Sunday, April 29, 2012

Junkyard Find: Toasty 1965 BMW 700

It's pretty rare that I'm completely stumped by an old car in a self-service junkyard, but at first glance this car looked like some sort of mutant Renault Caravelle, or maybe a member of the Glas family. Then I saw the (somewhat melted) air-cooled boxer twin in the back and knew that those crazy Bavarians must have had something to do with building this car.
Sure enough, it's a BMW 700, which occupies a place in the BMW family tree somewhere between the not-really-cars Isettas and the high-admission-price Neue Klasse machines.
It's weird to imagine BMW competing head-to-head with the Type 1 VW Beetle and the Renault Dauphine, but that's what the 700 was for.
There can't be many usable parts left on this charred hulk.
Maybe the front suspension and brakes are salvageable. If you're restoring a 700, any parts car is a treasure trove.

17 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 01 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 02 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 03 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 04 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 05 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 06 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 07 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 08 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 09 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 10 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 11 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 12 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 13 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 14 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 15 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden 16 - 1965 BMW 700 Down On the Junkyard - Pictures courtesy of Phil 'Murilee Martin' Greden

from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com




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