The 159th of 275 examples built Retains matching-numbers V-12 engine and Bertone coachwork Offered from over 46 years of long-term storage in the Junkyard Originally finished in Giallo Miura paint over a Bleu interior A golden opportunity to rejuvenate a “missing” Miura, the original modern supercar The Lamborghini Miura is often credited as being the progenitor of the modern supercar, given that it was the first series-produced sports car to feature a rear-placed large-displacement engine, and sensationally expressive coachwork.

This basic architecture has characterized nearly every significant flagship supercar that followed, from the Ferrari Berlinetta Boxer of the 1970s to today’s crop of Koenigseggs and Paganis.

The Miura’s design team eventually proved to be a gathering of all-stars, with soon-to-be legendary engineers Gian Paolo Dallara and Paolo Stanzani developing the chassis as an after-hours project.

They dropped an up-tuned version of the Bizzarrini-designed Lamborghini ...