Cadillac Model E Runabout 1905, Estados Unidos

 

Cadillac Model E Runabout 1905, Estados Unidos
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In 1904, Cadillac launched its new Model D, featuring the now conventional automotive layout with a front-mounted, 30-horsepower, four-cylinder engine on a 100-inch-wheelbase chassis. Despite this novel offering, demand for Cadillac’s original single-cylinder models continued. To keep up with the times, the single-cylinder Model E, a two-passenger runabout, and Model F, offered as a four-passenger tourer or delivery vehicle, adopted an “engine hood” in the style of the latest front-engine cars, even though the actual engine was still under the seat, just as it had been since the single-cylinder Cadillac made its debut in 1905.
Cute as a button, the brass-trimmed Model E enjoyed sprightly performance. “The Power of a Cadillac Never Diminishes,” one advertisement claimed. “Even after a year’s service, it is not unusual for a Cadillac motor, when given the proper care, to develop 20 percent more power than originally rated. Ample reserve energy enables the Cadillac to go anywhere.”
The Model E Runabout offered here was acquired by the present owner in 2013. The previous owner had acquired it from the collection of well-known brass car enthusiast Les Schuchardt in South Dakota. Mr. Schuchardt had completed a great deal of the car’s restoration, including an exacting recreation of the original “beetleback” wooden coachwork, as well as a mechanical rebuild. Upon acquiring it, the subsequent owner then commissioned RM Auto Restoration to complete the restoration, which involved disassembling it, adding show-quality brass, and carefully painting all components to a concours level in a traditional dark green, striped in yellow. Though a top was not standard equipment, the car was fitted with the correct brackets and accessories to install one, should the new owner desire. The car also features correct headlamps and a steering column-mounted bulb horn.

BMW 327/28 Sport Cabriolet 1938, Alemanha

 

BMW 327/28 Sport Cabriolet 1938, Alemanha
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In April 1938, BMW introduced the option of ordering its 327 Sports Cabriolet with the more powerful Type 328 engine, which it badged as the “327/28”. The 328 powerplant raised the top speed to 140 km/h, ensuring the model became a firm favourite with amateur racers in the post-war era. Production ended in late 1940, with just 569 examples built.
This 327/28 was ordered new via the Danish agent, Skandinavisk Moter of Copenhagen, with the first owner taking delivery on 5 April 1939, and registering the car in Aalborg. By 1949, the BMW had been sold to Peter Morgens Skarring, an avid amateur racer. Following his purchase, Skarring entered the 327/28 into the Lufthavnsløbet race in Copenhagen on 18 September 1949. Campaigning the BMW throughout the early 1950s, period photographs show Skarring competing in the 1950 Tulip Rally and the 1951 Viking Rally in Norway. Notably, this 327/28 raced at the inaugural 1950 Svenska Rallyt till Midnattssolen, which later became Rally Sweden.
In 1953, this 327/28 was sold to its third owner, subsequently changing hands several times before being taken off the road in January 1964. After sitting for six years, the 327/38 sold on in 1970; a workshop fire resulted in a full restoration being required. The new owner had the chassis restored by BMW 328 expert Yngve Falk, and in 1992 sold the unfinished car to a fellow BMW enthusiast, who was also unable to complete the car before passing away in 1999.
The current owner’s father acquired this BMW 327/28 from the seller’s widow in September 1999. He asked Yngve Falk to manage the restoration, with the bodywork and interior being completed in Sweden. TT Workshop in the UK rebuilt the braking system and supplied a BMW 328 engine with a Bristol cylinder head. The standard transmission was replaced with a synchromesh Volvo unit.
This 327/28 was lovingly maintained throughout two decades of ownership, with no expense being spared. Invoices in the history file total in excess of €150,000, and are accompanied by period photographs, along with detailed research on the car’s history. Chassis 74308 presents a wonderful opportunity to acquire an extremely rare BMW 327/28 Sports Cabriolet, with fascinating period competition history and enviable provenance.