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Grand Champion Poster
Posted 01 April 2025 - 03:32 PM
I see this car almost every day parked in the driveway of a German tuner/car repair place between home and the raceway. I thought it might be today's winner until I saw it had the less desirable rectangular tail lights and.......
.......I drove to the end of the lot to turn around and spotted this honey.
Mike Swiss
Inventor of the Low CG guide flag 4/20/18
IRRA® Components Committee Chairman
Five-time USRA National Champion (two G7, one G27, two G7 Senior)
Two-time G7 World Champion (1988, 1990), eight G7 main appearances
Eight-time G7 King track single lap world record holder
17B West Ogden Ave., Westmont, IL 60559, (708) 203-8003, mikeswiss86@hotmail.com (also my PayPal address)
Note: Send all USPS packages and mail to: 692 Citadel Drive, Westmont, Illinois 60559
Posting Leader
Posted 01 April 2025 - 04:28 PM
Old Engineer
Posted 02 April 2025 - 07:23 AM
it's a Bimmer. Beamers have two wheels, Bimmers have four. they woudn't let me in the BMWCCA until i leasrned that.
Steve Lang
Posting Leader
Posted 02 April 2025 - 12:46 PM
Well, in all my years of dealing with cars and car clubs, that is the first time I have heard of that distinction. Learn something new every day. So what are the airplane engines called? After all, that is where BMW started, as Otto Flugmaschinenfabrik. Later they started building motorcycles, using their industrial engine line to power them. When they first started building cars, they were known as Fahrzeugfabrik Eisenach. There was a Polish or Russian offshoot known as the Eisenach Motoren Werke, which used a version of the logo but with red and white cloisonné. I think I have most of that informasion correct. What is really interesting is that their first car was a version of the Austin Seven, built under license.
So, if my misidentification has hurt your sensibilities, I'm sorry. I promise not to make that mistake again. 
Old Engineer
Posted Yesterday, 07:14 AM
you're good. sorry if i implied otherwise.
Steve Lang
Age scrubs away speed!
Posted Yesterday, 07:41 AM
Speedy, you still in Florida or back home?
Posting Leader
Posted Yesterday, 08:05 AM
Florida? Lucky boy! I have a friend who moved to Florida some years ago. Thought I'd never hear from him again. But he sent me an e-card at Christmas, and we have started communicating through e-mail since.
He invited me down. Says the guest house is always ready;
The walkway out to it runs through the swamp, and is guarded by 'gators. But he says that as far as he knows no one has been eaten, yet. 
