Sold my old my beloved squaretail to jump on the chance to pickup my new project, thought I had every piece to restore another car from what i had accumulated over the years but had a rude awakening when I found out this early car is a different animal.

It is a solid example only showing a quarter size rust hole in the spare wheel well and some light patina on the body. All seams look good am excited to start with such a clean shell, I do believe the major factor of preservation here was the lack of sunroof among others. Complete opposite of my cancer ridden 02 that did have one and caused me years of turmoil (8) through all drainage points and seams...

Back to dear Sahara,

This is what I got back from bmw archives:

Dear Mr L,

Thank you for your email.

The BMW 1600 VIN 1524947 was manufactured on May 11th, 1967 and delivered on June 05th, 1967 to the BMW importer Hoffman Motors Corp. in New York City. The original colour was Sahara, paint code 006.

We hope this information is helpful for you.

Yours sincerely,

Julia Oberndörfer

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BMW Group
Julia Oberndörfer
Archiv, Sammlung, Classic Brand Management  
AK-50
Historischer Informationsdienst
Moosacher Straße 66
80809 München

This car does not have the original drivetrain :cry: and instead has been outfitted with front and rear 02 sub frames,rear 230mm drums,  e12 head engine overkill sway bars, suspension techniques springs and Bilsteins... ok so it's a bitter sweet deal. 

Interior is a mix of old and new... late model dash but early euro shifter console and platform assembly, late seats but early slider mechanism, late door cards but early door handles. Body as well, late model nose trim but early swan mirror, euro trim early grills and signals.

It does however retain its original remote booster single circuit brake system and original mechanical clutch system which I am preserving.

Plans are to get her roadworthy and slowly start to accumulate some more original bits. Got a few questions so far.
More on the car and my plans later. For now some starter pics...