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1950 Veritas Scorpion

VIN: 5095

$310,000

Unsold

High bid

1950 Veritas Scorpion

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Vehicle specs

  • Chassis/VIN

    5095

  • Body style

    Convertible

  • Odometer

    4460 km

  • Transmission type

    Standard

  • Interior Color

    Brown leather

  • Exterior Color

    Blue

Vehicle details

Notes and observations recorded by Hagerty staff.

Equipment

1,988/90hp BMW 328 engine, 4-speed, independent front suspension, deDion rear suspension, Bosch headlights and fog lights, fender skirts, whitewalls, chrome centerlock disc wheels, tinted sun visors.

Condition

#2 Excellent

Could win a regional car show. Drives like new.

About Hagerty’s condition ratingsClose

The engine bay is a little grimy but presentable. Badges are a little faded. Good but orange peely older paint and chrome. Good lightly worn and surface cracked upholstery, scraped steering wheel rim. Restored many years ago and more recently cosmetically freshened by BMW Classic. Strangely styled and larded up with gewgaws and fussy features, but very distinctive and impossible to ignore.

Market commentary

Reported bid to $450,000 at Bonhams Quail Lodge auction last August, even with a drastically lowered estimate range this Veritas failed to attract sufficient interest here at Fernandina Beach and once again went unsold. It is a peculiar car, with an even more peculiar design with more in common with California customs of the period than with European design. It might be argued that a Veritas belongs in a serious BMW collection, but it might also be argued that it doesn't and it will take a rare combination of open-minded collectors to find it the right home that meets the consignor's value expectations.

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