BMW 507
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.
Unveiled to gasps of delight at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1955, the remarkably beautiful styling of the two-seater 507 came from the drawing board of German Count Albrecht Goertz, influenced not a little by U.S. BMW importer Max Hoffman. The new car was sleek and aggressive with a light alloy skin over a metal frame and handsome pressed-steel wheels.
The lightweight 90-degree V8 engine ticked over in sepulchral silence, but had an impressively roaring bark when revved to its maximum, producing 150 hp at 5,000 rpm. This was good enough for a top speed of more than 125 mph. Undoubtedly a driver's car, the 507 responds briskly to enthusiastic use of the gears, with any shortcomings in the braking of earlier production vehicles well rectified in the late examples.
This late production 507, originally an export model, was built in November 1959 and shipped to the U.S. the following month. Records confirm its original Graphite livery and hard top. Since completion of a no-expense-spared restoration, this definitive German sports car has participated as
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.
Unveiled to gasps of delight at the Frankfurt Auto Show in 1955, the remarkably beautiful styling of the two-seater 507 came from the drawing board of German Count Albrecht Goertz, influenced not a little by U.S. BMW importer Max Hoffman. The new car was sleek and aggressive with a light alloy skin over a metal frame and handsome pressed-steel wheels.
The lightweight 90-degree V8 engine ticked over in sepulchral silence, but had an impressively roaring bark when revved to its maximum, producing 150 hp at 5,000 rpm. This was good enough for a top speed of more than 125 mph. Undoubtedly a driver's car, the 507 responds briskly to enthusiastic use of the gears, with any shortcomings in the braking of earlier production vehicles well rectified in the late examples.
This late production 507, originally an export model, was built in November 1959 and shipped to the U.S. the following month. Records confirm its original Graphite livery and hard top. Since completion of a no-expense-spared restoration, this definitive German sports car has participated as
Dimensions: 12x18
Medium: print
$48.00