did bmw join forces with brooklands

[andybmwe21]

hi all
just wondering if BMW joined forces with "Brooklands" if so wot was the upgrades they done.??

[adit]

Brooklands?

[TheHeap]

I thought they (brooklands) messed with minis?

I remember getting a passat chipped at Brooklands and they were a mini tunning centre

[magpie]

a ltd edition caprice is what i remember

[gooner1]

There is/was a BMW based kit car by the name of Brooklands, iirc,
but it uses a Motorbike Engine.

[capri_rob]

a ltd edition caprice is what i remember

Ford never gave it the "Brooklands" name - its just what it became commonly known as because of the "Brooklands" green paint job. The run-out Capri which this pic is was the Capri 280

I've never heard of any Tuning house called Brooklands.

[gooner1]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/louis.sied ... index.html
3rd pic down.

[capri_rob]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/louis.sied ... index.html
3rd pic down.

Not really Hartge or Alpina is it

[gooner1]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/louis.sied ... index.html
3rd pic down.

Not really Hartge or Alpina is it

No, more Heath Robinson.

[andybmwe21]

its just that ive seen a 325i with the brooklands badge. im just waitin to find the owner and find out more from him. car has been sitting for at least 9 months.

[Green]

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/louis.sied ... index.html
3rd pic down.

Looks a bit like a lobster.

[adit]

a ltd edition caprice is what i remember

no Mike, THIS is a limited edition Caprice:

[Rav335uk]

You mean like this, not a Brooklands though.

The Ford bit








And the BMW Bit

[gnarkillius]

The only Brooklands I can think of was the capri already mentioned, and the Bentley Brooklands.

http://bentleycar.wordpress.com/tag/ben ... ands-pics/

But Im pretty sure its not a tuning house, and was only named such in 'honour' of the birth place of motorsport on purpose built tracks.

I reckon this guy has been to brooklands (there IS a BMW/German car meet there I see from google) or there is a ca dealer in the local area who sticks a badge on his cars as a 'dealer special' job.

I reckon if there was such a thing as a BMW brooklands it would be highly saught after, and famous tbh.

[andybmwe21]

SORRY lads i found my answer.
i was a local dealer which for some reason copied the brooklands badge and added the "M" colours and dealt with BMW's only.

[suchy]

The Capri the same colour as Rav's looks lovely!! I wouldn't mind owning that!!
Remember as a kid going into the showroom of our local Hendy Ford and seeing the 'Brooklands' in the showroom- looked lovely, and I said to myself "when I'm older I'm going to have one of these"

Of course I had a succession of old shite followed by GTi's before seeing the light and branching into E30 territory- never even owned a Ford (although wanted a Mk2 Escort as my first car)

Oh well they're shite anyway aren't they?

[Simon13]

no one notice the smoked hellas too on the crapi?