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    Hemmings...

    Sometime next summer, Lamborghini Miura #1 will be reborn.

    In 1977, Cypriot Lamborghini importer Marios Kritikos was visiting Sant’Agata,and spotted the 1965 Turin Salon Lamborghini Miura chassis, designed by chassis genius Gian Paolo Dallara.

    Kritikos apparently fell in love with it, and in April of ‘78, showed up with his Range Rover and a trailer, and hauled it back to Cyprus. The original invoice for the chassis survives, along with unpublished period photographs of the chassis under construction in 1965; on display at the December 1965 Turin Salon; at the Lamborghini factory in July 1966; and being picked up by Kritikos on April 7, 1978.

    Recently, negotiations involving Los Angeles-area Miura specialists Joe Sackey and Gary Bobileff came to fruition, and earlier this month, the chassis arrived at Gary’s shop.

    We can’t think of a better place for it: I saw the ‘71 Miura Jota prototype he restored at Russo & Steele this summer, and thought the $2 million top bid (rejected) was reasonable for a car of that quality, as it was literally a flawless restoration.

    More details on the restoration and next summer’s debut are promised soon; we’ll keep our ears on, and see if Koch can get the restoration story for Sports & Exotic Car.

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    thats awesome,cant wait to see it finished.

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    I wonder if they will just restore the chassis or actually put a body on it.

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    SWEET! I really hope they put a body on it

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    I love the Miura
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