By Pete Vack
From the Archives, November 2016
The way to gain entrance into the realm of the Dallara/Gandini masterpiece that is the Miura is to gently push the door latch button from the Fiat 850 and pull a bit on the chrome fin at the bottom of the row of black fins to the rear of the door window.
“Be careful getting in. Here’s how you have to do it. Get your butt over the seat and gently lower it straight down. Don’t wiggle. Don’t squirm. The reason is because the seats are original cloth inserts and any heavy lateral movement stresses out the material,” said Paul Wilson.
27 year-old Marcello Gandini’s first assignment following his employment by Bertone was to design a body for the Miura chassis. Paul Wilson’s Miura S captures the excitement of the Gandini work of art.