Retro Classics show in Stuttgart

I visited the Retro Classics show in Stuttgart last Saturday. The show included 1.2 million sq.ft. of everything related to classic cars. If you are in Germany in March 2016 I highly recommend the show.

One 100,000 sq.ft. hall was dedicated to just American cars, one to parts, one to restoration services, one to cars for sale, one to trucks & buses. A nose for a BMW 507 in a booth caught my attention. It was a newly made replacement part for a crash repair. We had a nice conversation with the young craftsman who made the parts from sheet stock. Really impressive work! One both had enough NOS (expensive) Mercedes parts to build a few complete cars. Not a lot of BMW dedicated booths.

There were a only few coupes there, but LOTS of other makes an models.

Was there any booths with coupe parts?

Swobber said:

Was there any booths with coupe parts?

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yes for any coupe branded porsche, or mercedes, there are plenty, bmw is a second class Brand to German people, that or bmw does not invest in classic car events, the bmw booth is ridiculous

you might be able to buy enough replacements from mercedes specialists to build a complete car

i was able to buy a blue coil, or some rubber profiles, that was all

The most impressive display of BMW parts was from a restoration shop. They were repairing a 507 that was crunched in the right front. The young man in the attached image made a the replacement fender and nose parts from sheet stock. That is a skill way beyond anything I could ever do.

Wow. While craftsmen like this keep the history alive, BMW sits idly by while Porsche & Mercedes support their heritage and build brand loyalty.

m_thompson said:

The most impressive display of BMW parts was from a restoration shop. They were repairing a 507 that was crunched in the right front. The young man in the attached image made a the replacement fender and nose parts from sheet stock. That is a skill way beyond anything I could ever do.

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Craftsman...

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Heck, I can see it now; '71 CSL kit? Maybe we can make it more affordable than our Cobra kits were/are... Sfdon can design a very Eco-friendly line of M Damn-Yankee engines to drop in. Better yet: maybe Tesla can offer a Super-Yank-Bav-Electric swap? What's that cool little Toyota-Mazda-Subaru looking thing my 14 year old always yells "Sick!" when he sees? Looks like a Celica, or Opel? A bunch of different companies use the body and put their own motors and labels on? Anyway, how about some classic coupe body with a FARFING EASIER SWAP POTENTIAL! Sheeit, Sfdon scared the nugen out of me and my dream-quest M30B35 swap (now I'm stuck with two big 6 donors and rethinking this D-Jet tune up... Thanks Sfdon -- No, really; thank you). But why not?
I've got some Frankie's saved up. I'll sell my plumbing yard and invest in a like-minded venture...