the frua barn find

deQuincey said:
they are not missing, those photos are the attachment themselves
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I cannot see the photos :-(

deQuincey said:
BTW do you know where the Barcelona car (2800) is now ?
i know who knows...;-)
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Are you referring to the first car which was registered in Barcelona?
comm. 350/2: BMW 2800 GTS Frua Coupé (E 9)
presently in the BMW Classic collection in Munich (Germany)
www.pietro-frua.de/1969_bmw2800.htm#Comm.%20350/2
Coincidentally BMW started with its restoration today.
 
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Stefan,

Thank you for your Frua registry, what wonderful research and history for us all.

I bought a set of Campagnolo wheels two years ago from a car dealer and although he told me they were apparently originally on a special E9, I just wanted them because they were perfect of the era, I looked a little for the wheels on a car on the web, but no luck, so they sit proudly on my wall - they are of this style, but exact ?????, we shall see.

Ok, just seen the post from Chris, doesn't look like Campagnolo will be what your looking for

I have now checked, sadly not the ones you need

Peter
 
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deQuincey said:
according to my source there is another one in east spain, i am not an expert, though
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That sounds interesting. There are two more Frua one-offs which are lost and might be in Spain:
  • Comm. 374: 1975 BMW 3.0 Si Frua Coupé
  • Comm. 375: 1976 BMW 528i GT Frua Coupé
Can you get more info from your source or bring me into contact with him?
 
Registro Pietro Frua said:
That sounds interesting. There are two more Frua one-offs which are lost and might be in Spain:
  • Comm. 374: 1975 BMW 3.0 Si Frua Coupé
  • Comm. 375: 1976 BMW 528i GT Frua Coupé
Can you get more info from your source or bring me into contact with him?
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the guy promised the car is a 2800
and i asked him and he does not like to be molested, sorry, i am not allowed to tell you more
 
deQuincey said:
the guy promised the car is a 2800
and i asked him and he does not like to be molested, sorry, i am not allowed to tell you more
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OK, we don't want to disturb his privacy. History can wait.
Anyway, Frua built only two 2800. As 350/2 is in the BMW classic collection, the car in Barcelona can only be 350/3 which is lost since Charlie Richardson offered it in 1987. Perhaps he sold it to Barcelona?
 
Now a difficult question. We know, that the E9 turning lights with which BMW 3.0 S Frua Coupé barn find from Madrid (350/4, see photos in post #9) are not the originals, which it had in 1972. But from which production car did Frua take the originals (see photos below). Can anyone identify them?
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I always get confused between the ATS and the Cromodora's...thinking ATS here...they make a handsome Volvo 164 look elegant. Saw a set on a Schwartz e9 for sale in DC area a long time ago...Mmm.
 
Turning lights remind me the ones used on the Iso Grifo, but those are smaller.
 

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Lorenzo said:
Turning lights remind me the ones used on the Iso Grifo, but those are smaller.
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Lorenzo, though these are not the turning lights of 350/4 it is nevertheless a good find. These are the turning lights of the sister car 350/2, see the following photo with its creator Pietro Frua at the Frankfurt Motor show 1969. They were manufactured by Carello for the f ollowing cars: Alfa Romeo 2600 Spider, De Tomaso Mangusta, Glas GT, Iso Rivolta IR 300/340/Grifo and Siata Spring.
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Registro Pietro Frua said:
Now a difficult question. We know, that the E9 turning lights with which BMW 3.0 S Frua Coupé barn find from Madrid (350/4, see photos in post #9) are not the originals, which it had in 1972. But from which production car did Frua take the originals (see photos below). Can anyone identify them?
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After some hours of research I finally identified the turn signals as those of the 1967 Alfa Romeo 1750 GT Veloce Bertone Coupé (= 1750 GTV, 1st series 1967-1969, tipo 105.44).
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Sure! I made a research also on the Alfa GT but on wrong model.
Some vintage Alfa's rear lights were used on many limited production italian GT of the period..
 
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