This 1980 BMW M1, beforehand a part of the AE Efficiency assortment (Paul Walker and Roger Rodas), is up on the market once more. It’s believed to be one in all simply ten examples modified by German BMW seller AHG.
BMW’s mid-engine supercar was already a spectacular homologation particular that was finally little greater than a race automotive for the highway. AHG’s modifications took it to the following degree, massaging one other practically 75 horsepower out of the engine (for a complete of roughly 350) and bedecking the automotive with a singular physique equipment, a customized paint job and three-piece BBS wheels.
This specific automotive (chassis # WBS00000094301090) reveals some put on, particularly on the within, however nothing in any respect alarming. The Carry a Trailer itemizing notes that it isn’t eligible for registration in California resulting from emissions. We suspect the dealer-installed engine modifications could also be guilty for that. Extracting that a lot further horsepower from an emissions-choked engine of the late Seventies seemingly meant circumventing a few of these controls.
The itemizing for the public sale sits at $350,000 on the time we printed this, however after trying again at some earlier gross sales and auctions, we now have the sensation this one may go for fairly a bit extra simply based mostly on its celeb connection. A sampling of 21 two- and four-wheeled autos from the non-public assortment of the late “Quick & Livid” franchise star fetched greater than $2.3 million at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale a 12 months in the past largely partly resulting from wholesome bidding on Walker’s assortment of 1995 BMW M3 Lightweights. Fascinating as these vehicles could also be, nonetheless, Walker’s affiliation with them actually did not harm.
AE Efficiency (owned by Walker and Rodas) owned the automotive solely briefly. Till 2011, it resided in Texas. The present proprietor bought it from the gathering in 2014.
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