RE: Alice's Restaurant vehicle pictures - 18

Here are photos of an interesting car that I had never seen before parked across from Alice's Restaurant today. It is a BMW 700 Capri. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the car that was powered by a rear-drive twin cylinder 700cc boxer engine. Sorry about the reflections in the window of the photo of the car's interior:

The BMW 700 is a small rear-engined car which was produced by BMW in various models from August 1959 to November 1965. It was the first BMW automobile with a monocoque structure. The 700 was a sales success at a time when BMW was close to financial ruin.[5] The 700 was also successful in its class in motorsport, both in its stock form and as the basis of a racing special called the 700RS.

More than 188,000 were sold before production ended in November 1965. Upon discontinuing the 700, BMW left the economy car market.

The engine was an enlarged version of that used in the R67 motorcycle and the 600. With a bore of 78 millimetres (3.1 in) and 73 millimetres (2.9 in) of stroke, the engine displaced 697 cubic centimetres (42.5 cu in). The engine originally used a single Solex 34PCI carburetor and had a compression ratio of 7.5:1, resulting in a power output of 30 horsepower (22 kW).[

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #256

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Here are photos of an interesting car that I had never seen before parked across from Alice's Restaurant today. It is a BMW 700 Capri. ...the car that was powered by a rear-drive twin cylinder 700cc boxer engine.

The engine was an enlarged version of that used in the R67 motorcycle and the 600. With a bore of 78 millimetres (3.1 in) and 73 millimetres (2.9 in) of stroke, the engine displaced 697 cubic centimetres (42.5 cu in). The engine originally used a single Solex 34PCI carburetor and had a compression ratio of 7.5:1, resulting in a power output of 30 horsepower (22 kW).[[/i]

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Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #257

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #256

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Here are photos of an interesting car that I had never seen before parked across from Alice's Restaurant today. It is a BMW 700 Capri. ...the car that was powered by a rear-drive twin cylinder 700cc boxer engine.

The engine was an enlarged version of that used in the R67 motorcycle and the 600. With a bore of 78 millimetres (3.1 in) and 73 millimetres (2.9 in) of stroke, the engine displaced 697 cubic centimetres (42.5 cu in). The engine originally used a single Solex 34PCI carburetor and had a compression ratio of 7.5:1, resulting in a power output of 30 horsepower (22 kW).[[/i]

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The last 38 years, my car has always produced less power than my motorcycle. Love the use of these efficient motors. Had to look this one up. Quite a bit of variation throught the years. The second photo is a '65. The bottom photo is a rare Apfelbeck boxer motor ithat came up for auction in Germany in 2019. "These engines were the highest development of the boxer motor in the 700. They were used in the 700 RS hillclimb cars and put out something north of 80 HP. "

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Here is today's photo taken at the front of Alice's restaurant.

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Sounds fair to me, 🤔

Here are a selection of motorcycle photos that I took this morning at Alice's Restaurant. Sorry about the poor quality of some of them. It was early in the morning and I had trouble with the morning sunlight.

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Yesterday, in the Alice's Restaurant parking lot, I saw a well-preserved 1956 (36 horsepower - note the license plate) VW Beetle. Photos attached.

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #262

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Yesterday, in the Alice's Restaurant parking lot, I saw a well-preserved 1956 (36 horsepower - note the license plate) VW Beetle. Photos attached.

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Something dodgy about the rear end? Suspect its not original

Zitat von Ali-bear im Beitrag #264

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Something dodgy about the rear end? Suspect its not original

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I've had a good look and it looks pretty good to me😉

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #263

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Zitat von wessie im Beitrag #268

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Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #267

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Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #263

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So, which one is Wessie?

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channelling @Bravo is never a good look

anyway, I was thinking they must be in the family, so to speak, but my neck has never been that red ...

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Zitat von zer0netgain im Beitrag #267

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So, which one is Wessie?

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