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This past weekend Kamil and I made the difficult 20 minutes long journey to the Auto Museum Larz Anderson in Brookline, MA, for their annual German car day Each year the museum hosts more than two dozen lawn events on picturesque grounds and every year it seems there is less chance of finding a car parking day German is one of three the most frequented museum events, and this year, the field filled so quickly that the land was carried out of the room and the cars that proved were really worth the wait, with an impressive selection of early and late model German cars Apart from all the brands you expect to see a show like this, there were rarities as a Goggomobil glass, Opel Manta Cup, and more.
Although the German car day is all about the cars, the 1961 Mercedes-Benz O 321 H above almost stole the show The 1961 6-cylinder diesel buses causing the shuttle around the national team Swiss hockey before being converted into a camper with two beds, two long couches, at least six seats standard bus, a kitchen, a bathroom and a nice big engine plus a little parcel shelf H at the end of the model name is synonymous with hockey in case you were wondering buses of this type were common almost everywhere in Europe and in the 1990s, so it was nice to see one of these here across the pond Kamil and I briefly considered making an offer on the thing with the intention to transform into mobile Hooniverse seat, but collapsed plan once it was discovered that we only had 16 dollars and change some of them the Can ada between us that day, not including a press car Fiat 500C Abarth.
This bus has appeared on Bring a trailer in 2012 to Switzerland, where it sold for the equivalent of 32K, and was then sent to Massachusetts where he was offered for an uncool much seems made for her 115K outside from import, except perhaps a thorough cleaning and removal of dozens of stickers for the rear window, although I saw shadows and sticker residue on the back of the bus.
The braking system on the bus was said to be quite difficult, requiring the pumping Although the bus was traveling 15 mile here Maynard neighbor, Massachusetts where it is kept houses the engine compartment and fairly standard diesel Mercedes Benz in addition to a spare tire inside the bus appears to have been redone sometime in the 1980s, judging by some of the materials, but it is unclear just when the bus had been transformed motorhome there are some Mercedes-Benz O 319 smaller buses in the country, but this is probably one of the classic ones that can be found that I would not t surprised if this were the only example of this model, indoor or another camper.
Contrary to what you expect, the shipping cost for something like that tend to be quite small, as you will remember that people visit the United States in their cars who bring most of the continent all the time.
This country is certainly no stranger to motorhomes doing 50 mph in the left lane with a beating MINI towed from one side to the other, such as alligator tail, but more and caravans Europe tend to be in a slightly smaller weight class This conversion was certainly not in the same price category as rotting trailer camping Shasta that the neighbors of your home lake north of the state that may or may not contain the remains of a raccoon, so I can not imagine running costs of something like this back when it was new or even the costs of maintaining something like what we call Florida garaged Espa ñ a Europe but I do not see what didn many caravans in this weight class noodling around when I was there last.
Here is a beautiful 1974 BMW 3 0 CSL Batmobile, property and Ariella Neal Heffron This car was in Greenwich Concours few weeks ago.
A solid Mercedes-Benz 450SL 1973, it was brought to the German Car Day by Dr. John Christoforo This car is actually his driver every day, in summer at least one Mercedes well maintained in a rare color, I'm sure we would all agree.
German Car Day wouldn t be complete without a 300SL, and this example the original 1955 was held by Arthur Gutierrez This car appeared earlier update German car.
One of my favorite BMW this year this wonderful 3 0 CS 1974 Alpina, belonging to Duane Sword This car looked even better in person than it does in the photos here, although Kamil was skeptical about the overall value of Alpina adjustment efforts.
Another strong BMW 3 0 it is 1973 and is owned by Stan Chamallas The 3 0 CS, it is interesting to have a 3-cylinder inline six liters 5 Thus, even when the number who are apparently moving figures appear on the trunk, you can never be sure.
There was perhaps my favorite BMW of the entire show, a magnificent CS 1976 2800 owned by Tod Bryant.
A beautiful BMW 3 0 CSi 1973, longtime contributor property Roundel Robert Siegel, who has just published a book Memoirs of a Bill Griffith Hack mechanic Boston Globe called one of the best self memories that I read long ago Robert was on hand at the show to sign copies and Kamil and I chatted briefly with him.
A beautiful and strong M535i 1983, this example was brought to the show by Marc Myette Well modified M535i, I must say, and certainly a E28 we do not see very often 528es secondly, that art another story.
This was one of my favorites, a BMW 1979 6333CSi owned by Robert Berman This car has spent most of his life in Pennsylvania, and recently had a height reconstruction engine 5 km by Bavarian Motor exchange uncommon in California E24 to see a stock in this condition, and wearing high-end original tires on relatively small compared to today's standards an example wheels clean and sober.
German Car Day is not all about BMW, and this year there was a strong participation Porsche with more than 40 current examples Amid a sea of 356s 1982 928 this caught my attention was claimed to be an example all of originally, the car was only 57K miles on the clock.
A beautiful E34 BMW M5 1991, this example is property of Mac Holmes and about 130K miles on it.
The Mercedes-Benz S350 turbo diesel is a rare sight these days, such as diesel W140s are only available for a short time in North America this example 1994 is the property of Mario Silva and has a 3 4 liters 6 cylinder diesel engine months pass between observations diesel W140s, and very few of them are in good condition more This example was quite tidy, and I wouldn t be surprised if it were well over 150K on the clock .
A beautiful 1995 Porsche 911 Carrera Cabrio C2 that caught my attention, and this car was for sale The seller began the placard with the words Please Do not buy this car if you are shy; you will feel uncomfortable getting thumbs-up people at random young and old, men and women and having the start conversations with you at traffic lights and in parking lots It seemed like such a well maintained with only 75K miles on the clock, and the seller claims to have followed the maintenance diet religiously on it from the air cooled Porsches.
My favorite was this beautiful Audi Quattro in 1983 property of Michael Sylvester This car is a regular visitor to Larz Anderson.
It was an impressive 1984 Audi 4000S background in THE updating along with Avus wheels The limited edition trim means that the car came with a rear spoiler quattro sports-style seats, a power sunroof and was available in three colors the current owner, Rob Petschke, had this car since 2000, and has appeared in issues in September 2008 and January 2009 the Audi driver magazine.
Another Audi Cup 1982 this was photogenic, also owned by Rob Petschke As you might have guessed, Rob is very much an Audi fan.
It wouldn t be quite German car day without appearance by Neal Heffron 1980 BMW M1, we looked more closely at it a few days ago The M1 is a regular museum, and the owner is always happy to discuss car Needless to say, very little BMW gatherings in America even an M1 present, it always brings a crowd.
That s day for German Car this year on Sunday is British Car Day, another of his three events busiest museum.
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