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Lamborghini SVR Restoration

October 2, 2018 By pete

Story by Roberto Motta
Photos courtesy Lamborghini

Lamborghini Polo Storico has completed restoration of one of the most famous Miuras ever built: the SVR. Upon delivery last summer, the car was exhibited at Japan’s Nakayama Circuit. [Read more…] about Lamborghini SVR Restoration

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Desert Bulls: Desert Countach Part 3

October 3, 2017 By pete

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Story and photos by Guy Anderson

If you read the story about the Desert Miura you would remember the black Countach S that was sitting in a building located in Mussafa, U.A.E. The car was owned by a Sheikh from Abu Dhabi and I was asked to make an offer on it. As I reported, I did make an offer of 30,000.00 USD to George after I heard the engine start and run. I did not know if the offer was considered because that Countach never came up again in conversation so it quickly became a non-issue. [Read more…] about Desert Bulls: Desert Countach Part 3

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Enter the Bulls: Desert Miura Part 2

September 26, 2017 By pete

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Story and photos by Guy Anderson

In Part 2 of his 1984 Arabian adventure, Anderson finds his Miura and much more.

At the airport in Abu Dhabi, we had been escorted into a special room where an agent reopened my luggage and pointed to a magazine. There was a beautiful girl on the magazine cover in a two piece bathing suit leaning against a Rolls-Royce. One of the agents said in English; “Why do you have this? This is blue material. This is illegal here!” It wasn’t Penthouse or Playboy, it was the Robb Report. [Read more…] about Enter the Bulls: Desert Miura Part 2

Tagged With: barn find lamborghinis, buying a lamborghini, Buying a Lamborghini Miura, lamborghini in arabia, lost lamborghinis

Desert Bulls

September 19, 2017 By pete

Story by Guy Anderson
Photos by Author unless otherwise noted

In the early 1980s there were rumors of a 1972 Miura SV sitting in the desert near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was also rumored that the Miura SV had sustained minor body damage in Lebanon then shipped to U.A.E with only 4K kilometers showing. [Read more…] about Desert Bulls

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