The BMW 507 Ultimate Build Thread!!! - Page 78

**A12pilot** · #1 07-26-2023, 11:16 AM

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.... and it's insured! VIN assignment and title next month!

It's getting to be a real car!

Cheers
Dave

MarcDant · #2 07-26-2023, 12:24 PM

You literally carved a piece of wood into a 507 , start to finish with your unique fabrication skills & humble approach, thank you for your updates and always look forward to your many finished projects.

**A12pilot** · #3 07-26-2023, 06:10 PM

Thank you, Marc! I appreciate the compliments and thanks for following along!

More to come soon.

Cheers
Dave

**A12pilot** · #4 07-29-2023, 12:02 AM

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So, the BMWizing of the little Olds that could is complete! Well, almost. This will do until the 2x2 intake is done for the final version after paint. This is an E10 air cleaner I modded to fit. I think it looks pretty close to what a stock single carbed V8 looks like. Incidentally, I have a picture of that I'll post up later. A few minor things (breather, PCV hose, and brake booster vacuum port) left then the engine bay will be just about done!

Power is applied and everthing works AFTER I figured out I have a bad turn signal switch (brand new junk), two bad headlight switches (garbage), and best part? I installed generic cheap replacements on the spare parts shelf and everthing works. Brand new parts, inop. Good times!

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So next week, fuel and brakes bled, then a running video!!

More to come

Cheers
Dave

**Xplantdad** · #5 07-29-2023, 07:27 PM

Wow, wow, WOW!!

**69M22Z** · #6 07-29-2023, 07:32 PM

It's alive!!!

**tom406** · #7 07-30-2023, 01:21 AM

I was at Goodguys today and showed a nice older gentleman pictures of your build. I thought he would appreciate it since he decided to recreate a ‘39 BMW 328 out of thin air for himself! His uses a drivetrain out of a ‘70’s 2002.

**A12pilot** · #8 07-30-2023, 11:09 AM

Thanks, guys! Wow, Tom. That’s slick! It does resemble the Sbarro 328 replicas based off the 2002s. That might be one since it's based off the same platform. There’s far more 328 replicas floating around than 507s. Looks like he did a nice job on that one!

Cheers
Dave

Lee Stewart · #9 08-02-2023, 03:20 AM

We Were Offered $9 Million For Elvis Presley's BMW .

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AFTER years of neglect, a 1957 feather white BMW 507 that previously belonged to Elvis Presley has been fully restored - and is now the most 'valuable' of its kind in the world. Elvis owned the car when he posted in Germany as a US Army Sergeant, but later sold it when he returned to the US. Nobody knew what had happened to the famous car up until 2014, when automotive journalist Jackie Jouret discovered that it had been sitting in a pumpkin warehouse on the outskirts of San Francisco for over 30 years. Its new owner, named Jack Castor, had no idea about who the car had previously belonged to. Jackie said: “I got the feeling that he wasn’t a fan of Elvis in the slightest. We take the tarp off, and the car is in-tact but rough shape. An ordinary 507 is really a $1.2-1.5 million car, but with the Elvis association it suddenly becomes the most valuable 507 in the world.” After finding out about the car’s history, Castor sent the BMW to be restored, but he sadly passed away before it was completed. The car now features at the BMW Museum in Munich, mere miles away from where it was first manufactured.

**A12pilot** · #10 08-03-2023, 10:20 AM

In the spirit of that video, here's a short of me brining the car outside for the first start!

https://youtu.be/A-bRXBqVvNE

Cheers
Dave

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