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26/10/2023 1:21 pm
Shorter and lower than its sedan counterpart, the 327 shared the famous BMW grill and a streamlined form representative of the more progressive designs of the 1930s.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
26/10/2023 1:47 pm
This is great model and we can guess great little car to have gone tearing down the autobahn in. I have a closed coupe by the same people (they made some excellent models) but it does not carry the sense of speed and the open road as this convertible does.
26/10/2023 5:09 pm
If you 'old BMW' fans are down my way, stop by and we'll tour the Zentrum and factory. I just saw their 1934 319 last week!
26/10/2023 6:35 pm
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
26/10/2023 7:06 pm
Here's a precis cobbled from wikipedia explaining the Bristol connection. - Bristol 400 was the first ever car produced by Bristol Aeroplane Company of Great Britain. In 1947, BAC formed a car division, to be called Bristol Cars. BAC visited the BMW factory in Soviet-controlled East German and returned with plans for the 327 model and the six-cylinder engine as official war reparations. They also took-on BMW engineer Fritz Fiedler to lead their engine development. In 1947, they released their 400 coupe, a lengthened version of the BMW 327. BAC had also acquired Frazer Nash who had held a licence to build BMW models pre-war.
28/10/2023 2:13 am
The BMW dealership where I go for service have a collection of rare 1:1. They have a 1938 Coupe on display in their museum.
14/12/2023 11:56 am
Dinky Toys made a replica of the Frazer Nash-BMW 328, issued prewar and reintroduced postwar. I have these two, but there was a variety of body/interior color combos.
