An extremely rare BMW 1600 Cabriolet, owned for 23 years First introduced in March 1966 at the Geneva show, the "02" series was the entry-level BMW.

The convertible was introduced in 1968, the same year this particular BMW 1600 Convertible was delivered to BMW Paris that December.

The Cabriolet coachwork was undertaken for BMW by BAUR Karosserie of Stuttgart and only 1,672 models were produced between 1967 - 1971 all of which were left-hand drive - and very few of which are left today.

This lovely example is thought to have been ordered by Pierre Cardin although hard evidence has been hard to find.

It was then subsequently bought by a lady in Los Angeles in 1983, which is where it resided until 1994 when a collector brought it to the UK along with a few other Classics and advertised it for sale in England.

Purchased in 1994 by the current owner who then had it completely restored (there is a complete photographic record in the history file) in 1995 - including an engine rebuild un...