One Small Step For A Baur, One Giant Leap For Baur-Kind: People's Choice Award at The Vintage!

Hagerty People's Choice Award Winner:  1974 2002 Cabrio Targa by Baur!

Congratulations to Vance Stepp, Winner of the 2017 Hagerty People's Choice Award at the Vintage in Hot Springs, NC May 19-21, 2017!  This is BIG news, folks, since his winning entry is a 1974 Fjord 2002 Cabrio Targa by Baur! 

Vance in blue at left. 

Pics from American Drive. 

Here it is, folks!  1974 2002 Cabrio Targa by Baur.  The 2017 Hagerty People's Choice Award Winner!  Baurspotting is very pleased to see Baurs getting some richly deserved recognition!  Ain't she a Beauty?  The Vintage is one of the largest vintage BMW gatherings in the US, if not the largest.  There were over 600 BMWs in the show.  So it is a great honor to have this Baur chosen as the People's Choice!  Kudos to Vance et al for bringing this Baur to prominence, and to the People at The Vintage for making such an excellent choice!   Baur Power!   ;)  

Here is the Baur being prepped for the show by a person we believe to be his dad.

Hoistitng the Hagerty People's Choice Award!  

Here is a brief video in which the Baur appears, along with a number of cars in the collection:   18539647_1637891992906529_2886387296163069952_n.mp4

Vance is from Georgia, and this car is part of remarkable collection which you can view on Instagram and elsewhere under the name rarecarcollector.  The collection is located in Alpharetta GA, in the facility shown below. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BUKhg01h799/?taken-by=rarecarcollector

It is quite a collection:

https://www.instagram.com/rarecarcollector/

Here are some pics from the Instagram site: 

This Baur, btw, was recently imported from Australia.  Here it is, fresh off the boat in the Port of Savannah, when it was first imported.

Congratulations to Vance Stepp, and welcome to Baurspotting!