this is the car right after the Olympia rally car.
@BMW Pete, is the rally car the other car that was referred to in the auction that went to Broadspeed? or was that 1347?
Hi Scott and Shane
Yes car is one vin after the factory Rally CSL
My car never went to Broadspeed, it seems it was bouncing around BMW internally, and then in April 1972 was turned into the Rally car. The mechanics involved in my car from Motorsport, have some fun stories from back in the day with my car on a trailer being pulled by one of the three Werks Kombi's.
Interestingly, if you look at the number plate M-AH -1072 on my car and all the early CSL promotional material, even the CSL Neerpasch is driving, M-AH -1076. For six months 2211342 (Olympic Rally CSL) a brand new CSL and the third made by BMW, 4th when we count the first CSL, the Alpina built car, sat around doing nothing, which I find hard to believe after being registered in 1971 and being such a brand new fun car but sadly BMW have no records of it doing anything ................one day, I hope to find a picture of M-AH -1072 being used by some BMW person, as it never left Furpark (internal BMW) until it was turned into the factory Rally CSL.
It sounds like the German owner still owns the car, although a well known dealer said he had the car in 2020, I make no judgment there, just to say that the German owner, was the same person who offered it to me in exchange for my 507 boat, when I decided to sell it about 18 months ago. Boat actually went to a big collector in Doha Qatar. I have been offered this Broadspeed car on a number of occasions over the years and a dear friend (fellow E9 guy) actually owned it before the German.
I really think it should go back to Broadspeed colors, but that's just my humble opinion.
Funny story with this and another of my CSL's. 2211352 the Dutch National racing Team CSL (Levi CSL or Cow car
) went to Zandvoort on April 3rd 1972, thinking BMW were going to homologate the CSL on April 1st ( yes April fools) , so the team entered it as a CSL, I understand first car ever to do so, scrutineers went, "GTF out of here boys, car has not been homologated" or something similar in Dutch, I even have a picture from April 3rd where it sits rather sadly outside scrutineers office. So for the rest of 1972 all CSLs' that entered a race, entered as CS's, but what is interesting is the Salzburg race they talk about with this car above, was a couple of weeks later on 16th April and then 2211352 started its race career, like all CSLs claiming to be as a CS two weeks after that on 30th April 1972.
Important thing for somebody to own, no doubt ........will be interesting to see what it makes
P.S. I have to smile, at how everybody added the 25 on their Motorsport color cars, after the big win at Sebring in 75
