The Ultimate Classic #56 - Fall 2018 by BMW Classic Car Club of America

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JIM SMITH: SO LONG! GOOD FRIEND PVGP & OKTOBERFEST: WHAT A WEEK! MONTEREY • KEENELAND • BARN FIND • 40 YEARS M1 TARGA CALIFORNIA • LOTHAR 50 YEARS IN AMERICA

Behind the Wheel P RE SI DEN T ’ S ME SSAG E

Dear Members,

Pittsburgh, what a week it was! Some sixty of our club members

participated in the various events oﬀered by the CCA, the PVGP and our

club. Everyone had a wonderful time and a big thank you to Eric Zagrocki and Frank Patek for their support and organization in making this such a successful week.

Pittsburgh showed us that our club events need to be coupled with

existing events to attract many of our members. Monterey in 2016 was another good example. The survey which members are asked to

complete when renewing their membership supports this; 85% of the

members ask for member get-togethers at existing classic car events, 68% ask for short members-only regional events and 28% have indicated an interest in our week-long rallies. It is for this reason that for now I have

put the idea of a driving tour in the Paciﬁc Northwest on the back burner in favor of going to Monterey, Saratoga Vintage, and the 50th OFest in

Greenville, NC. Being a fan of rallies and driving tours, the Targa California is high on the list as well.

Our second big event this year will be Hilton Head Island in South

Carolina where from November 2-4, once again, the 50th Anniversary of the 2002 will be celebrated along with the 40th Anniversary of the

legendary M1. Thirty-ﬁve members have decided to take the long road to Hilton Head. We will start a week early in Savannah, visit Charleston and make our way down to Hilton Head Island.

According to the club’s bylaws, we will be holding elections for the

Board of Directors in November. A few active members have indicated their willingness to serve. If you would like to get actively involved in

helping the club grow and in the organization of events, please do contact me.

On a sad note, we lost Jim Smith. Jim taught many of us, including

myself, how the hobby is enjoyed and we will carry it on. See you down the road!

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26 The M1: An Owner’s Perspective

BMW CCA Oktoberfest Monterey Car Week

15 507s on the Road

16 Keeneland Concours d’Elegance

28 The 10th Targa California 33 1995 318ti Club Sport

34 Dirk’s Marketwatch

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Texas Fall 02berfest Terry Sayther and Debbie Stuart October 25-28, 2018 terndeb@saytherauto.com

Mid-America '02Fest Eureka Springs, AR April 25-27, 2019 midamerica02fest.com

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix Pitt Race/Schenley Park, PA July 7-21, 2019 pvgp.org

Savannah Speed Classics Savannah, GA October 26-28, 2018 hhiconcours.com

Bay Area '02 Swap & Show Brisbane Marina, CA May 4, 2019 bayarea02.com

TedFest Mississauga, Ontario August 17, 2019 tedfest.ca

Hilton Head Island Concours Hilton Head Island, SC November 3-4, 2018 hhiconcours.com

The Vintage Asheville/Hot Springs, NC May 16-19, 2019 atthevintage.com

Lime Rock Historic Festival Lakeville, CT Aug 29-Sept 2, 2019 limerock.com/labor-day-historics

SoCal Vintage BMW Meet Wooley Park, Van Nuys, CA November 4, 2018 socalvintagebmw.com

Huntington Beach Concours Huntington Beach, CA June 2, 2019 hbconcours.org

BMW CCA Oktoberfest Greenville, SC October 15-19, 2019 bmwcca.org

Amelia Island Concours Amelia Island, FL March 8-10, 2019 ameliaconcours.org

The Vintage Saratoga Springs, NY July 12-14, 2019 vintageatsaratoga.com

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Jim Smith: So Long, Good Friend

By Kelly Kirkland

he vintage-BMW community has

been dealt some hefty blows this year. Jim Proﬃt, one of the great

BMW 328 historians and owners, passed away in April, and in August we lost our

good friend Jim Smith.

Jim’s collection of eighteen BMWs is

probably the largest U.S. collection of

operational/restored pre-war and pre-neue klasse BMWs. He was an

indispensable colleague in

Kelly Kirkland

the close-knit vintage-

BMW network with his

mechanical knowhow, his

After a tough driving day in their 315/1, Gloria and Jim celebrate

his extraordinary parts

kilometer 2001 BMW Classic Marathon. Gloria and Jim Smith

crossing the day’s ﬁnish line in Schenna, Italy, during the 4,000

historical knowledge, and

shared their lives for sixty years.

collection.

role in the community

was recognized with the

Dirk de Groen

The signiﬁcance of Jim’s

Knöchlein BMW Heritage

an unfamiliar badge,

Juvinall remembered how proud Jim was of

the mechanically-

working their way to the podium. Jim hadn’t

an examination left

Award from the BMW Clubs International

minded father of four marveling over the

citation in the world of vintage BMWs. He

wife, Gloria, he pleaded successfully with

Council—the most prestigious international

the car. “The winning cars were lined up,

won anything, but he got in the line anyway.

ﬁne engineering. Much to the dismay of his

The announcer was saying, ‘And in the pre-

her to sell their just-purchased family

by a… a… a BMW?!’ Jim got out of the car,

embodied the principle of keeping the ﬂame

502 V8.

crowd, ‘I worked so hard on this car that I

fabrication and restoration work in his

grow his construction company and focus

his participation in international motoring

pre-war BMWs when he purchased a 1938

was the ﬁrst American to receive the award. A self-taught restoration craftsman, Jim

alive—not only through his hands-on

unpretentious workshop, but also through events, including the Copperstate 1000, the

Great Race, the Louis Vuitton Equator Run in Malaysia, Italy’s famous Mille Miglia

Historico, the California Mille, New Mexico’s

La Carrera Real rally, the German BMW Classic Marathon, and several of BMW VCCCA’s marathon rallies.

An unlikely car initiated Jim’s relationship

with BMWs in the early 1960s. Happening

upon an odd-looking broken-down car with

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station wagon in favor of this ailing 1960 In the ensuing years, Jim continued to

on family life. In 1980 he got his ﬁrst taste of 327—sight-unseen. When the transport

trailer arrived, Jim nearly cried as he saw the car roll down the ramp: It was a disaster— rust had nearly destroyed the car.

Thus began the fabrication-and-

restoration hobby for which he became legendary.

Eighteen months later, he took the

rejuvenated 327 to the Pebble Beach

Concours d’Elegance. Long-time friend Drew

war class, we have a 1930 Bugatti, followed grabbed the microphone, and said to the

just wanted to run it though.’” That broke up

the crowd, but it won’t surprise any of Jim’s friends; we know that’s just how he rolled! You could easily ﬁll a book with epic Jim

Smith tales. As his son-in-law Carl Hamilton

so accurately explains, “His stories were

magical, and his ability to recall his life

adventures was legendary. Always sprinkled

with stardust, they twinkled and often

shined. Once you met Jim, you never forgot him, nor he you.”

Born August 4, 1933, in Taylor, Nebraska,

Jim Smith passed away after a brief illness

on August 20, 2018, in his home in Sonoma.

What a Week!

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By Jackie Jouret

It’s not always a given that a BMW CCA

Oktoberfest will have much to oﬀer the

classic BMW enthusiast, but this summer’s

weeklong celebration of the 2002 ensured

that hundreds of these two-door sedans

would be in attendance. Better still, the timing of O’fest to coincide with the

to join in the larger Oktoberfest slate of

evening socials.

driving tours geared toward classic cars and

Tuesday with a driving tour that took in the

settings than the larger O’Fest events can

roads southwest of Pittsburgh. Everybody

events or to take part in club exclusives, like ﬁne dining opportunities in more intimate accommodate.

“The whole idea is to create a small group

Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix—where BMW

within a big group,” says club president Dirk

event an added dimension, with plenty of

people, you can get lost, and it’s not always

was this year’s featured marque—gave the

vintage BMWs taking to the public road

course in Schenley Park on Saturday and

Sunday. Best of all, the BMW Classic Car Club

de Groen. “If you have four or ﬁve hundred fun. Most of the people in our club just prefer to be in a smaller group.”

The club’s presence was sixty members

of America was holding its own event-within-

strong, plenty to ensure good attendance on

Andres Martinez 2002 turbo.

Scott Hughes in Schenley Park.

the event, giving club members the chance

the daytime driving events as well as the

Early arrivals started their O’Fest on

covered bridges that still serve the rural

got lost, de Groen says, but a lunch stop at

Bobby Rahal’s BMW of South Hills dealership was easy enough to ﬁnd with GPS, and the

hospitality extended by Rahal’s shop made sure that any navigational mishaps were quickly forgotten. And when the shop

replaced Frank Greppo’s missing 2002 oil cap free of charge, Frank said it was “almost as good as meeting Bobby!”

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their ’02 to Pittsburgh along with Patroon

Chapter buddies Tony and Gwen Verrengia

and Jim and Diane DiCarlo. They’re veterans of long road trips in vintage BMWs—Frank

and Denise even drove their 2002 to

Monterey for BMW’s 100th birthday

celebration in 2016—and they declared the covered bridge tour a great adventure. “We really made a wonderful day of it,” Gwen

CROSSING Last year at the BMW Glas rally in Ger-

many our friend Axel Coelln mentioned

that the club would have a gathering at

the PVGP. Graham had been to New York,

but I had never ventured to the United

States, so the seed was sown that we

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with interesting events. We visited the

iconic Falling Water House designed by

Frank Lloyd Wright we felt very lucky to have had the opportunity to visit there.

Schenley Park was packed with interest-

ing vehicles, highly maintained and loved

said. “And the local people have been so

would make arrangements to be there.

by their owners, quite a sight for the en-

ditch with his tractor when the driver went

Pal’s later, we were set to fly to JFK on the

lunches, some in the middle of nowhere,

nice. One farmer even pulled an ’02 out of a

oﬀ the road!”

The covered bridge tour had been

organized primarily for 2002 drivers within

the CCA, but the scenic tour was well suited to any vintage BMW, even a 507 so long as

its driver didn’t mind a bit of gravel road!

(Dirk didn’t.) The alternatives were a CCA-

Many e-mails, juggling dates, and Pay-

4th of July to be met by our friend Axel

Coelln. After spending a few days in Con-

thusiast. Along with all the organized

no one around but our buffet lunch would

be laid out for our arrival, such organiza-

necticut, being entertained by incredible

tion. Our evening at the Grand Concourse

enjoying the American way of life, we ven-

great food and good company. We’ve met

fireworks (red, white and blue stars!) and

tured to Pittsburgh, some 450 miles in

Axel’s beautiful pale blue BMW 3 liter

was a real treat, beautiful architecture, such interesting people during our week,

which we sincerely hope to meet up with

organized Time-Speed-Distance rally or a

coupe. We eventually arrived at our hotel,

again.

Thursday and Friday, more driving tours

on the old funicular to meet others at the

ited Niagara, then onto New York. We so

meal enjoying incredible views of Pitts-

hope to explore more another time.

series of tech talks at the host hotel; on

were available to Classic club members in

lieu of the CCA’s high-performance driving event and autocross at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex.

“There are a bunch of things the CCA does

that are not necessarily of interest to our club members,” Dirk said. “A lot of our

people just care about touring their cars, and that’s why the emphasis was on getting our

settled in and later that evening ascended

Monterey Bay Fish Grotto for a delicious

burgh by night; this was the start of our Pittsburgh experience.

The following

days we drove scenic routes, not always

going to plan but hey-ho we were on hol-

iday enjoying the sights.

Our agenda for our stay was packed

We stayed on for a few more days, vis-

enjoyed our few weeks in America and

We may have travelled the furthest to

be at this event but we certainly feel the

organizers went the extra mile to ensure

a great time was had by all. Happy motoring.

Graham and Jenny from England

cars out into the countryside and doing

some touring. And a lot of our members

enjoy ﬁne dining, too, so on Tuesday evening we went to a really nice restaurant [the

Monterey Bay Fish Grotto, named

Pittsburgh’s best seafood restaurant for

2017] while the CCA went on a Gilligan’s

Island-themed river cruise. But everything

was a la carte, and if you wanted to go to the club dinner or take the river cruise, no problem.”

Dirk says that all of the club’s events were

planned in cooperation with local club

member Eric Zagrocki, who serves on the

PVGP’s executive committee, and with Frank

Patek, the executive director of the BMW

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Frank Greppo, Graham Juﬀs, Jenny Anderson, Denise Greppo, Axel Coelln and Tony

Verrengia

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Eric Zagrocki at the Jet Center Party. was extremely happy that Eric did most of

Wednesday evening as well as its Passport to

allowing us to decide on a good program for

Airport’s jet center on Thursday. The club

the legwork,” Dirk said. “And Frank was great,

our club members.”

Wednesday’s CCA concours presented the

perfect conﬂuence of interests, and all of the Classic Club members brought their cars to

the waterfront at Heinz Field. That meant the

three 507s from Thomas Pesikey, Walter

Elegance fundraiser at the Allegheny County

MY NINTH YEAR AT THE PVGP

It was a busy week for me trying to

take in the 2002 Covered Bridge tour,

Heinz Field Tune-up, the Pitt Race

didn’t disappoint, and the Passport to

events and the evening dinners of

along with Lance White’s prewar Drauz-

terey Bay Fish Grotto was the high-

turbo, and Lothar Schuettler’s 328 set amid

up the Duquesne Incline to start the

Elegance party saw the three 507s on display bodied 321 cabriolet, Scott Hughes’ 2002

which the club dinner at the Mon-

light of all the dinners with a fun ride

equally compelling vintage airplanes.

evening. The absolute highlight of

by Miami-based club member Andres

ticket at $300 a head, and plenty of club

the #25 Z4 GTLM with Mike Renner.

coupes from Classic Club and CCA members

Staged on multiple ﬂoors inside the Carnegie

Scott, and de Groen, the 2002 Turbo brought

Martinez, and dozens more 2002s and E9

alike. The eﬀect was spectacular, and the

result was perhaps the best-subscribed CCA concours in recent memory.

BMW was the PVGP’s featured marque,

and Zagrocki was counting on his fellow

Classic Club members to represent Bavarian history at the PVGP’s Tune-Up Party on

The jet center party was an expensive

the week however, was the hot lap in

members opted for the CCA dinner instead.

I've been coming to the PVGP for the

Science Center, the event brought out the

see more than all the BMWs in atten-

exhibits and learned a little more about how

vintage races. I definitely enjoyed all

little kid in all of us as we explored the the world works.

Early in the planning phase of the events,

a Classic-only drive had been planned to

Franklin, Pennsylvania, an historic town at

past nine years. It was incredible to

dance on German Hill to watch the the fellow 2002 owners and seeing their cars and talking shop. – Barry Loar

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A note from Walter Scott to Bobby

Rahal

Dear Bobby - I wanted to drop you

this note to tell you what a wonderful

team you have. It happened on Thursday

when we drove a circuitous route out to The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum.

Franklin. The 507’s brakes were “spongy” on Wednesday, but OK. During Thurs-

day’s drive they were deteriorating until we pulled into the lunch stop and I had to rapidly pump them to stop the car. I

took the car to your BMW store which

the center of Pennsylvania’s mid-19th

century oil boom, which heralded the arrival

My 507 is pretty special to me. It was the

most totally gone and I was stopping by

only one designated as a “1960”. It was

pumping and the emergency brake –

pretty dumb considering what a 507 is

worth! We were treated like royalty and everybody came out or the shop to see the 507 which most of them had never

of the automobile. Logistical considerations

seen in person. We were there about 2

somewhat ironically, by a drive to

system. The next day we were driving to

saw the trip to Franklin was replaced, Washington, PA, and a visit to the

Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, where

members were given a private tour led by

the museum’s director and got a short ride

507 kept pace and it performed great.

was just a few miles from where were. By the time I got there the brakes were al-

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater,

bombing the hills and pushing the limit

on the curves. To their amazement the

last one to leave the factory and is the

bought by a close friend and classmate

of mine in 1965 from the original owner. My friend left me the right to buy the

car from his estate when he passed away 6 years ago. I have known this car for 53

years! It has been maintained as close to

hours and they totally bleed the brake

“as delivered “condition all its life. It has

Falling Water and we got separated from

been driven about 50,000 miles since its

the “Classic” tour and got in with a

bunch of crazy M drivers who were

never been a “trailer queen” and has

purchase in 1965. – Walter Scott

on a restored trolley car—a most agreeable

managed to stick together on the drive to

Wright for the Kaufmann family, who owned

automobile rendered obsolete, at least until

think on a GPS-guided tour!

The house is considered Wright’s

form of public transportation that the

its recent revival. Everyone had a great time

at the museum and at the catered barbecue lunch which followed the visit. They even

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and from Washington—not as easy as you’d And on Friday, the club’s ﬁnal driving tour

took the scenic route to Fallingwater, the country house designed by Frank Lloyd

a department store in downtown Pittsburgh. masterpiece, and it was a real treat to

explore it from top to bottom with our fellow club members and a knowledgeable guide

BM W CCA O ' FE S T & PI TT S BU R G H V I NTAG E GRAND P RIX from Fallingwater.

For the drive to Fallingwater, I had the

NO DISAPPOINTMENT

2002 Baur cabriolet, the exquisite black-on-

been on my bucket list a long time, so I

pleasure of joining Don Bower in his 1972

black targa that’s featured in the BMW CCA Foundation’s 2018 exhibit of 2002s, The

The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix has

knew this was the year to go when O’fest became part of the same week. With the

ICON. The car is one of perhaps only 12

2002 50th anniversary, it became an op-

be the only one of those upholstered with

our ’72 2002 targa. The week did not

delivered in black, and Bower thinks it might Pepita cloth, a close relative of houndstooth.

None of the Baurs were sold from new in the

portunity for my first long road trip in disappoint.

The targa has been part of the ICON

US; Bower’s car was ﬁrst titled in Milan, and

exhibit at the CCA Foundation since Jan-

for me. I’ll mention a few: The concours

2011. Bower bought it at the beginning of

before I delivered it there, but it’s always

water, a streetcar museum, and Bobby

seatbelts that hadn’t been installed at Baur

hasn’t been driven in seven months on a

Jackie Jouret, and the PVGP itself. As fun

as well as an amiable companion, I

the end: one loose muffler clamp, one

the infield was amazing. I heard esti-

it remained with its ﬁrst owner until late 2017, and he promptly installed the

in 1972. Even though Don is a capable driver appreciated the added safety of being belted into this targa-top car, and so do Don and

his wife Julie, who normally occupies the passenger seat.

The drive to Fallingwater and the house

itself were highlights for Houston-based club members Jeﬀ and Jackie Haught, too. They

have a longstanding interest in architecture,

uary. I think I had it pretty well-sorted exciting taking a 46-year-old car that

thousand-mile road trip. The tally at

dead brake light switch, and an odome-

ter that died and resurrected itself. The fact that I had a box of spare parts and

tools in the trunk, of course, meant that

I wouldn’t need any of them.

The week was packed with highlights

favor of Wright’s modernist aesthetic.

not to mention all the other marques.

The targa and safely back in the ICON

exhibit until the Lowcountry Discovery

Tour in October. – Don Bower

and his 2002 Turbo made a ﬁne substitute!

Fest in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and his

which the tour guides had downplayed in

mates of 125 2002’s among 700+ BMW’s –

Bo Black, who organizes the MidAmerica ’02

and over lunch he ﬁlled in a lot of details

encountered by the house’s builders—and

as the PVGP races were, the car show in

BMW CCA Foundation; fortunately, Andres

the Fallingwater barn—a Club exclusive—by

about the engineering problems

Rahal BMW, sharing a 4-hour drive with

Don and I were also joined over lunch at

and they’d studied the house before arriving in Pittsburgh. Jeﬀ’s a mechanical engineer,

with three 507’s, driving tours to Falling-

navigator, Mike Pugh, who was racing a 2002 at Schenley Park that weekend. We also had

the chance to catch up with Andres Martinez,

has more than one classic BMW to enjoy,

On Friday evening, the Classic Club and the

CCA converged once again for dinner at the

Grand Concourse, a seafood restaurant set in

whose S14-powered 2002 is on display at the

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a Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Rail Road station

built in 1901. Architecturally, it was exactly

what Frank Lloyd Wright’s modernism was rebelling against, but it’s impossible to be

anything but ﬂoored by the ornate beauty of

its soaring arched ceilings, held up by

columns topped with Corinthian capitals. It’s

urban America in all its Gilded Age ﬁnery, and thus the perfect setting for the CCA’s “Robber

Baron”-themed dinner party.

The club had a private room set aside just

for members, but it quickly ﬁlled up with the general population from the CCA. It hardly

mattered, and it was fun to mix and mingle

THE 2002 CELEBRATION CONTINUES The 50th birthday of the 2002 is being

with the folks we’d be joining for the next two

celebrated and it was most important to

Park, where we could watch the races, enjoy

events be enjoyed in my favorite car. The

days in the massive BMW corral at Schenley

beer and barbecue, and ﬁnd some welcome shade on a scorching weekend.

Club member cars had pride of place at

Schenley Park, arrayed at the top of the hill

just in front of the CCA’s beer garden. You

me that O’Fest and the Classic CCA

02 came to our house in 1982, and was a daily driver for 16 years. It now has

243,551 miles. Great week with lots of BMWs, excellent 2002 turn out, fun

events, and many friends. The vintage races and 02 park were outstanding. I

would like to invite 2002 fans to Eureka

Springs, Arkansas for the 19th MidAmer-

ica 2002 Fest which takes place April 25-

27, 2019.

Bo Black (bblack02@hotmail.com)

couldn’t miss the 507s brought by Dirk and

Thomas, or Lothar Scheuttler’s beautiful

black 328, or gorgeous Golf yellow 3.0 CS

coupe brought by Luis and Anne Arisso. A lot

of CCA members had never seen a prewar

Anne and Luis Arisso,

Bo Black, Jim Gerock

car in person, and Lothar was more than

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THE GREAT 328 I have had the privilege of caring for the

1939 BMW 328 chassis number 85406 for Classic BMWs on German Hill.

the past eight years since my purchase at

auction. It was previously owned by noted

collector Fred Simeon who kept it in his mu-

seum since the 1970s. After a painstaking 4

year restoration, I was finally rewarded by

racing at the PVGP, a great venue in its own

right, made even better by the presence of many BMW enthusiasts and club members

whom I got to know over a couple of beers.

The car ran well on this challenging road

course. It was truly a great weekend. John Romano

Mary Carroll-Egelston and Lonny Shirk

Cindy, Andrew and Vern took second

judging at the concours.

place in the concours.

generous in sharing the history of his 328. It

and invited him to the corral—John hadn’t

Hanstein, who won the 1940 Mille Miglia in

aware that the club was in attendance until

was owned from new by Huschke von

the Touring-bodied 328 Coupe owned by

BMW, giving it outstanding provenance. On Sunday, Lothar’s car was joined by another

328, this one the white car owned by club

member John Romano. John had come to

read the club newsletter, and he wasn’t

Dirk left a business card in his pit area. After

that, he was kind enough to drive his 328 up the hill, adding more vintage-car ﬂavor to this decidedly old-school setting.

“328s were race cars, and this car was club

restoration took about three years. It was ﬁnished about three months ago. It’s

obviously not like driving a modern race

car—the brakes are drums, so you have to think about braking real early, and the

engine comes on like a blockbuster when

you get the engine revs above 4,500. It’s a

momentum car, not one you race corner to corner. It’s gone well this weekend. It’s just about sorted now.”

The car certainly looked well sorted at

the PVGP to race his freshly restored 328,

raced in Canada for ten years after it came

Schenley Park, which closely resembles the

Saturday. Dirk and Lother tracked him down

from the Simeone collection in 2010, and the

new, complete with hay bales rather than air

and Lothar spotted the car on-track on

to North America,” Romano said. “I bought it

courses the 328 would have raced on when fence to protect cars and drivers from

obstacles like the drainage grates, stone walls, and statuary.

Seeing John’s 328 amid the pre-war racers

at Schenley Park was a treat, and so was the

sight of so many 2002s competing in the

sports car classes as well as the BMW-only

race on Saturday. The races for 2.0-liter Jackie and Jeﬀrey Haught's 72 3.0CSi. 12

Jim Gerock and his '69 2002.

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see the BMWs mixing it up with their historic

rivals from Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Lotus and

MG, to name a few.

The BMW CCA corral was located just

above Schenley Park’s Turn 13, which gave

club members a great view of the track. As

exciting as the racing was, it was hard to pay

attention when given the chance to hang out with club members like Thomas Pesikey and

learn a bit more about the red 507 he calls

“Miss Scarlet.”

“If you’re familiar with Gone With The Wind,

that car has led me on a merry chase the

same way Scarlet O’Hara led Rhett Butler,” Thomas laughs.

Indeed, he’d owned the car for 41 years by

the time he completed its restoration in

March 2016, just in time to take it to Laguna Seca for BMW’s 100th birthday celebration

Show at Legends of the Autobahn that weekend.

Thomas’ 507 was one of several ordered

when new by Venezuelan importer Eduard Zingg, and its journey from South to North

but to give people more choice, more ﬂexibility.”

If the weeklong Classic Club event in

conjunction with the BMW CCA Oktoberfest

the project over four decades, and for

indication, members are going to love it.

meantime, kudos to Thomas for sticking with sharing his beautiful car with the rest of us in

and the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is any “I’ve been a Classic Club member for a few

Pittsburgh.

years,” Tony Verrengia said, “and Dirk does

down its weekend with beer and Bavarian

will be top-notch.”

On Saturday evening, the club wound

food at the Hofbrauhaus, a branch of the

everything right. Whatever you sign up for

famous Munich beer hall. Again, the Classic Club oﬀered a more intimate, low-key

alternative to the CCA’s larger dinner back at the host hotel, though several members opted to join the latter.

Dirk says more such events-within-events

will be added to the club’s agenda in the

507 brought by the BMW Museum, and the

Vintage in Saratoga Springs, New York, but a

coming years. “We’re going to join the

proximity of Miss Scarlet to the Elvis 507

day earlier, so we can do a driving tour and

probably happier when his car won Best of

the Targa California, too, make a longer

delighted Thomas’ wife, June. Thomas was

advantage of existing event infrastructure,

America is worth a closer look; in the

that summer. In Monterey, Miss Scarlet was photographed next to the ex-Elvis Presley

weekend out of it. The goal is to take

have a nice club dinner. We’re hoping to join

Patrick Arnold of Classic BMW.

46 YEARS LATER In 1972 I was invited to attend a meet-

ing of BMW 507 owner’s in Greenwich, CT as a “friend of 507s”. There were 7

BMW 507s present at that meeting. I fol-

hind me. It also was quite significant that

the one behind me was at the 1972 meet in

Greenwich and I had not seen it since then. For many years I have hoped to photo-

lowed behind 4 of them from Philadel-

graph my BMW 507 in front of an airplane.

convertible. I was thrilled to be in the

Center party. It was even better to be able

tude. However, it could not compare

plane.

phia to Greenwich in my 1969 Chevrolet company of all that automotive pulchriwith the thrill I enjoyed at the BMW Oktoberfest activities in Pittsburgh. It was

I was delighted to be able to do so at the Jet

to photograph three 507s in front of the airI wish to express my deep and sincere

thanks to all the BMW CCA and BMW CCCA

whose names I don’t know or can’t re-

during the week, as my week with no. 70101

ence with both clubs in Monterey, CA

especially poignant, when three 507s

members who were so congenial and helpful

to Heinz Field the morning of July 11th.

was not without its trying moments. I send

during the 2016 O’fest. The events in

grocki, Frank Patek, Dave Mason, Patrick

hold both organizations in such high es-

drove from the Station Square Sheraton One almost never sees a BMW 507 driv-

ing on the public roads in these modern times. Here I was driving my very own

507 with one in front of me and one be-

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special thanks to Dirk de Groen, Eric Za-

Arnold, , and Bob Speer. I’m sure there are

others who are deserving of my thanks, but

member. I had an equally good experi-

Pittsburgh just reminded me again why I teem.

Tom Pesikey 13

Monterey Car Week ON TH E ROA D W I TH A ND R E W

by Andrew Wilson

It has been an extremely busy and enjoy-

able summer with lots of car shows and I

was happy to hang out and meet up with

numerous club members, on the east coast

Then the Bonham’s specialist said: "We'll get the keys and get you driving in no time."

Next thing I knew they had the car revving

and warming up, the transplanted 328 en-

as well as on the west coast. It would take

gine sounded great. The specialist got called

them but here are a few memorable mo-

and a 1915 Packard Twin Six. I never got a

away to do a TV shoot with Wayne Carini

Lisa 02Princess and Derby

chance to drive the 315/1. The car sold at

Derby's license plate to break a tie. With the

headed out to The Qual to examine the

mium. I so wish I had purchased it.

plate assembly to reveal the spotlessly clean

photographing and crawling under the car.

1967 Derby 1600 competed in the “Clean

up an entire newsletter to write about all of ments from Monterey Car Week.

On viewing day of the Bonham’s auction, I

1934 315/1 they had for sale. I spent 2 hours

auction for $134,400 USD including the preLegends of the Autobahn: Lisa and her

As I was sitting in it, none other than Peter

Class”, while Tesoro, last year’s winner, and

on you, mate! No secret you want one of

Foundation museum in Greer, SC, was in the

Gleeson walks over and says "Looks good these." I handed him my phone and he

snapped a few pictures of me in the BMW.

now on exhibit at the ICON in the BMW CCA

2002 display area. The competition was fierce. A judge asked Lisa to remove

judge watching we removed the whole Euro paint! Lisa & Derby won 1st place! The fol-

lowing day at the Festorics, both Derby and

Tesoro were invited to park in winner’s tent. Tom Tischler and Klaus Kutscher, represen-

tatives of BMW Classics in Munich showed a

great interest in Derby. It was another fan-

tastic day in Monterey.

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507S

ON THE

ROAD

LE TT ER T O TH E E D I T O R

Hi Dirk,

A couple of weeks back, my good friend

Chuck Schwager and I had our 507s at a local

car show at Bentley's Saloon in Arundel, Maine. Chuck

ran his in a recent Colorado Grand tour, and as you know, mine is fresh off receiving an Amelia Award in March. Best, Peter Starr.

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Keeneland Concours d’Elegance CON COUR S R E P O RT

Text and photos by Elliott Schnackenberg he 15th Annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance was held on Saturday,

July 21, at Keeneland Race Course in

Lexington, Kentucky. BMW was selected as

the Featured Marque, and was represented by a total of twenty-three BMWs in three separate exhibition classes.

There were nine cars entered in the

Motorsports Heritage classiﬁcation and

daughter Anna was with the car at

Keeneland, and she told how her Father had

arranged with Michael Schumacher to drive

the car at the Speedway on several

occasions when he was present for the U.S.

Formula 1 Grand Prix.

In the Motorsports Heritage classiﬁcation,

Scott and Fran Hughes were awarded First Place for their 1975 BMW 2002 Turbo.

included models from pre-WW2 through

Second Place was awarded to Enthusiast

BMW 327/28 presented by the Bill Spoerle

Evolution they exhibited.

(Bill) Spoerle in 1975, and he proceeded with

Sports Classics division, and included model

1982. Bill Spoerle was employed by the

to the 1958 BMW 507 Series II Roadster

this same class was awarded to the 1968

Louisville, Kentucky. This same car was

Schnackenberg.

2015. Among the highlights was the 1937

Family. This BMW was acquired by Wilhelm a total restoration which was completed in Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and was in charge of restoring the race cars in the

collection of the Speedway’s Museum. Bill’s

Auto Group for the 1990 BMW M3 Sport

Nine cars were also entered in the BMW

years 1958 to 2001. First Place was awarded

presented by The Patterson Collection of

selected as Best of Show! Second Place in

BMW 1600 GT presented by Elliott

The weather in Lexington provided some

great excitement on Friday afternoon, the

day before the big show. Many of us were in the process of preparing our cars for

Saturday, and in accord with the weather

forecast, the sky in the west began to

darken and the wind started to increase in

velocity. Suddenly some rain drops began, so I closed the curtains on my trailer and

retreated to the van to wait for the real

excitement to begin! It wasn’t long before the torrential rain and wind began, and

when it really got going I instinctively looked in the mirrors to verify the trailer was still

upright, because the van was really rocking.

Quite often this was fruitless because the

wind and rain was so heavy I couldn’t even Tom and Barb Chandler brought

their BMW 327-80HP Cabriolet.

see the trailer! Eventually it all subsided and I was very relieved to discover everything was just ﬁne.

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Soon after the rain and wind stopped, the

day’s inclement weather they would

that area, and after a while a front loader

regime. Also, in view of this, they would

sound of chain saws began to resonate from

began hauling massive tree trunks away.

eliminate the chassis from their judging

spend ﬁfteen minutes with each car instead

Fortunately,

of the twenty they usually schedule.

maintaining their facilities, for on Saturday

at Keeneland, and I encourage everyone to

condition and ready for the vehicles to be

enter. They have a wonderful facility, and

Keeneland has a very capable staﬀ

morning the Show Field was in perfect

This was my second time having an entry

consider putting it on your list of shows to

placed in their assigned locations.

the people connected with the event are

includes the underside of the car, which is

experience genuine Southern Hospitality!

The system of judging at Keeneland

something I learned on my previous visit

when I saw the judges on hands and knees

evaluating the underside of each entry,

including mine. I attribute that detail as at

wonderfully hospitable. It’s great to

Judges evaluation Elliott's 1600GT

least part of the reason my entry failed to

receive any special recognition. Because of

that experience I was sure to prepare the Anna Spoerle and her

327-80HP Cabriolet

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underside this time. But as luck would have it, when the judges met with the entrants in

my class before the judging, they

announced that because of the previous

The Barn Find Part Two BA RD F I N D

By David Lightfoot Part One

The ﬁrst part of this story was related via a

reprint of the AutoWeek cover story of

January 22, 2018, in the Spring 2018 issue of The Ultimate Classic. You’ll remember the

story of Club members Heath Rodney and

Dereck Freshour, two Iowa farm boys, who

discovered one of the greatest BMW barn

ﬁnds ever—a 1937 328 lightweight factory

racer wearing a post-war Veritas coupe body

built by Autenrieth.

Our heroes had bought the car, not

knowing what it really was, from “Farmer

Charles,” who had owned the car since 1971. Farmer Charles remembered the name of

the seller of the car, a Robert Good. More on

Bob Good later.

In the meantime, Heath and Dereck had

ﬁgured out their Veritas has a BMW chassis

and running gear underneath. BMW hunter and legend, the late Jim Proﬃt, had helped

the guys ﬁgure out what they had and what

they should do with their ﬁnd. Some More of the Story

One of the main reasons for cooperating

The car in as-found condition and before disassembly. The portholes were added to

vent engine heat since the hood had no louvers. a little digging into Ancestry.com and

Facebook, leading ﬁnally to Bob Good, the GI

When the Brooklyn, GI’s tour of duty was

up, Bob worked a deal with the soon-to-be

who sold the car to Farmer Charles.

civilian. Anxious to get home to Brooklyn and

Good, alive, well, fully retired and only about

old German sports car, our unnamed

Our heroes received a call from Robert

wanting something more reliable than the

thirty minutes away from “The Veritas Farm,”

Brooklynite swapped the BMW Veritas to

for decades. Heath and Dereck had a great

worked out over six months or so.

ﬁll in a bit more of the story.

somewhat tattered Veritas 328 Autenrieth

The car is a 328 with chassis #85031. It

in Florida from 1957 to 1959. He had been

airbase hobby shop keeping the Veritas

It was raced in period at Le Mans, the Mille

Corporation from 1950-1954). After some

with the AutoWeek writer was to get the

word out and hopefully ﬁll in some of the gaps in the car’s history. That eﬀort has

borne fruit and more (but not all) of the history is now known.

was built at BMW’s Eisenach factory in 1937. Miglia and the RAC TT. Notable drivers of the car included Ernst Henne and Prince Bira.

But there was a big gap between the end of

its racing career in 1939 and Farmer Charles

where the Veritas sleeping beauty had rested conversation with Bob and are now able to Bob was stationed at Elgin Air Force Base

driving a Henry J (built by the Kaiser-Frazer time on the base he got to know a fellow

coupe. Bob spent many evenings in the

running. Fortunately, there was a large junk

yard not far from the airbase. When a

component of the car would ﬁnally fail, oﬀ

he went to ﬁnd something that could be

Ancestry.com. Bob had noticed this sleek

came out of a Willys Jeep; the seat was out of

to Bob yet, but when it does it will be back to

looking German sports car ripping around

acquaintances and people in the hobby to do

runways in the grass.

Now Bob was the proud owner of a

from Brooklyn, NY. The name has not come

buying the car in 1971.

The AutoWeek article spurred some

Bob for his Henry J plus cash payments

the base and doing doughnuts between

made to work. The replacement radiator

an airplane. A new dash was fabricated with

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gauges ﬁlled up the holes.

Bob wanted a sleeker look from the front

so the Veritas grill and headlights were

modiﬁed using ﬁberglass and some scrap

metal. The diﬀerent materials used in the grill opening are clear in the photos

published in AutoWeek. Once Bob had the

car going they sprayed the car with a reddish

Dereck cleaned up chassis #85031 and primered it for the time being while further re-

years later. An authentic restoration? Not

shown which is identical to the one that was in 85368, the 328 Mille Miglia coupe, and

primer that still shows to this day, some 60

exactly but it did keep the coupe alive and on the road.

search is being done and the new body is being created. Note the 100-liter tank as the NSKK 328 Mille Miglia spyders.

Bob had remembered the car as being a

wheels and with the transmission out of the

appears to have lived a “well used” life. He

undergoing a period of R&D. R&D meaning,

bit rough and “falling apart” and that it

remembers the back story that the Veritas 328 Autenrieth Coupe was apparently

brought to the U.S. originally by the Brooklyn GI in about 1957. While stationed in Bavaria, he had found the car the prior year at a

repair shop and in a state of disrepair. Bob

remembers the Brooklyn GI telling him that

the car had been on blocks, missing a couple

car, removed for repairs. The car was

in this case, the accumulation of much Rust & Dust.

Our unnamed Brooklyn GI acquired the

import one car to the USA from overseas

stations and many GIs did so to make money

or to bring back a “sports car” unlike

anything available in the USA.)

Perhaps the car’s history from 1939 to

1957 will someday be discovered, but for

car and, we are assuming with some help

now it still remains a mystery.

road worthy. In 1957, the car was brought to

driver while stationed at Elgin Airbase, he

transferred stateside. (GIs were allowed to

to a status where it would be considered

from some German mechanics, got the car

Elgin AFB when the Brooklyn GI was

While Bob Good drove the car as a daily

never really completed putting the car back

Once the body was removed, the BMW chassis could

be seen, including the 100-liter racing gas tank.

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BA RN FI N D reliable transportation. In 1959, Bob was to be married and his service duty with the military was coming to an end.

Upon discharge, he headed home to

repair manual. The two took the motor

neglected project.

innovative electrical upgrades. The 328 head

the car to Heath and Dereck in 2017, after

apart, added new rings and made some

was taken to Red Oak Machine, a shop that

realizing he would never be restoring the car

milled” to give it much higher compression.

years before.

Emerson, Iowa. Bob drove the Veritas 328

is still in business today. The head was “very

was heading home to Kansas City. It is on

After they put the hot-rodded engine back

Autenrieth Coupe along with another GI that

the way. The fact that there were two young

men while there was only one seat in the car was the least of their inconveniences.

Somewhere north of Memphis, in Arkansas, the car had suﬀered some major

mechanical problems, including overheating

and failing brakes. After a few extended

together, they ﬁred the car up and Bob’s

younger brother got to enjoy a few short

drives around the block before the 328

motor came to a stop. The brother and

father gave up on this odd old German car

and the Veritas 328 Autenrieth Coupe then

sat for a couple more years behind the

days on the road, they were able to get the

repair shop,

One GI was home but the car’s owner, Bob

younger than Bob, was working the family

Veritas 328 Autenrieth coupe to Kansas City.

This brings us to Farmer Charles oﬀering

Then one day Farmer Charles, a few years

he had found and brought home many Autenrieth Veritas

Heath and Dereck have been hard at

work, learning about European sports cars from the pre-war era and BMW 328s in

particular. Some Veritas cars were bodied

in-house by Veritas, a couple by Autenrieth,

some by Spohn and some by other

coachbuilders in the region. In some cases,

customers contracted with a body maker

directly to clothe a BMW/Veritas chassis. One of the unusual things about this

Good, had to ﬁnd alternate transportation

farm in the area and noticed this unusual car

until the following fall.

out a deal with Bob Good’s father. Bob

with a body by Autenrieth made of steel

like a dollar or two as his father just wanted

cars had. Interestingly. while searching for

returned the next day with his John Deere

second Autenrieth-bodied Veritas with

for rest of the trip. The car sat in Kansas City Bob, his brother and their father made

the two-and-a-half-hour drive from Iowa to

Kansas City, where they fabricated a tow dolly and hauled/pulled the car back to

Emerson, IA. Bob had much more going on now in his life, being married and taking a

when driving about. Farmer Charles worked

remembered the deal as being something the car oﬀ the property. The Farmer

tractor and picked up the car with a hydraulic hay bale hauler and carried the car to his

new job, so the Veritas 328 Autenrieth

farm which was about seven miles away.

father’s business, a local TV and small

of someday doing something with the

coupe sat for several years behind Bob’s

engine repair shop.

Bob was now living in Council Bluﬀs and

Charles, like so many others, had dreams

Veritas 328 Autenrieth coupe. However, it

Chassis 5210 had spent some time in

Lincoln, Nebraska. A Mr. Charles Schmidt

was the owner of this second coupe and it

sported a small block Chevy engine. The Lincoln Veritas changed hands a couple

times over the years and ended up with Jim

it is believed to still reside. If anyone knows

of the newly constructed pole barn, directly

history, please contact me.

The car was then placed in a far back corner on the dirt ﬂoor.

At one point in the 1980s when the crop

prices were very low and farmers were

forced to keep some grain oﬀ the market, The Veritas 328 Autenrieth Coupe spent several years completely covered in the

vehicle to a gentleman in Germany, where

more about this car, especially the early

Observations on the Car’s Condition

Today

Obviously, the grill opening was modified

by one of the previous owners. Heath and Dereck speculate the original grill was

damaged in a front-end fender bender as

previous season’s corn crop.

some of the sheet metal on the lower front

Veritas 328 Autenrieth coupe several times

repairs. Also, the grill opening is slightly

Farmer Charles did attempt to sell the

in the mid to late 1980s via classiﬁed ads in

local history of 85031, apparently the

new machine shed/barn in the early 1970s.

the BMW 328 engine armed with a Bristol

as 1936.

rather than aluminum, as the Veritas race

Proffit in California, who then sold the

years until Farmer Charles had built a large

This part shows the year-of-manufacture

that it appears to be the only one of two

was sat outside in the tree line for a couple

Bob’s younger brother was driving age.

Bob’s brother and father began to resurrect

Veritas 328 Autenrieth-bodied coupe is

the Iowa newspapers. He remembers about three diﬀerent people coming to look at the car but they all just waked away from the

and left front corner shows some previous

more rounded through one upper corner

than the other, showing the variances often found in hand-built cars.

The left and right-side metal work looks

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Homage

BMW seems to like making show cars that

recall some of their greatest cars of the past and naming them Hommage. They’ve done this with a number of cars in the last few years.

The 328 Veritas Autenrieth’s restoration is

going to be a bit of a homage as well, this

one to Jim Proﬃt as Jim provided invaluable

The Autenrieth-built body, now separated from the chassis, was placed on a custom-

help, people contacts, referrals and

directions to Heath and Dereck to get the

made dolly for preservation and to prevent damage.

process started and helped in getting

as though they were completed by two

personal meeting with them. Unfortunately,

different craftsman, one possibly more

experienced or just more skilled than the

other. These differences were not only in

the external sheet metal, but also in the

internal flat metal work.

Some of the Veritas construction looks

crude, and possibly somewhat hurried. We

believe Autenrieth was not only rushed

during the assembly process, but possibly

also under-compensated by Veritas.

The door handles appear to be EMW

style, well-integrated into the design,

adding to the styling cues of the fender

side ports, sweeping creases surrounding

the body and polished 16" Kronprinz

Wheels

As for the chassis of #85031. It was

discovered to be a NSKK-modified BMW

328 chassis that had been modified pre-

war by BMW’s Race Experimental

help stiffen the chassis through the lower

portion and across the upper frame

sweeps. The body mount brackets were

changed to a tube style bracket providing

more rigidity for mounting body to chassis. During the chassis refitting by Veritas to

crossmember in front and in the rear

differential, and a somewhat little known "NSKK kink" in the rear frame section to

change the rear suspension geometry for better acceleration. This kink is visible in some of the later experimental cars, for example on the Berlin - Rome car. This

frame kink also received gusset plates to

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The Hidden Salute

In the AutoWeek article, Heath and Dereck

coveralls. They’re from Iowa but these guys

had added some additional mounting

points to the chassis as well. Upon clean-

are wearing blue jean farmer’s-style

aren’t hayseeds and they don’t usually wear coveralls. Their matching outﬁts are a bit of

up of the chassis and further inspection,

an inside joke and were meant to honor Jim

where most of the original 328 body welds

a trademark style of his. Even when Jim sold

Dereck and Heath were able to identify

were located.

Beauty and the Bird Shit

In an ideal world, Heath and Dereck

would love to restore both the 328 and the

Proﬃt, who did often dress this way and was the Mille Miglia-winning Touring Coupe to

BMW, he was photographed in his overalls, handing over the car to the suit-and-tie

wearing Holger Lapp. Jim was fortunately

Veritas back to their original but distinctly

alive to see the ﬁnal photographs and view

everyone enjoy the story and appreciate

published. It truly did bring a big smile to his

different forms. However, to really let

Veritas coachwork will be shown in its

with stability and body roll, round tube

on the project had been engaged.

and longer 326 transmission. Autenrieth

was modified to accept the heavier duty

configuration. Most notable of the changes "ears" to the front crossmember to help

had been set and most of the subcontractors

are pictured within Dereck’s shop and both

the monumental task of restoring #85031

are: the lowered drivetrain mounts, added

Jim died on April 2, 2018. But the direction

a coupe, the transmission crossmember

Department, under the guidance of Rudolf Schleicher, from its original manufacture

#85031 oﬃcially certiﬁed by BMW with a

to its pre-war NSKK race configuration, the current form (mounted on a display), bird shit and all, along with its eventually

the AutoWeek article when originally

face and lots of joy and laughter later. He

understood the meaning even though nobody else did at the time. Acknowledgements

Thanks to Heath Rodney and Dereck

restored 328 cousin. The desire is to

Freshour for sharing this ongoing story.

uncovering the history of both cars, the

to follow the story to its end. Also, thanks to

showcase the unique journey from

process of procuring the necessary parts

for restoration, completing the restoration, then displaying both along with the

incredible story. The owners intend to lay

out the history for everyone who loves cars, just as much as they do a great story.

Hopefully in following up-dates we will be able Mark Savory, who has provided amaz-ing

amounts of knowledge about these BMWs thanks to his decades of working with Jim

Proﬃt and his own passion for these unique cars in history. This journey wouldn’t be possible without Mark’s assistance.

The Car Built to Compete 40 Years BMW M1

BY CHRISTOPH ZERBINI • TRANSLATION BY GOETZ E. PFAFFLIN THIS ARTICLE FIRST APPEARED IN THE NEWSLETTER OF THE BMW CLUB MOBILE CLASSIC (GERMANY)

he idea of the M1 became oﬃcial in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW

have to be a vehicle the design of which had

established itself in this market segment

and would not have to be modiﬁed to

Bora plus a number of other sports cars. In

all the inherent characteristics of a race car,

Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of

become such. This was the route pursued in

A part of that strategy involved motorsports

the Motorsport GmbH. The original design

BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers and spectators alike.

The brains behind this strategy at this

time were Jochen Neerpasch, Paul Rosche and Martin Braungart. It was their goal to

was concluded for the development and

was of an uncompromising race car, which

Lamborghini. Even at the start of this project

regular road use, and to provide a basis for

successful automobile manufacturer, did

in a second stage would be modiﬁed for

the production of 400 cars as required for the homologation.

Following approval of the E26project by

the BMW board, development of the M1

FIA Groups 1 – 5, and which would be

company Italdesign were engaged for the

competitive for many years to come. In

order for this strategy to succeed, it would

October of the same year a further contract

the development of the BMW M1 (E 26) by

develop a competition vehicle which, with

minor modiﬁcations, would qualify for the

with the design of the Maserati Merak and

started in 1976. Giorgetto Giugiaro and his vehicle design by Motorsport GmbH. Italdesign at this point had already

production of the BMW M1 with

it had become clear that BMW, while a

not have the necessary capacity to produce a vehicle like the M1. The manufacturing

systems at BMW AG were too inﬂexible to

produce the initially planned 800 cars within a period of two years. Lamborghini at this

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line in 1981. A total of 206 white, 99 orange,

72 red and 61 M1’s were sold in addition to 4 grey ones, 2 in black, and one each in

silver and silver metallic (Polaris). The

interior could be ordered in black or brown. The BMW M1 fascinated from the

beginning, so it is not surprising, that the list of customers and current owners included

prominent personalities and racing drivers. They include among others ABBA, Bernie

Ecclestone, King Hussain of Jordan, Niki

Lauda, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. The BMW M1 in Competition

The BMW M1 owes its existence solely to

motorsport, that’s where the car has its

roots. The car was conceived to take over

from the eminently successful CSL Coupes, and to continue the tradition of BMW’s

racing success. At the same time the M1

meet in Zandvoort in 2017 process and production were to be handled

title page. At the same time as the

by Lamborghini, in cooperation with BMW.

concept was deﬁned to overcome the Jeroen de Laat

Jochen Neerpasch at the M1 Club

introduction of the car, production of the

The ﬁrst prototype was presented to the

M1 began, with the customer deliveries of

BMW board on the 3rd of May, 1977. At the

time of this board presentation, the contract with Lamborghini had already been

cancelled, due to ﬁnancial diﬃculties of the

the ﬁrst cars before the end of 1978. Most

of the 453 M1s were produced in1979 and

1980 with the last one leaving the assembly

inherent handicaps of the Coupes, front

engine and rear-wheel drive. As additional signiﬁcant increases in power in motor

racing were expected, and the layout of

front-engine with rear wheel drive would be

increasingly handicapped, the idea of a midengine layout developed.

The racing version of the BMW M1 was

developed concurrent with the street

company, and an alternative manufacturing program had to be urgently deﬁned, in

order to provide for the production of at least 400 road cars. This led to the

production arrangement of Baur of

Stuttgart, Italdesign and BMW Motorsport.

However, the production could not be

of the M1 for 1979 could not be achieved.

On Oct. 4, 1978 the street version of the

BMW M1 was ﬁnally premiered at the Paris

Auto Show, several months after the Group 4 racing version. The pubic and the press

reacted very enthusiastically to the car, with

Robert Körschel ©BMW Group Archive

started in 1977 and hence the homologation

several magazines featuring the M1 on their

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permission, or under special regulations

racing series enjoyed ever more popularity.

and production. These race cars were also

and to be able to beat the advertising drums

this series were the Ford Capri Turbo and

being prepared for competition by BMW

special race series, the Pro-Car Series, was

with a number of diﬀerent Group 5 entries,

racers competed with the ﬁve best Formula

engine, and thus not really competitive.

with Lamborghini regarding development

planned to be built by Lamborghini, before Motorsport GmbH, by Project Four or by

Osella. Consequently, competitive racing in 1979 under FIA regulations became impossible.

The introduction of the BMW M1 per FIA

Group 4 also took place in 1978, and since as previously mentioned, the street version of

the M1 was derived from the racing version, that sequence was maintained in the

introduction of these cars. The Group 4 version of the car was presented at the German Formula One Grand Prix at

Hockenheim, two months ahead of the

introduction of the street version. Interesting point: The race car at this point did not have a rear wing; this came later after additional road testing. Marc Surer and Markus

Hoettinger of the factory race team played major roles in the ﬁnal development work.

(e.g. IMSA). In order to avoid this conﬂict,

for this car, one of the most legendary

created. Twenty of the best touring car

1 drivers from the Friday time trials, all

driving identical M1 cars. The ﬁrst of these

races took place in 1979 at Zolder, Belgium,

and the last at Imola, Italy in 1980. The BMW M1 at Le Mans

In the years 1979 through 1981 the three

best known M1s were entered in Le Mans,

supported by BMW Motorsport GmbH. The

beginning came in 1979 with the most

famous M1, the Andy Warhol ArtCar. The

lead driver of this entry was Manfred

Winkelhock, who achieved a 6th place

overall, a very respectable achievement. In

1980 the ArtCar “Carte de France” was

entered by BMW France and in 1981 the M1

of the “Munich Hoteliers” (Münchener Wirte)

with drivers Christian Danner, Prince

Two of the best known representatives in the Porsche 935. Also BMW participated

mostly however powered by a Group 4

Consequently Peter Sauber developed two cars, and also BMW Motorsport in

cooperation with March created a Groupe 5 race car. A diﬀerent approach was taken by Schnitzer with his BMW M1 Turbo. In

contrast to the other competitors, Schnitzer

developed a totally new concept from the

ground up, using a turbo engine, and raced

it in the German Sports Car series

(Rennsportmeisterschaft) in 1981. This car

produced up to 1,000 hp in practice, and

helped Hans Stuck to place third overall in

the 1981 series.

The 40th anniversary of the BMW will

be celebrated at the Hilton Head Island

Concours d’Elegance (November 2 – 4,

A Special Car – A Special Racing Series

Leopold of Bavaria and Peter Oberndorfer

Because of the absence of homologation

private M1 entries participated at Le Mans.

Valentin from Romania will also be there

Starting in the late 1970s the Group 5

water colors commissioned by Mike Ura.

for 1979, the BMW M1 could at this time only participate in races with special

led the charge. In addition a number of

1981 the BMW M1 Turbo in Group 5

display their M1s. Artist Adrian Mitu

to unveil his “Blue Project”, a series of M1

(ProCar)

2018) where several club members will

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The M1

FAST AN D S P IR I TE D

An Owner’s

by Mike Ura

he M1 is an Enthusiasts Car! It’s

meant to be driven and enjoyed.

It’s also nice to look at and draws at-

tention on the road and at shows, whether

it’s a concour or your local Cars and Coﬀee.

With only 399 road cars produced, with less than 10% of these currently in the US, see-

ing one in the wild is rare. That just adds to the enjoyment of ownership.

But, the real enjoyment comes from driv-

ing the M1 the way BMW intended – Fast

and Spirited. After your ﬁrst drive on a back

gressive driving. It’s a learning experience that adds to future enjoyment.

Maintaining a M1 is pretty straight for-

ward. If you owned and maintained a ‘70s

BMW, you can perform a lot of the mainte-

nance yourself. The M1 does have a brain,

but still uses a coil and distributor. The Kugleﬁscher injection pump is reliable and

once set up correctly, needs very little. Oil

steering, a bit notchy gearbox, and strong

sold for $467,500. This was a very strong

ﬁnd more “no sale” than sales. Most of

and thermostat are easy to change.

lation when prices were rising dramatically

panel. Once inside, the water pump, hoses On the other hand, M1s that have sat for

back to life. And herein lies the ﬁrst tip in

a M1 with a single 30 year ownership history

seats, part of the console and the ﬁrewall

can cause the rear end to come around if

the road, but have on the track, under ag-

Last week, at the Gooding Monterey auction,

maintained and documented M1? If you

years and suﬀer from deferred mainte-

not careful. I’ve never had this happen on

for long periods of time, are questionable.

ble. Even the front of the engine is accessi-

power brakes that resist fade and lockup.

As a mid-engine car, the 44/56 weight ratio

have long ownership history, but have sat

ceeds on this M1 was approx. $380,000.

ble, though it requires the removal of the

skilled driver. This is an analog car – manual

tering into a purchase. Likewise, M1s that

engine, so a proper container is required.

replacing 8 quarts of oil from the dry sump

that later. The M1 is very predictable at

does take attention and is not for the un-

be fully inspected by a M1 expert before en-

price for a M1 that had “needs”, per the auc-

Fuel pump and fuel ﬁlter are easily accessi-

speed and goes where you point it, though it

missing their paper trail. These cars need to

changes are simple; just remember you are

road or a track you will be hooked. Which

then leads to, where can I get one? More on

have looked at for potential buyers are

nance, become quite expensive to bring

buying a M1 – documentation of ownership

and maintenance. More than half the M1s I

tion description. Note that the owner’s proSo what is a good price for a solid, well

search the auction house history, you will

these “no sale” M1s were bought on specuand the sellers are trying to recoup their in-

vestment. Looking at private sales over the

past 2-3 years, a nice, well sorted M1 is selling in the $475-550,000 range. Top notch

M1s have sold for $650-750,000.

Overall, the combination of an Italian sus-

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Perspective

a clutch replacement at 22,000 miles, which

is about typical for a M1. These are awe-

some cars, a signiﬁcant car in BMW history

and an exotic that you can enjoy for many

years.

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Italian Designed

• Body Designed my Giorgetto Giugiaro • Fiberglass Panels by T.I.R (Modena)

• Tubular Metal Frame by Marchesi • Body Assembled by Ital Design

• Chassis designed by Lamborghini

• Suspension designed by Lamborghini

Mike Ura. pension and German drivetrain and build

quality, makes the M1 a very drivable and

reliable exotic. I have owned my M1 for 10

years and have driven it a ﬂawless 20,000

miles, including lots of track time and a 4300

mile round trip for the BMW 100th Anniver-

• Wheels by Campanello German Built

• Engine by BMW Mortorsport, GmbH

• Transmission by ZF – 5 speed DS25/2 • Interior Designed by BMW

• Many BMW stock parts

• Final Assembly by Baur

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sary in Monterey. My only major repair was

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The 10th Targa California

TAR GA CAL IFO R N I A

By Fred Larimer, Stan Chamallas, Chris Macha and Mike Burger Photographs by Fred Larimer and Doug Park

elaxing with a friend after returning home from the 10th annual Targa California, I was trying to explain

what the event is and what it entails. My friend’s questions and responses were

probably not unlike most other non-car enthusiasts.

Friend: “…so, you and how many of your

friends – 100 or so - drove 1,100 plus miles

over three days and you didn’t really have a

roads, tree-canopies hanging over the roads

229 near Paso Robles, Carmel Valley Road

as we drove underneath, the dappled light-

nor the visuals of winding along Highway 25

followed the twists, turns, whoop-de-do’s of

James Dean Memorial.

Hunter Liggett on our way westerly from

raised in Long Beach. I’m accustomed to the

eﬀect, the vistas of the Paciﬁc Ocean as we

Nacimiento-Ferguson Road, through Fort

Highway 101 to Highway 1.

And, I’m not having an easy time of trying

to convey the amazing beauty of Highway

coming in to Highway 46, stopping at the

I’m a Southern California native, born and

surface streets with traﬃc signals, stop

signs, freeway on-ramps and oﬀ-ramps,

rush-hour traﬃc on the freeways and

destination you were going to?”

Fred: “…well, uh, yeah, it isn’t about having

a speciﬁc ‘destination’, not like if you were

going on vacation and driving to say,

Mammoth Lakes or some other tourist place.”

Friend: “…seems to me like that’s a lot of

time sitting in a car. I wouldn’t do that unless I was going somewhere, had someplace I wanted to visit…”

As this conversation is taking place, my

brain is ﬂashing up images of rural two-lane

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congestion in the city.

And yet, participating in the Targa

California Tours – this is my third one – I am

mesmerized by the rural, country roads I

just spent three days exploring that felt so, well, un-California like.

Yep, 100 or so of us car-whackos,

The East Coast perspective by Stan

Nacimiento and down to CA-1. Spectacular

Chamallas

views, 100 hairpin turns, and the rest of the

10 years and during that time 90% of my

BMW, this part is a dream come true. The

5 and the 405 freeway. Imagine my surprise

canopied roads, vineyards with grapes

I worked in the Los Angeles area for about

travel was on major highways like Interstate

when driving for 1,100 miles and 95% of the

road was just twisty. If you have a vintage views, cattle ranches, the ocean, treestarting to bud out.

following a series of tour “legs” provided by

time on two-lanes with no other traﬃc!!

estimated “leg” mileage lengths to the trip-

after my initiation. I remembered driving on

driving and grinning because it kept getting

cases – make the correct turns and arrive at

route again. My dreams were exceeded!

This brought us to Monterey and memories

the event organizers, matching the

odometer readings so we can – in most our next turn sort of on a relaxed time schedule.

It is the experience. Getting to see fellow

car enthusiasts – both female and male –

This would be my second Targa, ﬁve years

CA-229 and hoped it would be part of the

Dave – the “Chief Disorganizer” - has

outdone himself for the 10-year anniversary tour. Not only was CA-229 part of the route

At one point I drove through a cloud of

monarch butterﬂies, it was magical. I was

better, all the while amazed at the scenery!

of car-week as we turned into Laguna Seca.

Getting the opportunity to drive on that

track was awesome. The instructor

but also we went to and drove on Willow

apologetically said, “No passing and you

the camaraderie for a couple of days and

racetracks!

Woohoo, for me 60-mph was just amazing

day life, drive on three of California’s

just can’t. Willow Springs was terriﬁc with

something I will never forget.

and Laguna Seca.

back roads were we drove our cars “as they

Paso Robles with another day of undulating,

WERE our destinations. We just took a more

Buttonwillow. The third leg of Day 1 brought

hang out, compare one another’s cars, enjoy totally, totally escape from normal day-torace-tracks; Willow Springs, Buttonwillow Come to think of it, those three places

scenic route. Not a bad way to spend three days. – Fred Larminer

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Springs, Buttonwillow and Laguna Seca

I thought I might focus on one day, but I

lots of track time, following that were many were meant to be driven” all the way to

us through CA-229.

Day 2 was spectacular, up through

need to keep the speeds down to 60-mph”. and shooting through “the Corkscrew” is

Day 3 was the trip back from Monterey to

twisty roads through ranch country. These

roads are allegedly two-lane but I would say one-and-a-half at best. The roll of the

topography meant you lost sight of the cars

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owners nine years ago, and they do make

obvious James Dean selected these roads to

with a pre-1975 vehicle is welcome to

We had lunch next to his memorial in

which I think is a record (there were 60 or so

roads trying not to become airborne! It was

blast through in his Porsche RS back in 1955. Cholame, then oﬀ to Paso Robles once again. I don’t care where you are as you read

up more than half of the entrants, everyone

e9 coupe and a solitary 2800 sedan tearing

up the tarmac at three race tracks as well

devouring the delicious country farm roads

participate. This year we had ﬁfteen BMWs

that are infrequently traveled? And our cars

Porsche’s out of 100 cars) but there were

as expected thanks to preparation and

Alfas, Jaguars, Datsun Zs, Mercedes, a Volvo

never missed a beat, they all ran ﬂawlessly attention to the details when one owns a

this, you seriously need to ﬁnd a way to get

Amazon and a few American cars among

vintage automobile.

magniﬁcent run! – Stan Chamallas

group as there is no way one could keep up

Macha

your car to California and make this

The West Coast perspective by Chris

Macha

This is my seventh time participating in

the Targa California, it has become an event

that I just don’t want to miss. Although it

was started by a group of early Porsche 911

others. The BMW owners tend to travel as a

with the Porsches anyway. This makes for a bit more relaxed drive but we are certainly

Maybe we see you next year? – Chris

The Novice’s perspective by Mike

pushing our vintage BMWs as we navigate

Burger

Central Coast region of California. And

wanted to go on the Targa for a few years

the winding two lane roads through the

where else can you see three Neue Klasse

sedans, several 2002s including a Turbo, an

This was my ﬁrst Targa California. I’ve

now but never was able to make the time to do it. I don’t think I’ll miss another Targa if I

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can help it. So for the 10th anniversary of

are!) It’s the people that made this such a

the Targa California Tour I entered my 1973

great event

motor so I knew I had plenty of power to

roads were fantastic, and I had never been

3.0 CSi, which I built with a 3.8-liter stroker keep up with the Porsche kids. This also happens to be my 10th anniversary of ownership of the CSI.

Where to start? The cars were fantastic,

the track time was awesome, and the

weather was great but those weren’t the

best parts. The people were really fantastic, Dave, the organizer, is a great guy and did

Each day was ﬁlled with great drives, the

seemed to end. Each one was fun and

capable Volvo 122 with the right stuﬀ under

for miles on country roads that never

challenging. Every day was a new adventure with completely diﬀerent scenery and

of course) some Americana, and a very the hood and in the suspension.

I haven’t been able to stop thinking about

driving challenges. The racetracks were a

the Targa; my only regret is not taking

its swooping banked turns and awesome

the best car events I’ve experienced. – Mike

bonus to the adventure. Willow Springs with

incredibly friendly, even the P-Car guys! I

Laguna Seca with its big blind

feel like an old friend. (Mostly because you

games. Each track was a

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It was fun to see the variety of cars,

Porsches, Neue Klass BMWs, a couple of

Alfas, some sweet 240Z’s, a 230SL (top down

straight away, Buttonwillow with

made a lot of new friends and was made to

diﬀerent challenges.

on most of the roads on the route. We went

an amazing job selecting the routes and

making it fun for everyone. The people were

completely diﬀerent experience with vastly

its ﬂat, quick technical turns, and

enough pictures. All and all this was one of Burger

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WHAT ’ S IN MY GA RAG E ?

1995 318TI CLUB SPORT In 1995 I found myself looking for another

BMW; in a ﬁt of practicality I had sold my

two-owner 1988 M6 and was looking for a

car that could more easily accommodate my son Patrick, who had been born in November 1994. The obvious choice was a 1988

M5, but every E28 M5 I looked at had issues.

By Bailey Taylor

Red Club Sport with the locking diﬀ and the

I took delivery of my Club Sport on No-

vember 16, 1995 and it has remained in my garage ever since. Over the next several

years I added a BMW M Technic rear spoiler, a BMW/Alpine CD Changer, a BMW black

audio upgrade. Munich tried to throw a

chrome exhaust tip, and BMW front mud

all Club Sports would be built with a sun-

from 1996 to 2012, and as a result I eventu-

wrench into the works by announcing that

roof- which would raise the price by $1200-

shades of the "mandatory options" Max

Hoﬀman tacked on to 1600s, 2002s, and

ﬂaps. It served as my HPDE instructor car

ally added a Conforti/Turner power chip,

and a UUC Motorwerks clutch stop, clutch

bushings, and RK II shift knob. The car has

I began to broaden my search and in August

Bavarias! Barbara went to bat for me and

proven to be extremely reliable, repairs con-

ber and Fields BMW Salesperson Barbara

others-were built without a hole in the roof.

arm bushings, a thermostat, brake pads/ro-

I received a call from fellow BMW CCA memNeuerman, who told me about the upcom-

my Club Sport-along with approximately 10

ing 318ti Club Sport. Compared to the "regu-

ﬁnally needing its sagging headliner re-

M Technic front fascia, side skirts, and rear

paired as well as a shot of R134a and a new

valence, M3 mirrors, and a bespoke interior

pinion seal.

featuring Black Dakota leather and Red Mill-

Driving the Club Sport is always a pleas-

point cloth interior. Bright Red and Black

ure; the communicative steering and well-

were the only two color choices, while op25% locking diﬀerential, and a sunroof. I was intrigued, so I placed an order for a Bright

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tors, and a few miscellaneous bulbs. Now at

146,000 miles and 23 years the Club Sport is

lar" 318ti Sport, the Club Sport boasted an

tions consisted of a hi-ﬁ audio upgrade, a

sisting of a couple of pairs of lower control

sorted suspension make you want to seek

Bailey Taylor and his 318ti Club Sport at the Keeneland Concours.

out twisting two lanes every chance you getbut it's still comfortable enough to drive all day long. Will I ever sell it? Don't bet on it.

Dirk’s Marketwatch

EYE O N T H E M A R KE T

1934 315 Roadster Quail Sold $134,400 – Lovely

1954 Arnolt-Bristol Sold Bonhams Quail

1958 600 Sold BaT $27,000. Very nice. Well

1938 326 Cabriolet Sold Bonhams Beaulieu

1956 Isetta 300 Sold BaT $40,000. What can

1964 Austin Mini Cooper S Sold $80,000 BaT.

stunning. Market correct.

1957 Isetta 300 sold Mecum Pebble Beach

1972 2002tii Sold BaT $68,800 mech recomm

1939 328 Roadster Sold Bonhams Monterey

1957 John Surtees 507 Sold Bonhams Good-

roadster, well bought.

$68,100. older restauration. Well bought.

1939 327-28 Dorotheum $346,000. Absolutely

$621,000. Needs recommissioning. Well bought.

$368,000. Bristol BMW-328 derived engine.

I say?

$34,650

wood $5 million. Well bought at any price!

bought.

originality has a price tag.

after 30 yrs storage. Very well sold

1974 3.0 CS 3.5L 5 Speed Sold BaT - $125,000. Very strong price.

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1974 3.0CSi Bring a Trailer Sold BaT $ 48,250.

1974 2002 Turbo Goodings Pebble Beach Sold

$143,000. Well sold.

1974 2002 Turbo Mecum Pebble Beach Sold

$170,500. The better of the two by far.

1974 2002tii Restored and for $70,000. Not sold

BAT $56k high bid.

1981 M1 Gooding Pebble Beach Sold 467,500.

1990 E30 M3 Sports Evo sold Silverstone Classic Auctions UK 135,000 pound ($178,000). Market

correct.

Prepped for auction. Not used for 25 years.

2000 Z8 50 k miles black on black. Sold BaT

1987 E30 M3 with less than 9,400 miles Goodings

2003 Z8 Alpina with 736 miles Sold $402,100 at

Needs work.

Pebble Beach Sold for $137,500. Well bought

$160,000. Market correct

RM Sothebys Monterey. At this price, it will be parked away.

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Fifty Years in America HAL F- CE N TURY M I LE S T O N E

Lothar Schuettler and the 2002

by Eric Zagocki

n Sunday, September 9, 2018,

CCA and Classic CCA members, family and friends met at the

home of Lothar Schuettler and Gretchen

Carroll in the Maryland suburbs of Washington, D.C. The occasion that brought every-

one together was a celebration of Lothar’s

50th anniversary in America. The gathering also celebrated the 50th anniversary of

BMW’s introduction of the 2002 in America.

The afternoon was highlighted by a wonderful mix of friendship, German food and

music, an Alphorn, several American ﬂags,

and of course, all things BMW. After visiting Lothar’s home, it seems only ﬁtting that

Lothar and the 2002 made their way to the USA in the same year.

In the late 1950’s, Lothar started his ca-

reer as an intern with Bosch in Germany

chitecture and includes a small pond and

systems. After working in Germany for a

retiring from Excluservice, he also designed

come to America in the fall of 1968. Lothar

ﬂoor has a museum like quality where

where he mastered automotive electrical

period of time, Lothar made the decision to

pen for his Llama. As Lothar contemplated

may ﬁnd his greatest enjoyment in sharing his collection with others.

Among the treasures found on the walls

and added a multi-story garage. The main

of Lothar’s garage was a letter from the

and his family settled in Maryland. Although

Lothar displays many of the signiﬁcant cars

dates from the mid-1990’s, the concluding

skills could not be denied and he was

tent with the occasion, Lothar has a 2002 tii

he came to America without a job, Lothar’s

quickly employed by VOB Motors where he spent many years working on both BMWs and Datsuns.

In 1985, Lothar realized his dream and

opened a shop of his own, Excluservice in

Bethesda, Maryland. The shop became one

of the most successful BMW service facilities in the area. Lothar went on to design and

in his collection. Appropriately, and consis-

note sums the day up best:

under full restoration in the building’s lower

Dear Lothar:

more impressive when one considers that

niverary milestone for “BMW Excluservice.”

level shop ﬂoor. The collection is all the

almost all of the cars in the collection were restored, refurbished or rescued through Lothar’s personal work.

The assembled collection of BMW’s clearly

demonstrates Lothar’s determination, me-

build a house on a quiet 5 acres of land in

chanical skill and business acumen. The

derful mix of contemporary and adobe ar-

that afternoon are reminders that Lothar

the Maryland suburbs. The house is a won-

Hon. Helen Wilson Nies. Although the letter

twinkle in his eye and his infectious smile

Congratulations on achieving the Tenth AnIt has been a pleaure knowing you and seenig you achieve your goals. You are the spirit of America!

Cordially,

Helen Nies

Chief Judge

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit THE

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