1964 BMW 1800

1964 BMW 1800 in The History of BMW: The Definitive Story, Documentary, 2003 Ep. 1.13

Class: Cars, Racecar — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
stronghold ◊ 2011-09-22 22:28	#48 car taking part in German & Italian Rally's.
dsl ◊ 2011-09-22 22:37	1964 Monte Carlo rally, #48 Walter/Lier, started Oslo, retired.
stronghold ◊ 2011-09-22 22:53	I thought Walter usually likes Audi's?
dsl ◊ 2011-09-22 23:19	In 1964 he was waiting for Auto Union to become Audi - still another 5 years of frustration ahead before his true love would finally emerge into the daylight and take its frst few steps ...
dsl ◊ 2011-09-22 23:32	Can't find entry details to confirm engine size but 1500 launched Sept 61, 1800 Sept 63, 1800 Ti Jan 64. With Munich plates this could be a works car, so 1800 very possible and 1800 Ti might squeeze in.
dsl ◊ 2011-09-24 21:44	Clip of "Der BMW 1500" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6r65Y3N4uw shows this sequence at about 2.29. The rear badge is on the left of the number plate which I think = 1500 because 1800 badge was on right. So 1964 1500.
dsl ◊ 2011-09-25 01:20	Sorry - change to 1800 because of the chrome side strip (as discussed at /vehicle.php?id=434731 ) and that the badging on the left separation is not reliable. But the badge is clearly not 1800Ti in the clip.