1972 Lamborghini Miura SVJ #4990

1972 LAMBORGHINI MIURA SVJ
Chassis #4990
Engine #
Chassis #4990 was sold in April 1972 to Alberto Silvera of Port au Prince, Haiti. It was delivered with a single windscreen whiper and painted metallic red with a black interior. This car was previously located in Paris and had been repainted in Rossa Corsa. It now resides in Japan.

In 1977, Lamborghini Club member Michael Stevenson of Decatur, Georgia met up with Alberto Silveira at the El Rancho Hotel in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, where Silveira showed him the SVJ #990. Silveira allowed Stevenson to sit in it and start it up whilst demonstrating it to him. According to Stevenson, "Alberto is a delightful guy . . . . the day I saw #4990, his wife had just creased the nose a bit by backing her Corniche into it (luxury has its price . . ). Alberto is a long time personal freind of Ferruccio and I understand is not permitted to sell the car to anyone other than back to Ferruccio . . . " Stevenson stated that he wondered if the SVJ had ever been in top gear on the island of Haiti. "The country cannot have more than 60 miles of paved road in the whole place!" Stevenson remembers the car as a metallic rose red, silver sills & wheels, black interior, chrome mirrors, lots of rivets, single wiper, chin spoiler, and a very loud exhaust system.

After its 1997 restoration in Japan, 4990 is street-registered there. 2003 March - #4990 in superb restored condition. Non-original red with cream leather and black suede (or 'mousehair') dash, gold sills and wheels. Chrome "notice-me" rivets galore and chrome GTO headlight style surrounds both not original. Quad exhaust system appears chrome too or at the very least polished. Larger Countach-size single panto wiper installed (in Haiti it had the original smaller item as per #4934 and #5090). "Jota" script added at rear. The only SVJ supplied with this item was #4860, the last "works" car completed in april 1973.

	*Miura SVJ*		Last updated Feb 11, 2004
	The above image Copyright © 2004 Povero SpA. Here the baby Doc red car was photographed in Paris at JB Auto the french importer in the beginning of the 90's. - Pierre Le Mounier photo.		1972 LAMBORGHINI MIURA SVJ Chassis #4990 Engine # Chassis #4990 was sold in April 1972 to Alberto Silvera of Port au Prince, Haiti. It was delivered with a single windscreen whiper and painted metallic red with a black interior. This car was previously located in Paris and had been repainted in Rossa Corsa. It now resides in Japan. In 1977, Lamborghini Club member Michael Stevenson of Decatur, Georgia met up with Alberto Silveira at the El Rancho Hotel in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, where Silveira showed him the SVJ #990. Silveira allowed Stevenson to sit in it and start it up whilst demonstrating it to him. According to Stevenson, "Alberto is a delightful guy . . . . the day I saw #4990, his wife had just creased the nose a bit by backing her Corniche into it (luxury has its price . . ). Alberto is a long time personal freind of Ferruccio and I understand is not permitted to sell the car to anyone other than back to Ferruccio . . . " Stevenson stated that he wondered if the SVJ had ever been in top gear on the island of Haiti. "The country cannot have more than 60 miles of paved road in the whole place!" Stevenson remembers the car as a metallic rose red, silver sills & wheels, black interior, chrome mirrors, lots of rivets, single wiper, chin spoiler, and a very loud exhaust system. After its 1997 restoration in Japan, 4990 is street-registered there. 2003 March - #4990 in superb restored condition. Non-original red with cream leather and black suede (or 'mousehair') dash, gold sills and wheels. Chrome "notice-me" rivets galore and chrome GTO headlight style surrounds both not original. Quad exhaust system appears chrome too or at the very least polished. Larger Countach-size single panto wiper installed (in Haiti it had the original smaller item as per #4934 and #5090). "Jota" script added at rear. The only SVJ supplied with this item was #4860, the last "works" car completed in april 1973.