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  • 1560847
    Model: BMW 1600-2
    Year: 1968
    Manufactured Date: 10/09/1967
    Original Color: Manila
    Transmission: 4 Speed Manual
    Current Color: Manila
    Current Owner: tjones02
    Location: California
    Last Sold: No value

    “The BMW 1600 US VIN 1560847 was manufactured on October 9th, 1967 and delivered on October 17th, 1967 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Manila, paint code 004.”

     

    My old friend Dave Savel bought this car off of the estate of semi famous engine builder Dave Cruz in Northern California around 2001 or early 2002. I helped him swap may parts from the wrecked shell of his parent’s old ‘68 1600. A couple of years later he needed a place to store the unfinished car and I offered to keep it in part of my garage. Dave sadly passed away in 2011. I still have the car and plan on finishing putting it back together, soon, once I unbury it from my garage. 
     

     

     

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