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407) Chassis-Nummer: 4170

Motoren-Nummer: 30411

Auslieferungsdatum: 11.08.1969

Auslieferung an: Foitek (Schweiz) für Bob Estes (USA)

Original-Farbe: Rosso Corsa

Interieur: skay nero

erster Besitzer: Clifford C. Graham (20.10.1969, La Jolla)

weitere Besitzer: Kalifornien (Kennzeichen 85108, bis mindestens 2007); Restauration bei Bobileff (2009/10, neues, schwarzes Interieur, grüne Lackierung); angeboten über Broker (2014, 1’300’000 Euro, 22’000 Kilometer)

Auktion: Bonhams, Quail 2022, noch kein Schätzpreis. Angeboten mit folgendem Text: «According to a copy of the original Lamborghini hand-written factory ledger on file, Mura P400 S chassis number 4170 was completed at the Sant’Agata Bolgnese-based Works during the Summer of 1969 and dispatched on the 11th of August that year. Copies of further period documentation on file kindly provided by Kidston SA notes that the car was finished in Rosso Corsa (Italian racing red) over a Nero/Beige (black and tan) interior. It was fitted with Bertone body number 507 and engine number 30411, just as it appears today. The new top-of-the-line Miura S – fitted with factory air conditioning – was destined for the US market, via notable Swiss exotic car dealer Garage Foitek. In the US, California-based Italian car importer Bob Estes would soon after receive the new Lamborghini and deliver it to the first owner, a La Jolla, California-based businessman named Mr. Clifford Graham. Copies Western Union telegrams on file during this time records the car by chassis and engine number, and notes ‚Grahams Miura Chassis no 4170 Engine no 30411 – Rush Papers for EE (export license plates) as car is almost ready‘. Furthermore, on file is a copy of the original invoice from ‚Automobili Ferruccio Lamborghini S.p.A.,‘ dated September 5th of 1969, billing Sig. Bob Estes of La Brea Avenue, Inglewood, Calif. with the new Miura S for Sig. Graham, charging 354,960 lire for the magnificent new automobile.
Lamborghini Miura P400 S number 4170 would soon be sold by Mr. Graham to a Mr. Stanley Rouhe of Riverside, California, with whom the Miura P400 S is recorded to have remained with for at least 3 decades. In January of 2007, the car was offered for sale in ‚original time-warp condition, with fabulous original interior, original bodywork and chassis in excellent condition‘.
The car was sold the following month, migrating East to Connecticut, before being purchased by a New Orleans-based attorney in 2009. During 2009 and 2010, noted Ferrari and Lamborghini restorer Gary Bobileff and his team of specialists at San Diego-based Bobileff Motorcar Company carried out a comprehensive, nut-and-bolt restoration of the desirable Miura P400 S, finishing the stylish Bertone bodywork in striking, period-correct ‚Verde Miura‘ lime green, over black interior and grey carpets – indeed a period correct livery for the Miura. Records from Bobileff’s meticulous restoration can be found in the Miura’s comprehensive history file. The car was soon after acquired by the consignor, a Utah-based collector of important classics Lamborghinis, and was then shown at the 2012 Quail Motorsports Gathering event, where it was awarded the Revolutionary Designs class win. A year later, the Miura S was invited back to the Quail, to be featured at the ‚Retrospect of Automobili Lamborghini Celebrating 50 Years‘ event. While in the consignor’s care, the Miura P400 S number 4170 has been treated to a mechanical restoration by a noted ex-factory Lamborghini engineer, who attended to rebuilding the engine and drivetrain, as well as service and maintenance work carried out by Driven Exotics of Gilroy, California.»