1967 BMW 1000 Prototype

[Geronimo]

http://classicandvintagebmw.tumblr.com/67bmw1000

[Timmer]

looks like that would be pretty cool to drive; interesting no doubt

Tim

[Jim_75Sahara]

Interesting, but it looks like it would have ended up in the lemons category. --- It would have become a villain car in Cars 2.

[RIMSPOKE]

IT IS ODD THAT THEY WOULD BUILD SUCH A CAR EVEN AS A PROTOTYPE .

THE 700 WAS GONE BY 1965 AND IT TOOK WITH IT THE WHOLE AIR

COOLED REAR ENGINE CONCEPT FOR BMW .

SO WHY WOULD THEY RETURN TO THIS WHEN THEY HAD CLEARLY SET A NEW DIRECTION BY THEN ?

HANS GLAS's GOGGOMOBIL STAYED IN PRODUCTION UNTIL 1969 BUT THEY WERE REALLY JUST USING UP PART STOCKS AT THAT POINT .

THE 1600gt WAS MORE OF THE SAME . THEY HAD A LOT OF GLAS BODIES LEFT OVER AND IT WAS STILL MORE PROFITABLE

TO RETROFIT THEM WITH BMW MECHANICALS & LAUNCH A LIMITED PRODUCTION MODEL RATHER THAN SCRAP THEM .

CLEARLY THIS MERGER PRODUCED SOME UNUSUAL CONSEQUENCES AND THE

1000 IS A RATHER INTERESTING BY PRODUCT OF THAT UNION .

THANKS FOR SHARING ! I WONDER IF IT STILL EXISTS SOMEWHERE ?