One Man, Three Beautiful Cars

"Audi-os, Amigos!" (audi-os-amigos) 11/21/2014 at 11:16 • Filed to: PRETTY CARS

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In his article !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about the LA Auto Show, Patrick George dropped this little tidbit:

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Largely credited to German-born designer Albrecht Goertz, who also penned the stunning BMW 507 and later the Datsun 240Z/Nissan Fairlady Z, the 2000GT echoed many sports cars of its time, including the Jaguar E-Type and others.

You read that correctly: One man, an Herr Albrect Goertz, designed three of the most unassailably beautiful cars of all time: the BMW 507 roadster, the Toyota 2000GT, and the Datsun 240Z.

What are you doing with your life?

HammerheadFistpunch > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/21/2014 at 11:18

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Seriously, when I read that I thought "well, that explains my lust for all 3 then"

AUDACIA > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/21/2014 at 11:20

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Huge fan of that guy, also his Silvia is just stunning:

Cé hé sin > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/21/2014 at 11:21

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Albrecht Goertz? Away with your familiarity. he was more properly Albrecht Graf von Schlitz genannt von Goertz von Wrisberg. Aristocracy, you see.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/21/2014 at 11:28

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This is so beautiful it makes me want to weep.

Buy a real one and restore it to OEM, but while you are doing the restoration, copy and build a full scale replica and swap in an S62 and e39 M5 running gear. (Or if my dimensions are off, swap in and S54 and e46 M3 running gear)

TheHondaBro > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/21/2014 at 11:29

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So beautiful. I want one right now.

Audi-os, Amigos! > Cé hé sin 11/21/2014 at 11:32

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My liege.

Audi-os, Amigos! > HammerheadFistpunch 11/21/2014 at 11:33

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Yup. Right?

///Mvious > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 11/21/2014 at 11:44

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Holy crap...this. I've always loved the 507 and the Z8, but never thought to marry the two...

BTW, you and I need to be friends. I keep coming across your BMW love around here...

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ///Mvious 11/21/2014 at 11:51

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Wouldn't it be great.

Step #1 Use VA loan to build an Icon/Singer style shop focused on restomodding older BMWs

Step #2 Get involved in classic BMW GT car racing

Step #whatever have fun and somehow profit???

In all honesty, I do not own a BMW, YET, but someday soon I will. Doesn't matter how hard it will be to maintain, or how long I have to save up for it (and a new car for the wife, and a house); I'm going to have a stable of M cars one day.

Dream garage:

Fully overlander LR Disco 2 (currently owned, just needs to be finished)

2001 BMW M Coupe' Le Mans Blue

2003 BMW M5 also Le Mans Blue

and then wife's car most likely and Audi

///Mvious > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 11/21/2014 at 12:43

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I'm working my way to something similar, but started with the M5.

2001, Carbon Black over Black. 65k miles. In the garage:

And the day I drove it home to MA from VA; rest stop somewhere in Jersey (crappy iPotato edit)

(Please excuse the license plate hack job :P)

I'd love to get an e46 M3, but the combo I want is super rare (Carbon Black over Cinnamon; individual). At some point down the line, an R60/2 is a dream item - but my wife is super against bikes. She'll get over it.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ///Mvious 11/21/2014 at 12:50

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I love your beast dude, she is sooooo puuuurtyyy. I have a funny story about whn I should have bought one.

On the e46 fron though, I know a guy selling a Carbon black over cinnamon.....

convertible. But wait, don't leave. It has Manuel inside. And a proper hardtop shell. The only downside and why I did not buy it when I went to see it several months ago, it has an Active Autowerks supercharger. Nothing wrong with it at all. I'm just not a fan of excessive modifications like that. Low mileage, clean carfax and title, Cali car, 46000 miles.

///Mvious > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 11/21/2014 at 12:51

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Hard pass; too many mods. I like my ///M's like I like my women: uncluttered.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ///Mvious 11/21/2014 at 12:53

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Agreed. Don't fault you for that at all. May I ask where you found your beast, and for how much?

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ///Mvious 11/21/2014 at 12:58

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This is the one I currently have my eye on, cannot do it now but man oh man do I daydream:

http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/4761655952…

///Mvious > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet 11/21/2014 at 13:11

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I paid above market value a bit: $23k when it had 55,000 miles on it a couple years ago. The guy I bought it from was second owner, enthusiast, and had a *ton* of service records. Even had receipts for oil changes. I got both e39 bentley service manuals, a bunch of spare parts (filters, oil, MAF), a car cover...all sorts of stuff. It was a great deal for me at the time.

My one piece of advice: take your time and find the right car. I had the opportunity to pull the trigger on some other examples, but it wasn't the right color combo nor did it have the full leather dash.

I did 100% of my hunt on m5board.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > ///Mvious 11/21/2014 at 13:21

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Yeah I am literally on there daily: rob.saldana mega super junior member, keeping to the lurker status.

MultiplaOrgasms > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/26/2014 at 16:07

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Actually he really only designed the 507. The 2000GT was designed by a man called Satoru Nozaki and the 240Z by another japanese bloke. Both cars did however incorporate some Goertz styling influences from a failed Nissan sports car prototype which incidentally was called "2000GT" and built in cooperation with, of course, Yamaha back in the early 1960s.

Audi-os, Amigos! > MultiplaOrgasms 11/26/2014 at 16:10

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Your username is hilarious.

MultiplaOrgasms > Audi-os, Amigos! 11/26/2014 at 16:13

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Thats what she said.