Showing posts with label Classic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Classic. Show all posts

Sunday, 19 January 2020

BMW 507 stunning replica... based on an MG MGA!

Saw this amazing BMW 507 replica on the Reddit /BMW sub. It is based on a 1955-onwards MG MGA Roadster and is pretty convincing to the untrained eye. However, as I own a 1959 MGA MK1 1500, I can see that those front wings and that bonnet shape are unmistakable. Still, with the price of 507s now topping the million mark and your average MGA not commanding even a fraction of that, I can see why this piece of classic British sports-car sacrilege is acceptable! Funny though, that someone has combined one of my toys with one of my Dad's toys...

Sunday, 5 January 2020

All the best for 2020 from BeemerLab.org!

Wishing everyone all the best for a nice and productive new year... heres some pleasant 2002s for 2020... 





Tuesday, 5 June 2012

BMWs at Tatton Hall Classic Car Show 2012

For the full story on Tatton Hall Classic Car show 2012 and over 120 pics go here: Tatton Hall Park Classic Car Show 2012 [on my other blog: http://retrorunabouts.blogspot.co.uk/]


The BMW UK Owners Club had a mighty big stand celebrating the Queen's silver Jubilee, with all manner of classic M cars and the brand new M6.
Alpina B5 Turbo E28 5-series was superbad and superclean in black.
 AC Schnitzer sorted E46 M3.
E30 M3, a genuine left-hand-drive article.
Tidy E30 325i with Alpina wheels parked up amongst the Ford RS owners club.














Some of the best BMWs were away from the OC stands, including this pristine green 2002 I found tucked away behind a load of Volkswagens.
The condition of even the finest chrome work is absolutely concourse, the paint and wheels original.
 It could be said that the 2002 has seen better days, but the owners proudly display a picture of them driving the car from new in the early '70s and it looks in a shabbier state then.
 Grilles and bumper chrome work all look exactly as if they've just rolled out of the Black Forest.

A little stand previously hidden by the busy food stalls revealed a couple of sweet 635 CSi...

 ...and this luminous yellow 3.0 CSL 'Batmobile' race car, which was one of my favourite cars of the show.
I was being optimistic by hoping to see a standard 3.0 CSL at the show and was not disappointed because thats what this is. The car started life as a regular CSL before being bought as a wreck by the current owners and rebuilt to exact 'Batmobile' spec.
The level of detail to the aero-body is so good that the car can't really be called a replica - it's more of an upgrade.
415 wide rear tyres - like a Lamborghini Countach or Bugatti Veyron.