BMW 328s

One of a series of 6 antique automobile color prints completed by John G. Goebel (my father) of Baltimore, Md. We think the originals were created in the late 1950's because none of us children can remember him working on them! Dad had a lifelong love affair with the automobile and drove MG's, Morgan's and Triumph's in his youth.

The originals were found about ten years ago in my attic, and miraculously, still in excellent condition. After being encouraged by friends and aquaintances to market dad's work, we are offering the limited edition color reprints for the first time.

The prints measure 12x18 inches, and are printed on high-quality white stock. The individual prints are offered for 40.00 each or 75.00 matted and mounted suitable for framing in a standard 16x20 frame.

Individual prints will arrive in a crush-proof cardboard tube. Matted prints will arrive in a flat package.


On June 14, 1936, the world-renowned German motorcycle racer and world record holder, Ernst Henne, took part in the Eifel races at the Nurburgring in a new BMW sports car. It was a triumphant debut for the BMW 328, which posted an overall victory in the sports car class.
Expectations were extremely high due to the earlier racing successes of BMW. In fact, the BMW was supposed to break all earlier records. Between 1937 and 1940 an additional 462 BMW 328s would follow the first two cars prepared by the BMW racing department. These would not only bring a large number of victories to both professional and private drivers, they would also prove themselves to be an extremely exciting sports car on the public roads.
The two-liter, 6-cylinder engine of the BMW 328 represented a further refinement of the BMW 319/1. The strengthened tubular frame chassis now bore a modernized body. But the main changes had taken place under the hood. BMW had constructed a totally new cylinder head of light alloy, in which transverse push rods controlled the V-shaped overhead