Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, blackwall tires, dual horns, Bosch lights, single driving light, dual spotlights, radiator stoneguard, rear mounted spare under a splined metal cover, outside exhaust head pipes. First owned by Dr. William Walter Birge, a U.S. diplomat, later for many years by Dr. Ernst Beeh, M B Kompressor Club President for whom it was restored in Cream with Tan leather in 1999. In 2007 Scott Grundfor repainted and reupholstered it while recessing the into the rear deck spares and devising the cover and earning it the Road & Track Award at the 2008 Pebble Beach Concours.
Market commentary
Sold by Christies at Pebble Beach in 2001 for $1,051,000, then by RM in Monterey a year later for $946,000 in its Cream over Tan phase. After much effort and money, and a few years, it has shot to this value, an expensive but beautifully designed, constructed, restored and maintained car.