LAMBORHINI MUIRA SV RHD

[Kwackersaki]

One of my all time favourite cars.

Any more photos please?

[TR4man]

Come on Roger, tell us more please!

[Stuart70]

Who was on whose lap on the drive up?

[Dinoboy]

Wow, great thread!
Thanks for posting.

Edited by Dinoboy on Sunday 26th March 09:48

[Kwackersaki]

It must have been a totally different experience back then on a road trip to Norway with so fewer cars and lorries to hold you up.

[Kwackersaki]

Roger Collins said:

It was a truly wonderful experience in those days with no speed limits on the German autobahns and in Norway they had no speed traps or radar back in the day All unspoilt

That looks absolutely awesome in black. Silly question but do you wish you’d kept it?

[Dinoboy]

To be fair, £11k was an enormous amount of money in 1972.

[SFTWend]

Great memories you can always enjoy Roger. Please continue to share and period photos appreciated.

As someone else said, I guess back in the 60s/70s a continental road trip in a sports or GT car was a proper road trip. With today's speed cameras and traffic volumes such cars wont arrive at their destination much more quickly than a family diesel.

[Matt_E46]

Absolutely mental love it!

Were you a stockbroker back in the day?!

[Matt Cup]

Beautiful car. My favourite Lamborghini ever

[hairy v]

Great story Roger, and lovely cars - all of them. You have been a lucky fellow!

[samoht]

Fantastic stuff. Coincidentally there was a black Miura S at V Engineering when I was there on Weds, looking fabulous.

The man who sold a Miura too cheaply back in the day is still head and shoulders above the rest of us who have never owned one, so I wouldn't feel too bad about it. Also getting a cascade of Espadas as "practical family cars" is really great going! Have you seen Harry M's vids on his Espada? Looks really nice.

Any more pics of the Miura are always welcome, although I appreciate that back in the day, people didn't yet have the habit of photo-documenting their breakfast, lunch and dinner to share online, so images from back then are naturally far scarcer.

[Paul S4]

Fascinating thread and very interesting.

If you watch Harry Metcalf ( Harrys Garage Youtube channel as has been mentioned already ) and Ian Tyrells Classic Workshop you will see plenty of Lamborghini content, in particular when they need a Naval Crane to extract the Espada engine & gearbox !!
The videos by Ian Tyrell on the V12 engine rebuild are fascinating....makes what I did on my Lotus Elan Twin Cam engine seem so simple in comparison !

It is great to hear about the time when these amazing cars were used properly, and more so that now they are worth so much that the owners don't really use them as intended.
The Miura was, and always will be to me one of the most beautiful cars ever designed.

Great thread !!

[DodgyGeezer]

Dinoboy said:

To be fair, £11k was an enormous amount of money in 1972.

roughly £185,000 today - so not chump-change, but not a couple of mill

[kingkongsfinger]

OP has won the internet this week, what a fantastic story. Bravo.

[Church of Noise]

Wonderful stuff Roger, please keep the stories and pictures coming!

[Slyjoe]

Lovely story Roger, I think we are all watching with interest now.
Thanks for posting

[Jonmx]

Blimey, Roger at risk of becoming the coolest person on PH. As someone who has clearly loved Lamborghini from the early days, what are your thoughts on the current direction of the company with creations such as the Urus?

[Kwackersaki]

Thank you for the update and really sorry to hear about your wife passing away. It sounds like you had a great life together and some wonderful memories.

[Paul S4]

Amazing photos ...particularly the V12 E Type in the snow.... That must have been interesting even with snow chains !!

Jay Leno ( of Jay Lenos Garage on YouTube ) has a couple of Miuras...one was given to him by a pal IIRC !! He also ran an Espada as his daily driver for a while..

Thanks for all those wonderful photos.