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£539,100
1938 BMW 328 Sports Roadster
UK • 12 Sept 2015
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AI Listing Summary
This 1938 BMW 328 Sports Roadster, chassis number 85378, is one of fewer than 200 surviving models. It was dispatched to BMW dealer Michel in Stuttgart on April 29, 1939 and BMW Classic has confirmed the car retains a high degree of originality. Having been owned by the vendor's father from 1965 to 2013, it underwent an extensive restoration between 2009 and 2011 and is Mille Miglia eligible.
Condition
8
The car has been extensively restored between 2009 and 2011 by a marque specialist. The car retains a high degree of originality, with BMW Classic confirming its originality. The car has been owned by one family for 48 years, and has been serviced and stored by specialists. It includes a photographic record of the rebuild, and photos dating back to 1969. It is Mille Miglia eligible.
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85378
RHD
United Kingdom
328 GP
1938
Auction
Description
*One of fewer than 200 surviving *One owner from 1965 to 2013 *Extensively restored 2009-2011 *Mille Miglia eligible BMW's emergence as a manufacturer of fine sporting motor cars can be traced back to the annual Eifelrennen event held at the Nürburgring on 14th June 1936, when Ernst Henne beat a field that included 1½-litre monoposto racing cars driving the prototype of what would become one of the most iconic sports cars of all time – the legendary '328'.
The fact that this overwhelming victory had been achieved only eight years after BMW's establishment as an automobile manufacturer is all the more remarkable.
It had been the acquisition of the Dixi works at Eisenach in 1928 that provided BMW, hitherto a manufacturer of aero engines and motorcycles, with a foothold in car manufacturing.
Dixi's built-under-license version of the Austin Seven was gradually developed and improved, ending up with swing-axle suspension and overhead valves, and then in 1933 came the first true BMW - the...
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