history and reference '63 1500 On German Ebay

[Mike_B]

Very early and original '63 1500 on German Ebay - http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-1500-Neue-Klasse-NK-1963-/390649351211?pt=Automobile&hash=item5af4840c2b#ht_18672wt_3078

 

 

 

 

[SamAdams]

Thanks for sharing, Mike. I like that. Would be tempting to import that and sell my ti project. Appears to be a solid base. 

[designpunk]

Nice one!

Would love to have it as a cruiser.

And I still dig the painted metal dashes.

[nate_williams]

Is the metal dash a facade or is the woodgrain hiding this detail on later cars?

[tjones02]

The wood grain is the facade... Painted metal underneath. Except I believe for the glovebox.

Edited September 9, 2013 by tjones02

[Guid02-DerAlteClassics]

Actually I just bought the car
lovely car (would I buy it otherwise)
It's a Kaschmir coloured 1500 from april 1963. Yes the mark 1 coloured dash one.

seems to be unmolested and never welded on, with all the special mk 1 features like the wierd black tops on the doorcards, the back bootlid trim that is fixed with small bolts instead of the later push-on type, quarterlights are without the twisty knobs but with the VW style latch, funky complete fabric seats, which need work because they have a 50 year old patina on them (well the driver seat is worn), but I'll try to save it as is just using inners of another interior to get the volume back. The fabric is going to stay as is, i'll try to get the same colour fabric (doubt if I can ever find the same fabric) and put that under the worn patches (glue or stich, don't know yet) to reinforce it and make it look slightly better.
fabric example:

The eniginebay is also completly different setup, the airfilter and valvecover are amazing like that. The cold-air inlet is via a bended 2"pipe. The enginenumber is not at the rear of the engine like we're used to but on the front between the dynamo (that is what it's called on a 6 volt right?)and cilinderhead, so it took a while to find it was matching numbers  .

The wish-wash setup is not with the familiar tubes, but with two units on the bottom windowpain, also very VW. The bottom of the frontpanel is also different, not wth the slits in the lip but with a completly solid bottom lip. In the boot there are also a few differences. The hinge for one is different and the rear "firewall" is not solid (but that is on more pre 65 NK's even on the early tisa's)
I'll try to get a full list of diffrences later on. see the pics below
It is the earliest NK in The Netherlands for a fact registered on the 8th of april '63, not sure how early other mk1 in the world are but early nonetheless, needless to say i'm very happy to add this one to my collection :mrgreen:

 

Edited January 4, 2014 by guid02

[designpunk]

Congrats on your new addition…..it is a real beauty……and a real time capsule.

 

Jim H.

[rey949]

Very nice car.. Just awesome!! Congratulations!!

Rey

[SamAdams]

Very nice car and congrats on making the deal. Glad it went to someone who appreciates the unique features of the early NKs.

[jgerock]

Wow - what a time capsule!  Interesting rear view mirror (looks upside-down to me), VARTA 6 volt battery and interior.

[HBChris]

Looks amazing! Did all NKs come with the perimeter hood seal like yours? I have never seen one before.

[Guid02-DerAlteClassics]

My 65 1600 has parts of this too, just on the sides, don't know if that is because the rest was cut off during its life or that it was only meant to be on the sides

[Mike_B]

It's great to know this fell into good hands!  All of the old details are very interesting and it's cool to see how the model changed from year to year.  The NK's went through significant changes from start to finish!

 

My '64 1800Ti has the same hood seal.  It is complete around the front 3 sides and a small strip along the rear of the hood.

[HBChris]

Mike,

 

Is the profile the same as the trunk seal?  Would love to know so I could find a replacement.

 

Chris

[Mike_B]

I'll take a photo of both profiles at lunch.