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JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Franz Kunstler
« on: April 17, 2011, 10:59:54 PM »
For one point,identify this car :
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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 06:42:03 AM »
body by Savonuzzi?
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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 08:10:27 AM »
An Issetter? ;D

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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2011, 12:36:51 AM »
 ;D No,to both questions!
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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2011, 01:59:00 PM »
Up!
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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2011, 08:00:57 AM »
Accordingly my source, it is a BMW 328 rebodied in 1953 by an austrian called Kunsrer.
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Re: JPG #120
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2011, 11:55:09 AM »
Quote from: franck.kegelart on April 28, 2011, 08:00:57 AM
Accordingly my source, it is a BMW 328 rebodied in 1953 by an austrian called Kunsrer.

Spot on!

Another picture :
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2011, 12:16:34 PM »
A beautiful car in my opinion!

Is there anything more info avalable on this car?
Recently it was posted somewhere else before, but it seems noone knows much more about it.
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2011, 12:20:56 PM »
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A beautiful car in my opinion!

Indeed!

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Recently it was posted somewhere else before, but it seems noone knows much more about it.

That's my source too... :)
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2011, 01:02:26 PM »
I highly doubt that the name is spelled correctly. On a website where you can find the local appearance of surnames in Germany, Kunsrer wasn't listed. Perhaps it is Kunsler, which at least exists in Bavaria (similar names as in Austria). But it can be any other similar name.
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2011, 01:04:12 PM »
Quote from: Wendax on April 28, 2011, 01:02:26 PM
I highly doubt that the name is spelled correctly. On a website where you can find the local appearance of surnames in Germany, Kunsrer wasn't listed. Perhaps it is Kunsler, which at least exists in Bavaria (similar names as in Austria). But it can be any other similar name.
I've got the same notion. 'Kunster' would be my first choice.
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #11 on: April 30, 2011, 09:14:42 AM »
Even though I'm not German I thought the same too.
Could it be 'Kunserer' or 'Kunstler'?
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2011, 04:13:45 AM »
Or just a craftwork - "Künstler" (=artist)...
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Kunsrer
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2011, 10:36:07 AM »
Quote from: grobmotorix on July 16, 2011, 04:13:45 AM
Or just a craftwork - "Künstler" (=artist)...

I reckon you're right.
"BMW 328 re-bodied by artist/craftsman" would make perfect sense.
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« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2012, 06:20:02 AM »
What's this and who built it for whom?

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Re: NEH 1525
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2012, 05:46:43 AM »
This one turns out to be a repost so I'm merging it with the original.
I do however have a little more info to add for clarification.

Apparently a Countess Joanna Palffy commissioned her Viennese engineer friend Franz Kunstler to dismantle her BMW 328 and build this new coupe body instead around a framework which she herself had designed.  The chassis was updated with Veritas suspension and the engine was breathed on by Carlo Abarth to produce 100 bhp from its 1971cc.

So I was right in my reply #11 suggesting the name could in fact be Kunstler but wrong in my #13 accepting that it wasn't a name at all but the car was made by a Künstler (artisan)!

The heading should therefore now be changed from Kunsrer to Kunstler.  I can do that but perhaps Joao should?

Oh, and incidentally that's Countess Palffy standing next to the car; you can't see her in my picture but you can in the same picture posted earlier in the thread.
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Franz Kunstler
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2012, 06:00:09 AM »
Done!

Thank you Carnut!  :)
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Franz Kunstler
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2012, 10:07:53 AM »
Fascinating! Pre-dates Scaglione's B.A.T. Alfas 1-2 years. ;)
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Re: JPG #120 Solved : 1953 Rebodied BMW 328 by Franz Kunstler
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