The BMW 1600 GT (also known as the Glas GT) is a pretty obscure car on its own. It’s a two-door ’60s coupe built by BMW in small numbers that sports styling that’s far different from any other Bimmer. Turns out the company planned on building a convertible version for the US, but it never came to fruition. It did build two prototypes, though, and this is the only surviving example.
The BMW Classic center has just announced that its apprentices have completed a years-long restoration of the only 1600 GT convertible, with supervision from their trainers, and it looks stunning. It’s painted in silver, and features a red interior with a matching red soft top and power from a 105-horsepower engine from the 1600 Ti. Early on in the car’s development, the first car was wrecked and scrapped. This one was gifted to a major BMW shareholder after the project was shelved, and passed through private ownership for year before BMW Classic eventually reacquired it.
Now that the project is complete, it will join the many other rare, obscure classics in BMW’s factory collection, which seems like the right place for it to be.
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