The only version of Lamborghini’s first sports car in spyder configuration is up for sale somewhere on earth by a Swiss classic car broker. Other Miuras have been hacked and chopped into roadsters but this is the only Bertone-designed open-top.

The 1968 Miura Roadster was a “what if” car sponsored by the International Lead and Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO) that debuted at the 1968 Brussels auto show. Huh? Exactly. The ILZRO commissioned the car to show off the use of lead, zinc and zinc alloys that had to be used to create this one-off masterpiece. There’s no price on the car but for reference there are only about 106 Ferrari California Spyders and they’re sold for over $2,000,000.

Item description:

The one-off, ex-Brussels Salon

1968 Lamborghini Miura Roadster

Coachwork by Carrozzeria Bertone

Chassis no. 3498

At the height of its status as an international automotive diva, the Lamborghini Miura was dramatically re-engineered as an open top roadster by its original designer, Marcello Gandini at Bertone. Never intended for series production, and today remaining as a tantalizing “what if”, the Miura Roadster was shown at the 1968 Brussels Salon before returning to the factory where it languished until sold to the International Lead and Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO) who commissioned its conversion as a showpiece for their products. In this guise the renamed ‘Zn75’ toured the world and was featured in newspapers, magazines and TV shows before a lengthy retirement in museums and collections around the world.

Finally, this decade the Miura Roadster was entrusted to renowned specialist Gary Bobileff in California by a visionary American collector with the sole purpose of returning it to exact, show-stopping ’68 specification. Some $330.00 later (all invoices are available), the resulting restoration took 2nd in class against the best in the world at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and makes this unique concept car arguably the most sought after Lamborghini in existence.

There is only one original Miura Roadster and this is it.

(Source: Kidston via Lambocars)