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1967 LHD Miura P400 

Chassis Number 0979 is this Rosso miura acril. car with Nero Leather interior, currently believed to be residing in California, USA. .

It is fitted with engine number 951.

It has the following modifications from the standard european model on offer at the time of manufacture: repainted Black (date unknown).

Production number: 5.

Original Delivery Dealer: Kaplan, New York.

Other Information: Build Date: 24. 3.67
Assumed as first real production car.

24th March 1967- Imported to USA by Jake Kaplan.
April 1967- Shown at 1967 NY Auto Show.
August 1967- Featured in Car and Driver magazine.
September 1967- Car with Gordon Tatum dba Lamborghini Cars, Internal Combustion Engines, Inc., Kensington, Maryland.
30th November 1967- Sold to Norman Silver by ICE, Inc. The bill of sale states: Chassis 0979 and Engine 0951, orange Bertone Coupe with black leather.
23rd February 1973- Silver traded the Miura to University Motorcars of Auburn, Alabama even for a Ferrari 275 GTB/4 serial no. 10321. The value of the trade was $9500.
April 1980- Detroit based GM designer, Mike Crosby bought car from Bob Grossman. 0979 was now painted black and not fresh so sometime between 1973 and 1980 a previous owner changed the color. The air cleaner covers and overflow tank were now chrome plated and the rear tires were oversize. 9/81- Crosby sold it to the late Clarence Catallo in the Detroit area.
February 1983- Mike Nowicki bought car from Catallo.
January 1989- Catallo bought car back from Nowicki. 90s- Catallo consigned car to Terry Myr who sold it to current owner who lives in Glendora, California.
1990- Owned by Mike Nowicki in Michigan, USA.
1996 - bought from Mike Sheehan (Ferraris Online) by current owner
8/00- Same person still owns 0979 and it is still painted black. It was shown at the Miura reunion at Concorso Italiano.
8/02- Still with same owner.
2000 - shown at Concorso Italiano as part of the Miura 35th reunion
2002- Shown at Concorso Italiano, same owner of 5 years.
2005 - shown at Concorso Italiano as part of the Miura 40th reunion
2026 - being completed restored at Boblieff Motors in San Diego to its original paint scheme
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Information on this car was sourced from Paul Clemence.

The data on this specific vehicle was last updated 27-Sep-2026.

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