My Grandpa’s Car
Published by Esteban Glas on November 27th, 2006 | This post lacks all category except for: Cars, Family
My Brother, Alex, found a very interesting link today and he decided to share.
In 1938 my grandfather bought a brand new BMW 328, which he brought to Argentina (I think there is a picture of my grandma sitting in the far too loaded BMW some place at my mom’s). The model is has become one of the most wanted items for collectors, and too far beyond my reach.
There are endless stories around the 328, like the time when a cop pulled my grandpa off the road for speeding, gazed at the speedometer-less cabin said “sorry Mr. I must of been confused this car can only hit 60 km” I guess no-one ever clarified he was looking at the “60″ in the tachometer.
I was told the car was even Driven by Manuel Fangio, five time Formula one World Champion, amongst other very relevant motor sport figures. (The car allegedly one quite a few legal races and quite some more illegal ones!)
Now it looks like that same car made it to the UK during the 1980’s. Here’s what my brother found.
I couldn’t but help feel a little bit sad about a part of my family’s history so far away and out of reach. We still keep the anecdotes, though.
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November 27th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Esteban: Wow this is an awesome piece of family history. I used to have a BMW Z3,and still have a soft spot in my heart for them. Have you or your brother tried to contact the current owner? Again very cool…thanks for sharing this. –K
November 28th, 2006 at 10:24 am
We haven’t contacted the owner of the car, but I felt quite tempted to do so. I might during the next few days… If so, I’ll make sure I’ll post whatever results I get here.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:57 am
[...] Although the 507 was never a commercially viable, it has payed off BMW over time. It proved the company could still make sports cars which were highly desirable (although the company would take a long way to return to roadsters) high quality and everlasting. It followed the line of pre-war cars such as the 328 (remember my grandpa’s car?) and it set the ground for such cars as the M1 and Z1. [...]