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1938 BMW 328 'Special Competition' Roadster
United States • 19 Aug 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This 1938 BMW 328 'Special Competition' Roadster, chassis 85335, is offered from a private collection. It boasts a rich racing history, including class-podium finishes at the 1939 Litoranea Libica, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Belgrade Grand Prix, and was forensically restored to its 1939 configuration by D.L. George Historic Motorcars, earning 3rd in class at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.
Condition
9
The car underwent a forensic restoration to its "as-raced in 1939" configuration by D.L. George Historic Motorcars, with invoices totaling over seven figures. It achieved 3rd place in the Early Le Mans class at the 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, substantiating the quality of the restoration.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
85335
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
Reg Number:
A-58110
RHD/LHD:
LHD
BMW’s 328—which absolutely dominated the two-liter sportscar class from June 1936 until September 1939—was truly ahead of its time.
While contemporary manufacturers still used traditional coachbuilding methods and steel rail chassis, BMW endowed the 328 with lightweight tube frame construction featuring welded floors and stressed aluminum bodywork.
Powered by a hemi-headed, inline-six-cylinder engine, the 328 is an excellent example of the remarkable phenomenon wherein an automobile exhibits technology and performance which stand unsurpassed for another 15 years.
BMW provided the most radical versions of the 328 to the Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps (NSKK) and its German national racing team—a motorsports conglomerate run by Germany’s government which had coopted the racing efforts of all major domestic automobile manufacturers.
The NSKK used an initial trio of special 328 Roadsters to win nearly every sportscar competition across continental Europe during 1938.
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£130,592
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£714,881
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