Imagine you have the last piece of antique in your procession? Imagine
only you have a special brand of car? Such can be said of BMW 1600GT
Convertible car.
Taking several years to complete, apprentices of
the German Auto-Manufacturer have successfully restored the last
remaining BMW 1600 GT convertible to its original condition. The brand’s
stunning sports coupe, which is bathed in silver and paired with a red
hood, was commissioned for the Italian bodywork designer Pietro Frua.
Only two were ever made in 1967, with the first scrapped after an
accident on its test drive.
The only remaining example of the
four-seater BMW 1600 GT convertible left the production building in
Dingolfing, Germany in the hands of Herbert Quandt, the major
shareholder at BMW AG at the time. It stayed within his family for many
years before passing on to other private owners, then back to BMW as an
acquisition. Their plan saw the model restored as part of the training
of apprentices who aspired to become bodywork and vehicle construction
mechanics. Seven years later, the BMW 1600 GT convertible now appears
just like it did 51 years ago.
We are not sure if the owner wants to sell it or just want to keep it for reference.
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