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1968 Lamborghini Miura P400 by Bertone For Sale by Auction

To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at RM Sothebys' Essen event, 26 - 27 March 2020. An early thin-gauge-chassis Miura P400The first Miura delivered to Paris alongside chassis no. 3108Believed to have featured in publications and in the film La Leçon Particulière in periodOffered from single ownership since 1979 The Lamborghini Miura needs little introduction as the car that is considered by enthusiasts to be the most beautiful automobile ever made. Aside from its aesthetic appeal, the engineering underneath its skin was remarkable, with a steel monocoque and transverse-mounted 4. 0-litre V-12 engine making it the fastest production car of its day. Perhaps the most extraordinary part of the Miura was not its looks or performance, but the fact that this legendary car was the creation of four of the greatest engineers and designers all in their relative youth: Marcello Gandini, Gian Paolo Dallara, Bob Wallace, and Giotto Bizzarrini. This early P400, bearing chassis no. 3111, was the 57th built and was delivered on 2 September 1967 to the Parisian Lamborghini agent Voitures Paris Monceau to be used as their demonstrator. Painted in Giallo with a Bleu interior, 3111 must have been an extraordinary sight on the Paris streets of the late sixties; in fact, there is wonderful footage of what is most likely to be this Miura driving around some of Paris’s most famous boulevards, as it is believed to have been used for the film La Leçon Particulière. Other likely period appearances were for French magazine road tests with Moteurs and Auto-Journal. During 1969 it was traded through French dealer Thépenier to the TV producer Gilbert Larriaga. Seven years later it was registered in Alsace, and by 1979 it was sold by Monsieur ERB Claude to Monsieur Petitjean, who has kept it in storage in his collection ever since. Currently fitted with a correct-type early engine, number 1067 from chassis no. 01072, this wonderful early P400 presents a great opportunity to restore a historic Miura. L'une des premières Miura P400, avec châssis en tôle aminciePremière Miura livrée à Paris, en même temps que le châssis 3108Serait apparue dans des magazines de l'époque et dans le film La Leçon ParticulièreUn propriétaire unique depuis 1979La Lamborghini Miura, que les amateurs tiennent pour la plus belle voiture jamais produite, n'a guère besoin d'être présentée. En plus de son attrait visuel, elle hébergeait sous sa carrosserie une remarquable mécanique, un V12 de 4 litres monté transversalement, qui faisait d'elle la voiture de série la plus rapide de son époque. Son aspect le plus extraordinaire n'était peut-être pas son allure ou ses performances, mais le fait que cette voiture de légende était l'œuvre de quatre grands ingénieurs et stylistes, alors en début de carrière : Marcello Gandini, Gian Paolo Dallara, Bob Wallace et Giotto Bizzarrini. Cette P400 de début de série, châssis n° 3111, était la 57e produite ; elle fut livrée le 2 septembre 1967 à Voitures Paris Monceau, l'agent Lamborghini de Paris, pour y servir de véhicule de démonstration. Avec sa couleur jaune Giallo et son intérieur bleu, elle a dû faire fureur dans les rues de Paris de la fin des années 1960. On dispose d'ailleurs d'une merveilleuse trace de ce que devait certainement être une balade sur les plus célèbres boulevards parisiens, car il semble que c'est la Miura qui a servi pour le film La Leçon Particulière. Et il est probable qu'elle fit à la même époque d'autres apparitions dans les magazines français Moteurs et l'Auto-Journal. La voiture fut vendue en 1969 par le concessionnaire français Thépenier à Gilbert Larriaga, le producteur de télévision. Puis elle fut immatriculée sept ans plus tard en Alsace et finit par être cédée en 1979 par M. Claude Erb à M. Petitjean, qui la conserva depuis lors au sein de sa collection. Cette magnifique P400, l'une des premières, est actuellement équipée d'un moteur conforme datant des premières séries, le numéro 1067 issu du châssis 01072 ; elle constitue une très belle opportunité de restaurer une Miura, ce modèle historique. To view this car and others currently consigned to this auction, please visit the RM website at rmsothebys. com/ en/ auctions/ es20.

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