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My uncle owned a Miura. Lime green. Thing was ridiculous. I think he pulled it out of a barn for around 30K$. It was rough, but the body was nice. Interior had seen better days and the electrics were non existent. But he did get it running.
I drove it when I was 18. He lived in the middle of nowhere in Illinois farm country. From what I remember it was hard to see out of, very hot (it was about 90 degrees out and that engine is right behind you)... very smelly. The myriad of smells coming from that things was ridiculous. Oil, stanky leather, gasoline... I don't think there was air filters on the carbs and they would leak fuel.. I kept thinking it was going to catch fire.
We took it out on a sterotypical Illinois highway... kinda rough road, straight as an arrow. I railed it through the gears and man did that think howl. I don't really know how to describe that sound. I hit around 140-150 in it rather easily.
I'd love to own a Miura some day... actually I'd just like to drive one again... not so much own.
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