ITALIAN CAR NEWS
ITALIAN JOB MIURA CERTIFIED
T
he Lamborghini Miura that starred in
the classic film The Italian Jobhas
been ID’d and certified by
Lamborghini Polo Storico – just in
time for the 50th anniversary of the movie.
The Miura P400, chassis #3586, is the
original car used in the 1969 Paramount film,
and is painted Arancio Miura with a
white/black leather interior. Its appearance
at the start of the film is iconic: it is driven
over the Great St Bernard Pass, only to be
destroyed in a tunnel and then pushed into a
gorge by a tractor. However, the Miura that
was driven was never destroyed; instead, the
wreck was an identical orange-colored Miura,
which was already heavily damaged and
therefore perfect for the accident scene.
The current owner of chassis #3586 is Fritz
Kaiser of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, who sent it to
Lamborghini’s specialist historic department
in Sant’ Agata Bolognese.
A former Lamborghini employee, Enzo
Moruzzi, was consulted, because he
delivered the original car to the 1969 movie
set and drove it in all the moving shots.
Moruzzi said: “There was a Miura P400 almostready on the production line, in the right
colour, left-hand drive and with white leather
interior... aesthetically identical to the
damaged one.” Moruzzi asked for the car’s
white seats to be replaced with black ones
for the shoot, but the headrests (attached
to the glass separating the cabin from the
engine bay) remained white.
Subsequently the Miura from the film was
delivered to its first owner, an Italian from
Rome, and has passed through the hands of
many different enthusiasts in its 50-year life.
* Jean Todt’s Miura restored – see page 28