I SAW ON THE WAY TO WORK

[cliff_costa]

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I HAVE CENE THIS ON HER BEFOR BUT CARNT REMEMBER WAT IT IS OR WAT ENGIN TOP SPED 0 TO 60 HOWMENEY OF THEM WER BILT .. IT LOOKT A BIT TATY, BIT RUSTY ROUND THE EJIS AND THE INTERYER WAS ALL MILJUWEY . NUTHINC A GOOD CLEN UP CODNT SORT OUT
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[Mox3d]

I can't fully make out what you're saying. And the link gives a 404.

[GrindCulture]

PARDON?

[Chris]

Hiya, its hard enough to read without the CAPS LOCK.

Can you check the link as its not working right.

Cheers
Chris

[sheebie]

the guys says that he has dyslexia

this is how i understood it:

I have seen this on here before, but cannot remember what it is or what engine, top speed, 0-60 and how many of them were built?.

it looks abit tatty, a bit rusty around the edges and the interior was all mildewey, but nothing a good clean up will not sort out.

sorry for the dyslexia.

couldnt get the link to work though

[Alex]

1995 Long wheel base transit van

[cliff_costa]

ill triy agan http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8880/2 ... 00000.jpeg[/img]

[cliff_costa]

ill triy agan http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/8880/2 ... 00000.jpeg

[Chris-W]

Here you go. It's an M1.

[cliff_costa]

[cliff_costa]

and in anser to the rest of my questons ples by the way thanks for the help with pictur and spelling chers all

[Pilsbury]

M1 - 455 built, 270bhp, 0-60 5.5 seconds.

[robbo86]

M1

Who wants to buy me one???

[Z3I]

Cliff, nice car, rare to see it on the road!

Good post too, don't worry about the spelling etc.

[cliff_costa]

chers. wot wer thay bilt for wos it racing or wot. Wat are thay seling for. And wat engin

[robbo86]

wot wer thay bilt for wos it racing or wot.

For me to fantasize over

Wat are thay seling for.

How much can you afford? Far more than that!

And wat engin

V12 I think?

[robbo86]

From Wikipedia:

The BMW M1 is a sports car that was produced by German automaker BMW from 1978 to 1981.

In the late 1970s, Italian manufacturer Lamborghini entered into an agreement with BMW to build a production racing car in sufficient quantity for homologation.[1][2] The result was sold to the public, from 1978 to 1981, as the BMW M1. It was the only mid-engined BMW to be mass produced. It employed a twin-cam M88/1 3.5 L 6-cylinder gasoline engine with Kugelfischer mechanical fuel injection. A version of this motor was later used in the South African version of the BMW 745i, of which 209 examples were built between 1984 and 1986, as well as the E24 BMW M6/M635CSi and E28 BMW M5. The engine had six separate throttle butterflies, four valves per cylinder and produced 277 PS (273 hp/204 kW) in the street version, giving a top speed of 260 km/h (162 mph). Turbocharged racing versions were capable of producing around 850 hp (634 kW).

The M1 coupe was hand-built between 1978 and 1981 under the Motorsport division of BMW as a homologation special for sports car racing. The body was designed by Giugiaro, taking inspiration from the 1972 BMW Turbo show car. Originally, BMW commissioned Lamborghini to work out the details of the car's chassis, assemble prototypes and manufacture the vehicles, but Lamborghini's financial position meant that BMW reassumed control over the project in April 1978, after seven prototypes were built. Only 456 production M1s were built, making it one of BMW's rarest models. The spirit of the M1 lived on in the first-generation M5, as both models shared the same (though slightly modified) engines.[3]

The M1 had various successes in motorsports, including winning the Group B championship in 1984. In 2004, Sports Car International named the car number ten on the list of Top Sports Cars of the 1970s.

[GrindCulture]

Originally built as a GT car, but when they were released, the rules changed so they were no longer competitive. BMW however did run a few seasons themselves racing these. One of the best sounding BMWs ever built too IMO

[youtube][/youtube]

[DRIFTBOY]

They were also used as a one make series to support the Formula One races for a season or two with some famous ex-F1 and other racing drivers abusing them...

And in some racing classes they were known to produce, with turbos, 850 or so bhp!

[robbo86]

Nelson piquet (snr) and Nikki Lauder I beleive!

[320ise]

has the op found one of these someware? if so that would be interesting!

[capri_rob]

From the description in the original post its highly unliklely to me an M1 you have seen - only 456 made, massively expensive ( supercar money ) - I doubt that someone would leave one of these to go rusty round the edges with a mildewy interior. Sorry fella

[GrindCulture]

I doubt that someone would leave one of these to go rusty round the edges with a mildewy interior. Sorry fella

It's made of plastic anyway isn't it?

[capri_rob]

Dunno what they're made of - just doesn't sound like the type of car someone would park up and forget about

[capri_rob]

Originally built as a GT car, but when they were released, the rules changed so they were no longer competitive. BMW however did run a few seasons themselves racing these. One of the best sounding BMWs ever built too IMO

[youtube][/youtube]

Idle sounds a bit rough when he first starts it up........

On a more serious note that vid is uber

[DRIFTBOY]

I doubt that someone would leave one of these to go rusty round the edges with a mildewy interior. Sorry fella

It's made of plastic anyway isn't it?

Yes, bodies are fibreglass.

[steve_k]

they were used in the procar series.

if it is an m1 & it's being used then why not?

why buy a car like that & have it sat in the garage gathering dust?

use it! it's what it was made for ffs!

[mongoose]

Originally built as a GT car, but when they were released, the rules changed so they were no longer competitive. BMW however did run a few seasons themselves racing these. One of the best sounding BMWs ever built too IMO

[youtube][/youtube]

Idle sounds a bit rough when he first starts it up........

On a more serious note that vid is uber

That is one of the best 6 pot's ive ever heard

[cliff_costa]

the car lives in marbaxa spane i am led to balev it belongs to a spanwad ho wos a gote herda or sumthink but he had a larg pese of land wich he sold plus he got a masith garag wher he keps his colecshon of cars the car wos about to be loded on a transporta proboly for a valet and a tuch up on the ejes agane sory for my speling

[cliff_costa]

the car lives in marbaxa spane i am led to balev it belongs to a spanwad ho wos a gote herda or sumthink but he had a larg pese of land wich he sold plus he got a masith garag wher he keps his colecshon of cars the car wos about to be loded on a transporta proboly for a valet and a tuch up on the ejes agane sory for my speling

[dave525]

that video is awesome.love the sound of the engine as it picks up the next gear.would like to see that car on the ring down one of the long straights where it could really stretch its legs.unbelievable car for its age.

[LeonNewton]

cool vid.


started to read the phonetics in the post and then got to the duplicate posts. thought i had started sleep posting under a soodanim.

[LeonNewton]

cool vid.


started to read the phonetics in the post and then got to the duplicate posts. thought i had started sleep posting under a soodanim.

[Mox3d]

Just adding to the Wiki piece. The M1 original design was penned by Gugiaro.

Here's a nice well edited reference showing BMW designers over the decades.

http://www.bmwism.com/bmws_designers.htm

[LeonNewton]

Another super link. Love some if those names