E3 Wondercar Collection at Lemay-Tacoma, WA

Dick Steinkamp said:
The Wondercars are still in the Seattle area. I received an eMail from the Puget Sound Chapter of the GMWCCA alerting members to two upcoming local showings of the cars. The following is an excerpt from the email...

Opportunity #1: The Seattle Auto Show

The Wundercars will be featured at the Seattle Auto Show from November 10-13. If you’re planning on attending the show, you will have an opportunity to see the Wundercar Collection there. Tickets and full information at the show website.

Opportunity #2: Private Showing

A much better opportunity to see the Wundercar Collection will be a private showing held at BMW Seattle on Sunday, November 20, from 9:00 to 11:00 am. This is the two-hour window before the dealership’s showroom opens for business.

The cost for the private showing is $10 per person plus a non-perishable food donation for Food Lifeline.


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Christian Zschocke with his Wundercars
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Yes, Dick, all these things took some arranging and really has only been finalized this weekend, which was when you would have got the note from the club.

Hope you will be coming to the club event, we will be raising money for the BMW CCA Foundation, as well as food for Lifeline as mentioned

Christoph, very happy to look after them and store them for Christian, he truly is a wonderful guy and as we mentioned on another post, what a terrible situation he was left with, I was more than happy I had the room (just enough, literally full to the brim now :) to help.

The Wundercars look at home with their many Motorsport siblings
 
BMW Pete said:
The Wundercars look at home with their many Motorsport siblings
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Agree, see picture here: <https://e9coupe.com/forum/threads/wundercar-collection-at-seattle-auto-show-november-10-13.41824/>.

It is all official now. Christian sent the Monday SIAS press release the other day. It reads:
"For car enthusiasts and art lovers, the BMW New Horizon Art Car, a 1969 BMW 2500 painted by German pop artist Walter Mauer is sure to be a showstopper. It will be accompanied by three perfectly restored iconic BMW 1969 E3s: the California, the Inka and the Group 1, all from a private collection in Germany. These three have never been shown in the U.S. Also known as the ‘New Six,’ the E3s were the first six-cylinder sport sedans BMW became so famous for making. This is the first stop on its U.S. tour for this ‘Wundercar’ collection."

Picky addenda:
- The New Horizon was painted by Walter Maurer who also painted several BMW Art Cars. The design comes from German pop artist Heiner Meyer.
- The California started life in 1970, the Inka is a late 1973 Series 3 car.
But who cares? It is great to have the cars on display in Seattle. This is more important than getting all the facts right.

Dick, for those who cannot make it to the SIAS or on the 20th, there is an opportunity #3: The Wundercars will stay in the BMW Seattle showroom for some weeks.
 
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