re: world's nicest M6

["Michael Wendell" <mwendell@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> a black 1986 M6 that was rebuilt entirely after it
> came off the production line.  I believe the car
> was featured in a Roundel article a few years back.
> Over 8000 hours went into the redo......2000 hours
> alone were spent in Junior Conway's shop on a fresh
> nitrocellulose lacquer paint job.  Engine is Groupe
> A Motorsport issue with 350+ HP. Current mileage on
> the odometer is 173 although it has tens of
> thousands of air miles.

i remember reading about this car (it was featured in BMW magazine -
august 1996). i'm very confused, my brain hurts. this man takes
delivery of a brand new M6 in 1986, and immediately returns it to BMW
to sit in a garage in new jersey for a year or so while the engine and
suspension is completely upgraded with an eye towards performance AND
reliability. he then sends it to california for 5 years, where it sits
in another garage getting new paint and a completely new interior. it
comes home and is fitted with all kinds of electric doodads and
geegaws (big stereo, , better headlights, twin radar detectors, police
siren), including a power memory drivers seat from a RHD car (so the
passenger has memory seats as well - over $12k). the grand total of
his investment is reported by BMW car magazine to be over $250,000.

...and the car has only 173 miles on it.

the owner said in the article 'i certainly don't plan to use the car'

uhhh. sure. that's not crazy.

m.

ps: and steve, you couldn't sell this guy a LIFT? <g>

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