Another View by junge1

Photography • Transportation • posted on Feb 18, 2017

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Another view of the 1937 BMW 328 Mille Miglia Roasdster 'Buegelfalte'. In this picture the crease on top of the fender, that gave it its name, is clearly visible. The Buegelfalte was one of five entries in the 1940 Mille Miglia, two Coupes and three Roadsters with the coupe winning overall and the roadsters finishing in 3rd, 5th and the 'Buegelfalte' in 6th place. During World War II the 'Buegelfalte' roadster was given to Albert Speer, the Reichsminister fuer Bewaffnung und Munition (armament and munitions). It survived five years of war and was seized by Russia as reparations. The Russians awarded it to Artiom Ivanovich Mikoyan, head of the Mikoyan i Gurevich Design Bureau, creator of the famed MIG fighters. Mikoyan let his son use it, but the boy's escapades eventually exhausted his father's patience, and he traded the "Buegelfalte' in 1972 to Guido Adamson of Riga, Latvia, for a Lada. With the collapse of the 'Iron Curtain', Adamson drove the 'Buegelfalte' from Riga to Munich and entrusted it to BMW's care, using it occasionally, most particularly in the 1991 Mille Miglia Stotica where it was featured on a BMW poster commemorating the event. The sweeping design of this car influenced a whole generation of post-war sports cars, such as the jaguar XK 120. This picture was taken on 28 December 2016, Sig...