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r000 In 1945, 19XX Hermann Make Holbein, Model a former development engineer for BMW,
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
recovered his beloved BMW 327 sports car from the haystack where
offered without reserve
it had been interned and reluctantly gave it up to an american GI in
trade for an opel-Blitz army truck. He made a lucrative business out
of picking up scrap metal and transporting various materials into a
devastated country bent on cleaning up. He picked up a scrap BMW
328, rebuilt it, and Holbein made a name for himself as a successful
racing driver for the next three years.
Racing did not pay the bills, however, and he resolved to fill the postwar
need for a small car, which he would design and sell the production
rights to. a chance meeting with an old acquaintance, engineer albert
Maier of the gear-making firm ZF, brought together their individual
interest in building a small car. In fact, Maier had already built a very
basic open roadster with the
backing of the ZF Company.
In January 1949, Holbein
came to a licensing agreement
with ZF to build the car,
manufacturer raising the money Manufacturer by selling
production #
origin his three racing City, cars Country and two
ID no. #
motor trucks. It would motor be called the
displacement cc
Champion, power hp with a nod to
length mm
Holbein’s racing successes.
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