BMW 700 Baur in Los Angeles, CA

Now HERE is a RARE Baur!  How many of these are in the US?  Anyone know?  I'd love to learn more if anyone has any nfo.  Email me, or comment here.

I found this today in another bimmerforums section. 

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1760929&highlight=Baur

 It is an important BMW, one credited with saving the company back in the 1950-60's when the company was on the financial brink.  This is the post from the owner, who excerpted it from Wikipedia:

"The BMW 700 was a small rear-engined car produced by BMW in various models from August 1959 to November 1965, and was the first BMW automobile with a monocoque structure. The 700 was a sales success at a time when BMW was close to financial ruin, and was also successful in its class in motorsport, both in its stock form and as the basis of a racing special called the 700RS. The first variant of the 700 to appear after the original coupe and saloon was the 700 Sport in August 1960. Available only as a coupe, the Sport used an updated engine with a pair of Solex carburetors and a 9.0:1 compression ratio bringing its power output to 40 horsepower (30 kW). The Sport also had a rear anti-roll bar and a ribbed oil pan that was used to reduce the oil temperature of the more powerful engine. BMW introduced a 700 Cabriolet shortly after the 700 Sport, featuring the Sport's 40 horsepower engine and a body Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart. More than a total of 188,000 BMW 700s were sold before production ended in November 1965, and only 2,592 were cabriolets. Upon discontinuing the 700, BMW left the economy car market and did not return for many years until 2002, when they began to reproduce the Mini."




"The 700 Cabriolet was introduced shortly after the 700 Sport, and was available only with the Sport's 40 horsepower engine.. The convertible body was made by Karosserie Baur of Stuttgart.^[3][10] 2,592 convertibles were built.^{[3]"   Wikipedia.}

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Addendum:

In case you are still wondering about the significance of this BMW 700 after reading all of the links above....
the following is what the BMW 700 made possible:

BMW 1800 1964-71

BMW 2002 1968-76

2 door sedan

3 door hatchback

BMW 1500 1962-66

BMW 1600 Sedan 1966-75

BMW 2000 1966-72

BMW 2000 C/CS 1966-75

BMW New Class  1962-75

Production figures

Production Figures
BMW	1500 (1962−64)	1600 (1964−66)	1800 (1963−72)	1800 TI/SA (1964−65)	2000 (1966−72)	2000 C/CS (1965−69)	02 series (1966−76)	2002 turbo (1973−74)	Baur Cabriolet (1967−75)
	23.554	9.728	146.960	200	143.464	11.720	861.940	1.672	4.210