Thanks Mac, what a nice collection and interesting video.
Some comments
The speaker says:
1.- ¡°¡..on 1959, Bmw was bankrupt¡¡± : Yes, certainly.
2.- ¡°¡..Bmw got back to success thanks to the 700 series ¡¡±: I do not fully agree.
On (1): Herbert Quandt / Quandt family had a important stake at Daimler Benz and during the 1959 General or Extraordinay Shareholders meeting, were Bmw was being sold by bankers
to Daimler Benz (they were interested on the sales/distribution points), Herbert managed to extend the meeting and how he convinced the minority shareholders
to turn down bankers main objective and buy a majority stake at Bmw, I do no know but I was a risky decision, as the Quandt family did not agree to sell their Daimler stake to put that money onto Bmw.
On (2): The 700 series was a piece of crap, ex Glas company, anyhow, an economy vehicle for blue/white collars and so on. I think, no sure, the exGlas had a R68 engine !!. Yes, Glas had the 2.8 and 3.0
V8 at limited edition and unreliable plus the 3.2 concept.
I understand Bmw had its real take-off when Motosports division was created mid-late ¡¯70, lead by Paul Rosche and other real genius. And today Bmw still lives or sells a lot based on their sports history
Some years ago, I visited a friend bike?s collection at Malaga and he had one unit of T700.
As you all may know, the main manufacturing Bmw site is located at Dingolfing,?just were Glas had its HQ
Best
Tito.
Alberto Ayulo Kelly
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El 2 jul 2020, a las 18:04, Mac Kirkpatrick <
drbeemer73@...> escribi¨®:
For anyone who owns an older BMW car, here is a very well done video from the BMW Car Club of America you can send around that is a history of BMW and of course includes some very nice motorcycles:
The BMW Car Club car also has motorcycles on display.
Mac Kirkpatrick
Glenmoore, PA
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