know much about the Miura. You claimed you loved early models. They all are not good cars. But the earlier cars were poorly designed with the Transaxle and Engine sharing the same oil. Well about everyone knows that would destroy both engine and transaxle as the engines back then typically used 30 wt motor oil, and rear ends or transaxle used 90 wt gear oil which is very heavy. The LP400 & LP400S still had this terrible problem. The LP400SV, Lamborghini finally separated the two, and at least solved that major issue. Only a builder of Tractors could come up building the two components together. If you have any knowledge regarding price, you will see the SV usually is approximately 3 times more than its predecessors. I think you would be more suited to narrate the Lamborghini Tractors of the day. The Lamborghini Dealer in Ft. Lauderdale actually has one restored to new condition. Also Lamborghini totally stayed away from racing as he knew his cars could never finish a race without a breakdown. Even in test years ago, Road & Track claimed they could not even finish a Road Test because of a breakdown. They were, and are beautiful cars, but just not reliable to drive without a Rollback following.
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I saw a ground up restoration on a rusty Miura. The structure is much more like an airplane. There are lots of bent sheet metal z and l channel tack welded. The body person was very skilled. This car was not designed to be driven in slush and snow. One of my favorite 60’s cars.
A wonderful drive from the Audrain, down Bellevue Ave, along Ocean Drive, past the Newport Country Club, and rounding Brenton Point. Couldn’t think of a sexier car to do it in than an orange Miura. Grazie Signore Osborne.
A+ grade for photos of the chassis! I haven't seen those before. Keep the tech coming. Rev it up a little more next time. Your irrepressible grin is infectious and one of my favorite aspects of your videos. Find some excuse to bring back David Donohue.I do like the way you show how just driving around normally is special in these cars.
Thanks! The Miura has to be my favorite. I have fond memories of driving one in anger on an urban Texas highway, in the late '70s. The other cars on the road that day were used as pylons.
Donald . How you managed to stop yourself from gunning this piece of mechanical magnificence , and sculptural beauty is beyond me ! I implore you to view Iain Tyrell's Workshop on you tube. He is unquestionably THE world's foremost afficinado on Lamborghini and drove the "ltalian Job" example to ltaly to meet Marcello Gandini (may need confirmation ) with whom he has met a number of times and they get on well . Donald , have l somehow missed the Concours ? Always love your presentations . Thankyou .
Remember, his favourite performance car is a FIAT Panda.
Look up his car collection.
This man makes poetry out of automotive journalism.
a timeless beauty this masterpiece.
I am so glad that I subscribed to this channel!!!!!
All the best Donald from Canada!
Jay Leno has one. Then you can hear this magnificent vehicle sing opera.👍😎
Donald, I must say, you look good in a Miura 👍🏻 Classy, informative and it’s always entertaining review. Thank you the Miura is one of my all-time dream cars.
The Miura has been my all time favorite sports car since I was 13 years-old and saw it on the cover of Road & Track magazine. Back then I had an HO slot car of one. I’ve seen them at Concours and I have Joe Sackey’s book, The Miura Bible but alas, have never owned or even ridden in one. I know they’re not perfect cars, I see them as akin to a Frank Lloyd Wright home. Flawed but who cares? My favorite is the Miura S. The SV might be better but the frivolity of those eyelashes is just too cool to pass up. Marcelo Gandini said his only regret in the design is how the narrow track of the front wheels cause them to be so far inside the wheel arches. Said there was nothing he could do about it as the chassis was already designed and production ready when he was charged with draping a body over it. Otherwise, it’s perfect.
Well Mr Osborne........I must say that you are a mature driver.........you handle a clutch and steering wheel with great respect and appreciation..........well done my friend........
Fabulous car! I got to see a blue one at Rough Point Gathering.
Great job as usual Donald, love your videos. Wonderful not hearing Jay say "right" constantly also. Possibly the most beautiful car ever designed? Cool to see one with the headlights up. First time I've seen that.
Such a beautiful car, thanks for sharing it with us!
Man, I loved the classical music comparison! 🎶
Great vid, very classy presenter.
the soprano is generated by the gearbox wine, not the proper engine note. And if you listen carefully Donald, they are in exactly a major third-distance together
That must be a lot of fun tuning those carbs. 😁
lovely video!
This car literally IS the word "SEXY" with wheels on it.
I saw a car video with some old guy on the west coast somewhere. He owned a Miura and drove it. What he said was you could drive this car 140 mph all day long without a problem. He also clarified not that there was anyplace you could legally drive it at those speeds, Just that the car itself could do it. Think about that, cruising at 140.
Good video of a great car!
Who wished he'd just do one pull to at least 5000 rpm?
Four carbs, not 6. There are 4 triple-choke Webers. Great video, but if you actually want to hear one being driven a bit more aggressively, you can view some of my videos of me driving my 1967 Miura.
Despite what you say, I still think it a shame he doesn’t put more miles on his cars, it’s what they are for after all.
Jay is gonna be upset that you drove a Muria without him.
Amazing car, is the whine gears or the intake?
How on earth does he keep his foot out of it? Good god I would love to rail on that thing.
Nice find Donald. I hadn’t heard the owner’s name before. I doubt we have this one in the registry and would love to add it. Which chassis number is this car? Comment below or shoot me an email. Nice video
A Datsun 240Z is just as "Analog" just as Beautiful, just as 70's. Both are REAL "SPORTS CARS"
Come on...the only thing I would add to this video. Is Jay Leno catching up and passing you in his Muira!!!!
Speedo starts at 40mph. That’s different.
Steve .lt starts at 40 KPH . I was so waiting for Donald to give this beauty some guns !
The driver /actor at the start of the Italian job couldn't drive the Lamborghini properly.
He want used to the manual gearbox, so they changed the speed of the film to give the perspection of him driving faster than he actually was doing.
The down vote came from the grave of Enzo Ferrari.
VR46 retired today
Awesome car. But I could never own one. I couldn't use an Italian accent to pronounce names of things and people while telling friends about it like Donald does.
It’s obvious you don’t know much about the Miura. You claimed you loved early models. They all are not good cars. But the earlier cars were poorly designed with the Transaxle and Engine sharing the same oil. Well about everyone knows that would destroy both engine and transaxle as the engines back then typically used 30 wt motor oil, and rear ends or transaxle used 90 wt gear oil which is very heavy. The LP400 & LP400S still had this terrible problem. The LP400SV, Lamborghini finally separated the two, and at least solved that major issue. Only a builder of Tractors could come up building the two components together. If you have any knowledge regarding price, you will see the SV usually is approximately 3 times more than its predecessors. I think you would be more suited to narrate the Lamborghini Tractors of the day. The Lamborghini Dealer in Ft. Lauderdale actually has one restored to new condition. Also Lamborghini totally stayed away from racing as he knew his cars could never finish a race without a breakdown. Even in test years ago, Road & Track claimed they could not even finish a Road Test because of a breakdown. They were, and are beautiful cars, but just not reliable to drive without a Rollback following.
Not a fan of Miura's styling at all. I prefer its predecessor (350 GT/ 400 GT) much better.