Baurspotting

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Update: New Baur Find!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/2352407634.html

This car is NOT listed in the International Baur Registry, so it qualifies as NEW FIND!! Congratulations to EBMW21 for finding and posting the craig's list ad, and to jimjim69 for tracking down the VIN and Baur #s!! Kudos!

We have some new information from bimmerforum member jimjim69 which indicates that this Baur may have been converted in California, AFTER it was imported to the US. We are trying to pin this info down presently, but it is potentially very exciting news. If this info is correct, then we have found a second car that was converted to a Baur in the US by a Baur licensee after being imported, as opposed to the Baur conversion being done in Germany.

You may recall from the bimmerforums thread "Baur TC1 in the US", that rigmaster in NC has a Baur type car with a plate that indicates it was converted to a Baur by the American Sunroof Company, Hempstead, NY. His plate number is 001, which makes it appear that it was the first one done by ASC. We know ASC had a number of locations, including some in California. We continue to seek info on that car.

The car in the craig's list ad above has a Baur plate, rather than an ASC plate, so we still have a lot of questions to track down some answers to.

At any rate, it appears to be a most interesting find, and we will continue to pursue the answers, and keep you posted on what we find.

BTW, it is an M10 320i, US spec, automatic, in white. VIN 7185037. Baur # A003264.

Stay tuned. :)

Friday, April 29, 2011

New Baur Find!

Posted in bimmerforums by Baurhunter of the Week, EBMW21!!!
Kudos to EBMW21!

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/2352407634.html

Baur #A003264-13. vin # 7185037

Thanks to jimjim69 for talking to the seller and getting the Baur and VIN numbers. Thank you, James!

I will check back later.... I have a birthday party to attend for my niece. I am anxious to learn if this is indeed a new discovery, or if it is listed somewhere already.

Great work, fellas! Thank you!

Thursday, April 28, 2011

UK ad for a beautiful Baur

http://www.sprintonline.net/bmw_e21__baur_tc_convertible.htm

http://www.sprintonline.net/IMG_8354D.JPG

http://www.sprintonline.net/IMG_8349.JPG

Monday, April 25, 2011

Baurhunting: Have You Seen This Baur? SOLVED!

I posted similar to this in bimmerforums back on April 16, 2011.
This photo was taken at Lime Rock Park on Vintage weekend in September 2010. I should have been there, but I didn't make it. Were you there that day? Do you know this car? It is a beauty!

Any ideas or suggestions, please email me @ tom82baur@gmail.com

This mystery has been solved! We posted this pic a couple of times in the "Baur TC1s in the US " thread in bimmerforums, (February 23, 2011 and April 16, 2011) without any success in identifying it. Then, on April 19, 2011, John M from New Jersey posted the following:

"Hey,

That's my 82 baur. I was at the lime rock historics on Sunday Labor Day weekend last year. Same car that was on the Martha's Vinyard Ferry.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum...3#post20882193

John M"

Thank you, John, for helping us clear that up!  Once again, it appears that we are closing in on at least locating and, in some cases, actually identifying many of the US Baurs. We have reports on roughly 75 US TC1 Baurs... and many of those reports remain just that: reports. We have attached pins to the Google map showing where they have been reported, and there are still many of those that have not been further identified.

Some of those 'reports', as in this case, have turned out to be cars that were already known and identified to us... and we just needed some confirmation on that. The Baur belonging to msbehame36 is another example. That car has turned up in 3 or 4 different places, advertised for sale a couple of times over the past few years in NJ and PA. Conkitchen's white 'mystery' Baur is yet another example... turning up with Oregon plates in one photo, and then winding up in his garage in California. The 1979 320/6 that I almost bought last year has been shown to be in the Boston area in 2008, Mystic CT in 2010, and was last seen in the Philadelphia area. I am sure that we will turn up more examples of this kind of thing as we proceed.

On the other hand, a quick review of the pins on the Google map will reveal quite a number of reports/sighting that we haven't been able to pin down.  Yet. So we still have lots of work to do, Baurhunters. :)

I haven't even included, of course, those Baurs that are secreted away in someone's barn, garage, or bank vault!  Needless to say, those cars will remain elusive and hard to find.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=212684510055146301929.000499ed9e00262f15966&z=3

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Going Global II

If you are just joining Baurspotting, please check out our archives for the "Going Global" post back in February. We have been keeping track as Baurspotting spreads across the globe... Over 40 countries have logged on. !! We are happy to report that we have had views on all continents, with one exception: Where are the Baurspotters on Antarctica??? :). Ok, so there may not be that many Baurs on Antarctica...... YET!! None have been reported there so far. But you never know!

:)

If you haven't seen the beautiful Lapisblau example in the post "All the Baurs",.... March 29, 2011... please check it out now. I don't care for those chrome wheel well covers (they tend to trap moisture and hence encourage rust), but I hope to have my Baur look something like that some day!! Check the rest of them out too! Some really neat examples on there.

Anyway, a warm welcome to all who have joined us from all over the world, and we look forward to sharing our passion for these exciting and unique cars with even more enthusiasts around the globe! Despite our differences of race, creed, culture, geography, whatever.... We do share a love for an exhilarating drive in an open top car on a twisty road! Welcome All!! :)

Monday, April 18, 2011

1981 E21 Baur ad... April Fool's Joke!

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn251/jgerock/Roundel%20Dec%201984%20scans/BaurE21March81.jpg

I got a chuckle out of this. It is apparently an ad from the UK.

:)

Two clues.... The article appeared around March 1981; the contact person listed is "Miss April Wurst", a play on 'April First". An April Fool's Joke!

You can also access the page from this thread in bimmerforums "Baur TC1 in the US" See post #262:
http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=21816939#post21816939

Friday, April 15, 2011

100 Years of Baur, Stuttgart Germany September 2010

In September of 2010 there was a Celebration of 100 years of Baur in Stuttgart, Germany. Our man, Jeroen (Baur Guru), was there, of course, and has preserved some of the event in pictures: