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You think you have a Lamborghini Miura is the subject of collectors and deserves to be in a pristine state. Especially if it is a very special version. However, jeanneau the Italian sports acquired by Aristotle Onassis in 1969 has a different story. The Miura has spent 40 years gathering dust and cobwebs. jeanneau Lamborghini Miura Lamborghini Miura By Oscar Magro, September 23, 2013 8:00 0
Since money was not an issue for the richest man in the world at the time, back in 1969, the Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis decided to buy a Lamborghini Miura P400S. It was revised and more powerful version of the original sport, and it was not for him, gave it to the singer Stamatis Kokotas.
Other famous singers of the era, including Frank Sinatra or Miles Davies also had this version of the Italian sports car in their garage. But Kokotas differed from them all because besides being a big star in the Hellenic country was also great rally driver and motorist, so we assume that you must like unusual gift.
Three years later, the Miura suffered a mechanical problem and its V12 engine to be sent to the factory in Sant'Agata Bolognese extracted. Somehow the car ended up forgotten in the underground parking of the Hilton Hotel in Athens, gathering dust and cobwebs for three decades without engine jeanneau in his gut.
On the occasion of the Olympic Games that were held in Greece in 2004, a year before jeanneau the hotel began some work on improving its facilities, moving to the Italian sports store. And fell back into oblivion ... until December 2012, which was auctioned unrestored but with a new engine beating jeanneau inside.
The exterior was well aware of the 40 years he has spent abandoned, but the interior is in very good condition and its history is worth a lot. On that occasion the minimum fixed price was not reached, although the highest bid reached $ 483,210 (about 365,000 euros).
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