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The Super-Rare Lamborghini He Found at the End of an Oregon Dirt Road
Jeff Meier, a 62-year-old automotive advisor residing in Los Angeles, on his 1969 Lamborghini Miura S, as instructed to A.J. Baime.
In 2000, I used to be visiting kinfolk in Oregon. My aunt instructed me about this man who owned an outdated orange Lamborghini. I requested, “What mannequin?” She stated, “How would I do know?” I used to be curious. My sister knew everybody on this little city, and he or she was capable of finding him. He lived on an 800-acre ranch. There was this lengthy grime street, and a shack that regarded abandoned. I knocked on the door and this hunched-over man got here out.
Mr. Meier obtained his first job working with classic vehicles when he was 20, for $5 an hour. ‘I’d have performed it free of charge,’ he says.
He requested, “Hey, son, how can I assist you to?” I stated, “I’m visiting from out of city. I’m a automotive man. I heard you’re a automotive man.” He stated, “Come on in.”
His title was Earl, and he began telling tales. I requested a couple of photograph of this orange Lamborghini on his fridge. He led me to his storage, pulled a tarp away, and there was this Miura. I couldn’t consider my eyes. That is an extremely uncommon automobile. It has been known as the daddy of all supercars, and probably the most lovely automotive of all time. It is usually the automotive that put Lamborghini on the map.
Like many Lamborghinis, the Miura takes its title from a combating bull.
The earlier proprietor discovered this European license plate at a swap meet.
Because the story goes, again within the Sixties,
Ferruccio Lamborghini
was only a couple years in enterprise as a automotive producer in Italy. He had made his cash constructing tractors. He had younger guys working for him and so they wished to go racing. They designed this chassis and engine, and thru a sequence of occasions, this automotive went into manufacturing with a physique constructed by the coachbuilder Bertone. [A coachbuilder is a designer and builder of car bodies.]
When the Miura debuted in 1966, it was as if a spaceship had landed. It was probably the most outrageous and indulgent factor—a mid-engine, transverse-mounted V-12 race automotive with a streetcar physique. It was the quickest automotive on this planet. All types of celebrities purchased Miuras—Miles Davis, Twiggy the mannequin. [Lamborghini ended up building 763 Miuras between 1966 and 1972, according to the company’s website.]
The Miura’s ‘eyelashes’ are one among its shocking design traits. Automotive followers will recall this mannequin being pushed off a cliff within the opening sequence of the 1969 film ‘The Italian Job.’
I’ve been concerned in vehicles my whole life. Once I was rising up, my father owned an auto restore store. Once I was 20, I obtained a dream job caretaking a group of classic vehicles. The job paid $5 an hour, however I’d have performed it free of charge. I’ve been concerned with classic autos ever since. Once I found Earl’s Miura, I knew it was one of many best unrestored authentic examples I had ever seen. It was superb as a result of present vehicles sometimes had rust issues, or they’d been in accidents, or they’ve had engine fires. This automotive had none of that. And it was an S model, with extra horsepower and nuanced styling.
It’s uncommon to discover a ‘most lovely vehicles of all-time’ checklist with out the Miura close to the highest.
Lamborghini was based as a automotive maker in 1963. This Miura is from the mannequin 12 months 1969.
I requested Earl how he had gotten it. He had been an engineer who bought this automotive as a retirement present to himself from a Chicago dealership in 1970. He had pushed it out to Oregon. From the time he purchased the automotive to once I first noticed it, he was the one one who had pushed it. The automotive had 16,000 miles on it, and it nonetheless had its authentic set of tires. It was a real needle-in-a-haystack state of affairs.
Earl refused to promote me the automotive, however I stored in contact. When he died in 2005, I used to be notified by the property, and I used to be in a position to purchase the Miura at market value. In a 10-year interval, I took the automotive from being a “barn discover” to a first-in-class winner on the Pebble Seashore Concours d’Magnificence [widely regarded as the most prestigious vintage car show in the world] in California.
What’s it prefer to drive this automotive? The Miura sits so low to the bottom that once you look out your window you’re looking on the wheels of the vehicles round you. The high-revving engine is correct behind you. The music from this 12-cylinder, the mechanical sounds of the transmission, it’s all exhausting to explain. It’s simply magical.
‘Unquestionably,’ says Mr. Meier, ‘that is the automotive that put Lamborghini on the map.’
Write to A.J. Baime at myride@wsj.com.
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Ahead of a massive Week 5 showdown between two of the Big Ten’s primary contenders, Oregon visiting Penn State, college football analyst David Pollack broke down the game and explained which side he’s giving the edge to on Saturday evening.
An episode of Pollack’s podcast, See Ball Get Ball, dropped on Wednesday and featured the former All-American’s picks for the top games of the week, which he paired with some in-depth commentary behind why he’s selected the teams and final scores that he has. For the big one, Oregon at Penn State, he explained why the Nittany Lions could have a few aces hiding up their sleeve.
“Penn State ain’t hasn’t had show nothing yet, and they haven’t showed nothing yet,” Pollack said of PSU’s soft open to their 2025 schedule. “Listen, (Andy) Kotelnecki, with a preseason tune-up, he knows exactly who he is, he knows what he is, like, they’re going to score some points,” he added.
Penn State ran off wins against Nevada, FIU and Villanova before taking their bye week ahead of Oregon. En route to outscoring those poor souls by a 132-17 total score, Pollack’s right, Penn State didn’t have to dive deep into their bag. He referenced Georgia’s performance vs. Tennessee from a couple weeks ago, noting that the Nittany Lions have an established ground game to pair with whatever new tricks are introduced in the passing game.
“The run game beat up Oregon a year ago,” Pollack commented. “The run game can be exactly the same as it was, if not better. The receiving corps cannot be worse, and I just think, with all of that, I’m betting on Penn State and I’m betting on who they have, their experience.”
The heads of that strong ground game are senior running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, contributors since the day they stepped on campus, while quarterback Drew Allar is a veteran returning starter with NFL aspirations. That’s a lot of experience for PSU, whereas Oregon has a younger transfer leading the charge in former UCLA QB Dante Moore.
“I think Jim Knowles will have something for Dante Moore that he’s absolutely never seen before in an atmosphere that’s going to be absolutely ballistic,” Pollack emphasized. “I think Dante Moore is going to look more human than he’s looked, and because of that, they could struggle a little bit. They’re not going to get to 45 like they did a year ago in the Big Ten championship game.”
With the experience edge and having the Ducks migrate across all three time zones to touch down in a “ballistic” Beaver Stadium, Pollack sees too much evidence going in Penn State’s direction for the victory.
“I got the Nittany Lions, man,” he stated. “I got 30-24 Penn State, they take care of business. All of the guys on the front who can make plays, they can get to the quarterback, they can get TFLs. They can rattle Dante Moore and I think they take care of business.”
EUGENE — Oregon’s current starting quarterback could reach out to one of his predecessors ahead of the biggest road game of his career.
Dante Moore visited Penn State as a recruit on Sept. 18, 2021, when the Nittany Lions hosted Auburn and then-Tigers quarterback Bo Nix for a White Out game at Beaver Stadium.
“At the time I didn’t know much of Bo as a person and of course as a player,” Moore said. “He was there throwing a lot of great passes … he was a competitor. The stadium was really loud of course.”
Nix was 21 of 37 for 185 yards and had six carries for 29 yards in a 28-20 loss to Penn State, which has extended its win streak in White Out game to six entering Saturday’s game with No. 6 Oregon.
“It was one of those that once you play in you know why everybody talks about it and speaks so highly of it,” Nix said in an interview with The Next Round days following that game. “It was fun. It was loud and it was exactly what an away game should feel like.”
Moore was reminded of the experience of visiting Happy Valley and seeing his high school teammate, former Penn State safety Jaylen Reed, play against Nix four years ago. He plans to talk to Nix this week about what it was like to play in what is widely considered the toughest road environment in the Big Ten and one of the toughest in college football.
“The stadium was really loud,” Moore said. “Understanding how Bo, how composed he was. Of course, I hope I have the chance to talk to him and hear his thoughts. It’s going to be a great week; it’s going to be a great game. It’s going to be a hostile environment. But I’m going to reach out to Bo for sure to see what things he has to tell me.”
Moore is completing 74.7% of his passes this season for 962 yards with 11 touchdowns and one interception and added 87 yards rushing. But Penn State is the best opposing defense he will have ever faced and a crowd of over 100,000 makes it even more challenging.
Penn State coach James Franklin said Oregon’s offense is operating similarly with Moore as it did last season with Dillon Gabriel, who led the Ducks past the Nittany Lions in the Big Ten Championship game.
“He’s a throw-first guy,” Franklin said. “Is very accurate. Can extend plays. Obviously, has a ton of play playmakers around him. … I think Dante sitting behind Gabriel was really valuable for his development.”
No. 6 Oregon (4-0, 1-0 Big Ten) at No. 3 Penn State (3-0)
- When: Saturday, Sept. 27
- Time: 4:30 p.m. PT
- Where: Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA
- TV channel: NBC/Peacock
- Watch: You can watch this game live for free with Fubo (free trial), with DirecTV (free trial) or streaming live on demand with Peacock.
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It was quite the uneventful week in college football, at least for the top teams in the US LBM Coaches poll, including the Oregon Ducks after their 34-14 road win at Northwestern.
The top seven teams in the poll didn’t go up or down from last week. Oregon is still No. 5 in the country as they now prepare for the annual rivalry game with Oregon State at Autzen Stadium. But everyone is pointing to the next game after the Beavers, however.
Oregon goes to Penn State, which is ranked No. 2 in the poll and will likely stay at No. 2 as the Nittany Lions have a bye this week. The Big Ten dominates the poll with Ohio State on top at No. 1 after its 37-9 win over Ohio. Illinois is also in the Top 10 as the Illini are No. 9 in this week’s version of the poll.
Indiana moved up two spots at No. 17 with its 73-0 win over Indiana State.
The biggest move came from Georgia Tech after the Yellow Jackets stunned Clemson 24-21 on a last-second field goal. As a result, the Tigers, previously ranked No. 11, dropped to 1-2 on the season and completely out of the poll.
Besides Georgia Tech, Missouri (No. 22), Vanderbilt (No. 23) and Auburn (No. 25) are newcomers to the poll.
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