Baurspotting: January 2015

Monday, January 26, 2015

Laurent Nivalle's INTO THE DEEP Fashion Photo Shoot With a Baur!

Thanks to Jeroen de Laat for posting the link to the complete INTO THE DEEP fashion shoot by Laurent Nivalle. Beautiful stuff featuring an E21 Baur! YOu will recognize some of the pics which we posted here last week... but this is apparently the complete work by Nivalle.

Kudos, Laurent!

OK, this is just a taste to pique your interest! Click on the link below to see the shoot in its entirety!

;)

Enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/42669416811/photos/a.10153104052106812.1073741886.42669416811/10153104052621812/?type=1&theater

Friday, January 23, 2015

OMG! 2002ti Diana FOR SALE! 1 of 4 Survivors! Built in Stuttgart by Baur!

OK, this is toooo exciting! There were 12 Dianas built. There are 4 surviving examples. This is one of those 4. And it is for sale!

Can you believe it!

150,000 Euros. Gulp. Time to suck it up, folks. Do you want to own one of the most famous and sought after BMWs in the world?

Baurspotting has posted about this car before.

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2013/05/bmw-2002ti-diana-by-baur-in-canary.html

Check it out!

Why does Baurspotting have such an interest in this?

"The conversion work was done by Baur."

The Dianas are BAURS!

From the Macartney 2002 book-

Retired BMW racer Hubert Hahne became a BMW dealer in Dusseldorf.
He had bought his wife the actress Dianna Korner a specially equipped 2002 as a wedding present. The car attracted considerable attention. So Hahne was persuaded to make a luxury edition of the 2002Tii, with BMW's permission.

These 12 cars 1 690 201 to 1 690 212 were all different colors and had different interiors, non of the colors were standard 2002 colors. The conversion work was done by Baur.

Diana specs. Electric sunroof- Leather upholstery, Recaro front seats.
Black vinyl headliner. -Velor carpet and boot lining- Leather binding for the carpets.-Black vinyl lining for the boot lid.- leather gaiters for the gear lever and handbrake.- chromed handbrake lever- aluminum tread plates on the door sills- Front and rear overriders- Becker stereo radio- laminated windscreen- heated rear window- ammeter and clock- special silver grille- twin headlamps - chromed covers for the bumper bolts- special exhaust-
sebring type driver's side mirror.

Hahne introduced the Diana in the spring of 1971, at a price of 22,500 DM; almost twice what a standard Ti cost. the first 5 sold quickly- the last sold at the end of 1971.

http://www.amazon.com/BMW-02-Restoration-Guide-Brooklyns/dp/1855204517/ref=pd_cp_b_1/184-9269085-6601248

http://www.amazon.com/BMW-2002-Comprehensive-Classic-Sporting/dp/1855203340

BMW 2002 ti Diana, serie limitada 12, preparados por el piloto de Fórmula 1 Hubert Hahne, marido de Diana.

Solo se fabricaron 12,  todos de diferentes colores, en homenaje a la actriz alemana Diana Körner gracias a su esposo Hubert Hahne quien era piloto oficial de fórmula 1  BMW. El quería sorprender a su esposa con este coche especialmente fabricado para ella, pero causo una considerable atención por cuanto se fabricaron 11 coches mas a solicitud de clientes especiales, creados por Hahne bajo autorización  de BMW, llamados DIANA.

http://suchen.mobile.de/auto-inserat/bmw-2002-ti-diana-las-palmas-gc/204390263.html?lang=de&pageNumber=1&__lp=1&scopeId=C&sortOption.sortBy=price.consumerGrossEuro&makeModelVariant1.makeId=3500&makeModelVariant1.modelDescription=2002ti+diana&makeModelVariant1.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant2.searchInFreetext=false&makeModelVariant3.searchInFreetext=false&negativeFeatures=EXPORT&noec=1

New Baur in Australia in E21 bimmerforums

Congratulations to westaussie323i on the acquisition of his second Baur! This one looks pretty good, and it is a 323i automatic. Baur #3833.

I did some checking and this Baur is registered in BOTH International Baur Registries! 4 Pics from the Baur IG Registry are below.

The first 4 pics were posted by westaussie323 in bimmerforums.

Here are westaussie323i's comments about his new find:

Hi All

A very hectic few months and moved to the island state of Tasmania and with my long suffering 320 Baur resto in storage back in Western Australia I had bought a 928S2 a few months back with the plan to spend a couple of bucks knocking it into shape but reality told me it wasnt going to happen any time soon. I just swapped it for a fairly nice 323i auto Baur which is in good running order but I will no doubt end up spending some money and time on it (it owes me $1400)
The guy has several with another 2 or 3 E21 and an E30 along with many other interesting cars. I am not a fan of the wheels but they are brand new 17" which to my eye look a bit wrong plus and maybe a set of lowring springs and some nice shocks will help but would prefer some 15" BBS or similar. The roads in Tasmania are made for driving especially my E39 M5
I am not quite sure if this means that the seller has several other Baurs, or just regular E21s and E30s. We will try to clarify that with westaussie323i.

Here are the pics from Baur IG Registry:

http://www.baur-tc.de/tc1-register/tc1-register-%C3%B6ffentlich/category/2958-a003000-a003999.html

http://bmwe21baur.npage.de/baur-tc1-register.html

Congrats again to westaussie323i! Nice find!

http://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2155327-changed-states-and-bought-another-Baur

Thursday, January 22, 2015

1972 Baur Cabrio Targa Spotted at Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, California

Scott Estes posted this 1972 Baur Cabrio Targa in 2002 Facebook today, from Alan Gonick's Photo Story Studio in Facebook.

So I did a little searching of Alan's site and found another pic of what I believe is the same car.

The pic was taken at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, possibly as recently as last weekend. That is all the info that we have at this point. Does anyone know this Baur?

Thanks to Scott and Alan!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Another TC2 Baur in Oz!

Daniel Raco, Australia

Price drop:
WTS; bmw e30 manual baur. 157xxx original kms
Asking 3k firm located South Morang

Good luck with your sale, Daniel!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=794238220624570&set=gm.819737648098804&type=1&theater

TC2 For Sale In Australia

TC2 For Sale In Australia

Looks like it needs a tranny.

"Take it off my hands 2k ONO open to offers
-TC BAUR limited edition
-BBS RS reps
-318i
-roof relined
-body is clean
-no automatic transmission
-have a manual box for it
-Bilstien shocks all round
-cream leather interior (bit rough)
-298xxx engine
-no rego or RWC
-will give all spares I have with it
-sound system included for right price

Located Sydney North west
PM for details"

https://www.facebook.com/jack.a.wilson.5?fref=ts

1993 BMW 316 i Baur Cabrio TC4! Uber-Rare!

Uber-Rare

BMW 316 i Baur Cabrio

Euro 9,700.00

This is a very rare car. There were only 311 TC4s built!

This is #41 of 311 TC4s built. Note the Baur number begins with "C", identifying this as a TC4.

Four door convertible!

Vehicle description:

4 door units cabriolet, Targa roof front, rear folding roof, fog lights, Radio BMW Bavaria 2, power steering, central locking, Very neat rare Baur Convertible from 1 family. The vehicle has not seen snow and salt, which explains the very good state of preservation. , More photos and info at www.ascari.de

Fahrzeugbeschreibung:

4 Türiges Cabrio, Targadach vorn, Klappverdeck hinten, Nebelscheinwerfer, Radio BMW Bavaria 2, Servolenkung, Zentralverriegelung, Sehr gepflegter seltener Baur Cabrio aus 1 Familienbesitz . Das Fahrzeug hat noch kein Schnee und Salz gesehen, was den sehrguten Erhaltungszustand erklärt. . Weitere Photos und Infos unter www.ascari.de

Product features

Comfort features: central Mileage: 115300

Outside amenities: Alloy wheels Power: 73 KW

Type: Convertible / Roadster Maintenance Guide: Yes

Condition: New Fuel: Gasoline

Brand: BMW Transmission: Manual transmission

Model: 316 Number of Seats: 4

Color: Red Engine capacity (in cc): 1600

First Registration: 01.04.1993 HU new: Yes

Kontakt:

ascari GmbH VW+ Audi Servicepartner

Telefon: +49 (0)9338 97220

eMail: ascari_GmbH@mobile.de

Impressum:

ascari GmbH

Rothenburger Str. 26

DE-97285 Röttingen

Telefon: +49933897220

Fax: +499338972227

eMail: ascari_GmbH@mobile.de

Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Würzburg

Handelsregisternr.: 10148

Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnr. nach § 27a Umsatzsteuergesetz:

DE264439646

Vertretungsberechtigt: Klaus Baumann

http://www.ebay.de/itm/BMW-316-i-Baur-Cabrio-/351172058530?pt=Automobile&hash=item51c37c5da2

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Another Unbelievable Small Baur World Find!

Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the term: "It's a Small Baur World". I use it to refer to those occasions when we 'discover' what we think may be a 'new find' Baur, and it turns out that we already had 'spotted' that anonymous Baur previously, stored it in our files.... where it lay waiting a 'full' discovery and identification.

It is amazing to me how many times this has happened over the past 4 years.... and it has happened AGAIN! It undoubtedly is a function of the fact that there are a finite number of Baurs left, and we seem to have found nearly all of them.... at least in the US.

Here is the latest example, and I confess that when I saw it--- even though I have seen this scenario numerous times--- I was stunned to see it!

As has happened so many times it the past, the circumstances were entirely serendipitous. I was cleaning up some files on my iMac desktop, and I was just learning how to move screen shots into my picture files. (Yes, I am still on the iMac learning curve.) :)

I found this pic on my desktop:

Dylan Hatfield sent me this pic, and I added to this blog on November 1, 2014. I am not familiar with Instagram, and so I have no idea how to contact any of the names listed above to seek further information on this Baur. I would appreciate any help if there is someone out there who can contact them.

As I looked at this pic tonight, however, I was struck by the license plate. It looked familiar to me.

Well guess what! It IS familiar. :)

Remember this, posted just the other day: Baur Fashionista?

These two pics are from Laurent Nivalle, the Art Director at Citroën. Beautiful pics! Kudos, Laurent!

https://www.facebook.com/laurentnivalle/posts/833312050060917

Now check out the license plate:

Wow! Do you believe it?

These pics appeared in this Baurspotting blog post the other day:

http://baurspotting.blogspot.com/2015/01/baur-fashionista-great-baur-awakening.html

Another triumph for Small Baur World!

Thank you again, Dylan Hatfield!

Monday, January 19, 2015

Baur Fashionista: The Great Baur Awakening Continues

Making Baurs fashionable once again!

Pics from Laurent Nivalle, the Art Director at Citroën.

https://www.facebook.com/laurentnivalle/posts/833312050060917

Wow! What a great pic! Kudos, Laurent!

Thanks to Jeroen de Laat, who posted them in his Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/e21net/permalink/957859720900154/

Thursday, January 15, 2015

Missed Opportunity: BMW E21 Baur 320a 1982 on ebay!

bmw e21 320a 1982

Here is one we missed, sold on ebay on January 9, 2015. Thanks to Seventies Skateshop for the link!

Sold in Staffordshire, UK. Can anyone read the Baur plate below? :)

UPDATE: I got it! Baur #4488! ;)