Single ownership for more than 35 years
1938 BMW 327 Sport Cabriolet

Les Grandes Marques du Monde à Paris|6 February 2025, 14:00 CET|Paris, The Grand Palais Historique

1938 BMW 327 Sport Cabriolet
Chassis no. 73475

• BMW 328-type 80bhp engine
• One of the most capable sporting cars of its day
• One of only 1,124 327 convertibles made
• German registration document

Introduced for 1938, the 327 sports-tourer used the shortened, boxed, ladder-type chassis of the 326 saloon but with semi-elliptic rear springing in place of torsion bars. BMW's pushrod six had by now been enlarged to 1,971cc and developed around 55bhp in Type 55 form as installed in the 327, which could also be ordered with the 328 sports car's 80bhp 'hemi-head' unit at extra cost. When fitted with the standard engine the 327 was known as the 'Fast Tourer' and with the 328 unit installed as the 'Sport Cabriolet'. A total of 1,124 BMW 327 convertibles had been built when production ceased in 1941.
Delivered new in Germany, this particular BMW 327 Sport Cabriolet has enjoyed single ownership for more than 35 years. The car is offered with its original German registration document; its (rare) original handbook and Ersatzteilliste (spare parts list); an old original German TV; an old original Kraftfahrzeugbrief (registration document); and two sets of keys.

Footnotes

Un propriétaire unique depuis plus de 35 ans
1938 BMW 327 Cabriolet Sport
Châssis n° 73475

• Moteur 80 ch de BMW 328
• L'une des voitures de sport les plus performantes de son temps
• L'un des seulement 1 124 cabriolets 327 produits
• Document d'immatriculation allemand

Lancée en 1938, la sportive 327 reprenait le châssis échelle de la berline 326, raccourci et caissonné, mais avec des ressorts semi-elliptiques à la place des barres de torsion. Le six-cylindres BMW culbuté, porté à 1 971 cm3, développait environ 55 ch dans sa version Type 55 telle que montée sur la 327, mais celle-ci pouvait aussi être commandée moyennant supplément avec le moteur de la 328 de sport, un 80 ch à chambres hémisphériques. Equipée du moteur standard, la 327 était connue sous le nom de 'Routière rapide' et, avec celui de la 328, elle devenait le 'Cabriolet Sport'. Il y eut un total de 1 124 BMW 327 décapotables construites avant que sa production ne prenne fin, en 1941.

Livrée neuve en Allemagne, cette BMW 327 Cabriolet Sport est entre les mains du même propriétaire depuis plus de 35 ans. Elle est proposée munie de ses documents d'immatriculation allemands d'origine, de ses manuel et Ersatzteilliste (catalogue de pièces de rechange) d'origine, des raretés, d'un ancien original de son TüV allemand, de son ancien Kraftfahrzeugbrief (document d'immatriculation) d'origine et de deux jeux de clés.

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