Account of the event by Lamborghini historian and participant: Olivier Nameche.


EARLIER THIS YEAR, LAMBORGHINI SPA PROMOTED A SPECIAL event to celebrate the 50th birthday of the Miura in Italy. Having sold my #3015 with regrets 5 years ago, I knew I will not take part to it. But this was without counting on my friend’s invitation - Iain Tyrrell - who acquired Miura #3586 last year, which was used in the iconic Italian Job movie! >>>


Wednesday June 8th


evening allowed us to meet the group of participants. It was a great opportunity to meet again Engineer Paolo Stanzani who was one of the three protagonists of the Lamborghini crusade in the ‘60s. The participants created an international representation: only


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one Miura from USA (which was a Miura S from Texas. This surprised me since America is a country with the most Miuras, and many Americans came for the Grand Giro in 2013!), two S models and an SV from Japan, Sinatra’s Miura from Norway, an SV and a real SV-J both belonging to the same Swiss collector, one S with a JOTA make over from Sweden, one S and one SV from Germany, an SV from Monaco, one Italian SV, the majority of the participants being from the United Kingdom with one SV, two S, and the famous IOTA (recreation of Bob Wallace original JOTA with racing/straight pipes), one P400, and the Miura I would ride in with my friend was registered “PROVA BO296” with a period factory license plate.


Due to a last minute mechanical problem with the brake master cylinder, we missed half of the Opening Gala Dinner of the Tour of downtown Bologna, but the second half of the


Paolo Stanzani


Piazza Minghetti Bologna


60 I La Vita Lamborghini I Spring / Summer 2016


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