A few weeks ago we received an order from the USA to find a very good BMW 507.
We were able to sell this very early BMW 507 from the second series to our customer base for the first time in 2013 for a previous English owner. Now, in December 2018, the car is changing hands again through our agency.
Before we fly to the USA, we do a big check on the car – this is part of our service.
BMW presented the Type 507 for the first time at the IAA in September 1955. A total of only 252 examples were built.
My encounter with Mr. “507”
I fondly remember our stand at an IAA many years ago. We proudly showed the bodyshell we restored of our first BMW 507, chassis number “70009” – a car from the first series.
An older gentleman with “guard measure” visited our stand, asked me about the feather-white 507 and let me talk and explain for a quarter of an hour…, then he pulled a business card out of his lapel and handed it to me with the words:“Thank you very much, young man. Interesting what you told me and what you know about this car.”I read his name on the business card with a black-green logo: Albrecht Graf von Goertz, designer. From that moment on I lefthimtell. A wonderful encounter that I will never forget.
Count Goertz was the “father of the BMW 507”; he created the design for this iconic car.
After the Revell restoration, the BMW with chassis number 70009 served as a template for the wonderful 1:18 scale metal model that some of you may have in your model collection. Our car was recreated so precisely that Revell also took two “mistakes” into account. Turn the model upside down and look at the floor assembly. Revell took over the electric fuel pump that we retrofitted. Because we were missing the original 507 ashtray, we installed an MB 300 SL ashtray to bridge the gap. The Revell company also took over this.
