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construction of the body for the prototype, and there was
not even time to prepare proper drawings of the interior,
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remembers Stroppa. Gandini’s rough sketches became
the basis for an interior to be constructed “on the run.”
Ferruccio Lamborghini named his new car Miura after
the Spanish farm famous for raising one of the fiercest
breeds of fighting bulls. Founded in 1849 in Lora del Rio,
 Some of the best images of the prototype Miura were the ones
taken by American magazine Road & Track for their October 1966
issue. In the Road & Track issue, as well as in other magazines, the
prototype Lamborghini Miura P400 had a Plexiglass cover over the
engine, through which wooden faux carburetor covers could be
seen. CHRISTIAN DESCOMBES ARCHIVES
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 This was Plan B in case the initial proposal by Gandini/Bertone was not accepted by Lamborghini’s management. It bears the signature
of Marcello Gandini, confirming that these designs were created by him and no one else. This drawing is one of many orthogonal designs
from Stile Bertone, currently being scanned and digitized at the Archivio Centrale Dello Stato. ARCHIVIO CENTRALE DELLO STATO/
STILE BERTONE
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