based on the new posted by @byron77, a for sale advert with this interesting information:
scuderia-sportiva-colonia.de
the presentation translated:
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“This vehicle is a sensation. The Karmann company built the E9 Coupes for BMW from 1968 to 1975. During this time, Karman designed an E9 convertible as a model and presented it to BMW. However, this idea was not very well received by BMW because the competition had already made a finished 02 convertible ready for the market in 1968. A decade later, Jürgen Dreschel took up this idea again and developed a BMW E9 convertible. Dreschel was certainly inspired by the first German convertible, which was built in Cologne in 1969. But he wanted it to be even more perfect and so he donated the convertible top of the E30 to his version. He offered this kit to other Coupé friends and over the course of time, 8 more Dreschl convertibles were created.
But that's not all: the Dreschl Cabrio also found the engine, gearbox and axles from the 745i turbo and with a bit of fine tuning, he raised this convertible to almost 300 hp. The classic car practice reported in detail in its 1991 edition.
In the meantime, BMW has also given its blessing for this conversion. No. 2 is currently in the Technik Museum in Sinsheim and the history of this convertible is also explained here.
Known as an engineer, Dreschl also gave his convertible a full leather interior with heated Recaro sports seats, power windows, modernized VDO instruments, automatic hood, central locking, cruise control, on-board computer, air conditioning, sound system, BBS rims, stainless steel exhaust system. He called it himself “One of the most beautiful convertibles that BMW has never built”.
The driving behavior of this convertible is flawless. The sophisticated stiffeners make you feel safe in every situation. The turbo engine is brutal, the soundscape is simply terrific.
There is also an extensive library on the history of the creation of this convertible. All correspondence with BMW, construction drawings and documentation about this vehicle.
If anything, this BMW 3.5 CSI Turbo Cabriolet would only be given to a serious enthusiast with sufficient proof of capital. This historic vehicle is second to none on the market.”
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obviously there is place for a debate on the beauty of this transformation as the absence of C-pillars makes one of the charming points of the e9 disappear, some will be against, some will think different
so this for sale is a Jürgen Dreschel type convertible
i also know other stories about e9 cabrios born in a private business bodyshop in köln, and sold in spain and maybe other places
in fact i was part of a transaction some years ago of one off those cars, interestingly enough the reason of its manufacture was merely dodging the restrictions about the import limitations imposed by the dictatorship regime, you know protecting the national economy by letting only the ultrarich and ultrafriends of the dictator buy foreing goods while the rest of the people are forced to buy national crap
apparently there was only a limited number of this or that brand cars available to buy per year, so once the number of bmws was completed you could not buy another e9,
but once the car goes through the hands of a coach builder it is given a new brand name, homologation and so on, and it is no more a bmw, so you could buy it
the daughter of the original owner inherited the car and contacted me to learn about the surprising fact that the car was full of bmw emblems but in the original documentation was no sign of bmw brand whatsoever
here you are the pics of the spanish cabrio as found in Madrid in 2014
that particular car was modified by this firm, karl deutsch
did you knew about such stories ?
regards
BMW 3.5 CSI Turbo Cabriolet - Scuderia Sportiva Colonia
Die Scuderia Sportiva Colonia bietet Ihnen nur sportliche und geschichtsträchtige Oldtimer aus dem eigenen Bestand an. Ständig haben wir ca. 100 hochwertige und seltene Fahrzeuge am Standort in Köln zur Verfügung.
scuderia-sportiva-colonia.de
the presentation translated:
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“This vehicle is a sensation. The Karmann company built the E9 Coupes for BMW from 1968 to 1975. During this time, Karman designed an E9 convertible as a model and presented it to BMW. However, this idea was not very well received by BMW because the competition had already made a finished 02 convertible ready for the market in 1968. A decade later, Jürgen Dreschel took up this idea again and developed a BMW E9 convertible. Dreschel was certainly inspired by the first German convertible, which was built in Cologne in 1969. But he wanted it to be even more perfect and so he donated the convertible top of the E30 to his version. He offered this kit to other Coupé friends and over the course of time, 8 more Dreschl convertibles were created.
But that's not all: the Dreschl Cabrio also found the engine, gearbox and axles from the 745i turbo and with a bit of fine tuning, he raised this convertible to almost 300 hp. The classic car practice reported in detail in its 1991 edition.
In the meantime, BMW has also given its blessing for this conversion. No. 2 is currently in the Technik Museum in Sinsheim and the history of this convertible is also explained here.
Known as an engineer, Dreschl also gave his convertible a full leather interior with heated Recaro sports seats, power windows, modernized VDO instruments, automatic hood, central locking, cruise control, on-board computer, air conditioning, sound system, BBS rims, stainless steel exhaust system. He called it himself “One of the most beautiful convertibles that BMW has never built”.
The driving behavior of this convertible is flawless. The sophisticated stiffeners make you feel safe in every situation. The turbo engine is brutal, the soundscape is simply terrific.
There is also an extensive library on the history of the creation of this convertible. All correspondence with BMW, construction drawings and documentation about this vehicle.
If anything, this BMW 3.5 CSI Turbo Cabriolet would only be given to a serious enthusiast with sufficient proof of capital. This historic vehicle is second to none on the market.”
————————————————-
obviously there is place for a debate on the beauty of this transformation as the absence of C-pillars makes one of the charming points of the e9 disappear, some will be against, some will think different
so this for sale is a Jürgen Dreschel type convertible
i also know other stories about e9 cabrios born in a private business bodyshop in köln, and sold in spain and maybe other places
in fact i was part of a transaction some years ago of one off those cars, interestingly enough the reason of its manufacture was merely dodging the restrictions about the import limitations imposed by the dictatorship regime, you know protecting the national economy by letting only the ultrarich and ultrafriends of the dictator buy foreing goods while the rest of the people are forced to buy national crap
apparently there was only a limited number of this or that brand cars available to buy per year, so once the number of bmws was completed you could not buy another e9,
but once the car goes through the hands of a coach builder it is given a new brand name, homologation and so on, and it is no more a bmw, so you could buy it
the daughter of the original owner inherited the car and contacted me to learn about the surprising fact that the car was full of bmw emblems but in the original documentation was no sign of bmw brand whatsoever
here you are the pics of the spanish cabrio as found in Madrid in 2014
that particular car was modified by this firm, karl deutsch
did you knew about such stories ?
regards
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