BMW 503 Cabriolet Series II |
Completed: |
1959 |
Originally delivered: |
South Africa |
Original colour: |
weiß |
Original interior: |
schwarz |
Comments: |
The BMW 503 Cabriolet on offer has been delivered to its first owner the |
| BMW importer Polliak in Johannisburg/RSA in 1960. It was the seventh to the | |
| last built 503 Cabriolet Series II. For a couple of years Mr. Polliak used the car | |
| by himself before he sold it to Switzerland. The car became for thirty years part | |
| of a small collection near to Lausanne always maintained properly. In 1998 the | |
| whole collection has been sold and the 503 cabriolet came into the hands of a | |
| collector out of the Netherlands who commisioned a two years complete | |
| restoration at the well respected company of Bart Holland. The restoration is | |
| documented by lots of photos and bills which exceeded 100.000,- €. Later it | |
| came to Germany where it was serviced at the famous BMW specialist | |
| Feierabend near to Würzburg who serviced the car perfectly. In early 2008 the | |
| car came to the last owner which is a Swiss resident. In the last two years the car | |
| has been used regurlarly in different ralleys and events and it has been | |
| maintained perfectly in Switzerland. All the bills and service records in the last 15 | |
| years have been collected. | |
| The BMW 503 Cabriolet has been produced in the late fifties parallel to the | |
| amazing 507 two seater cabriolet which has been produced only 252 times. In | |
| the early days the four seater cabriolet found only 139 owners from which only | |
| 58 cabriolets came with the four speed gear shift situated in the centre console. | |
| It is told that not more than 45 cars survived. The 503 has been produced in | |
| alloy as well as the 507 and it received more or less the same alloy 8-cylinder | |
| engine. It is equipped with the hydraulic softtop which was a real sensation in | |
| the after war period in the fifties in Germany. The car has been designed by the | |
| famous Count Görtz with its elegant lines and due to the enormous effort to | |
| built up a perfect modern sportscar it has been more expensive at the BMW | |
| dealers in its early days than the 507 Cabriolet. It seems to be a rare | |
| opportunity to acquire one of the very few 503 Cabriolet Series II in a | |
| similar condition. | |
| The car will be delivered with a FIVA passport and the whole restoration report | |
| and lots of service records. |
| It still has its Swiss title and needs to be imported again into the EU or | |
| Germany. |
Price: |
on request |
