On the 11th of April, we participated in the spring meet & drive from the BMWE21.net ? Jeroen's BMW E21 Network | The world's No 1 E21 website! community in the Apeldoorn area. This event is not limited to owners of the BMW E21, but also to owners of other BMW models from the sharknose era. As part of the trip, we visited the Veluwsche Stroomtrein Maatschappij, a non-profit organization that maintains and operates old steam-powered Locomotives in the Netherlands.
(Picture courtesy: member bmwe21.net)
After enjoying lunch where I met another owner of an E28 M5 by coincidence, we resumed our driving tour through the Dutch countryside where Jeroen (a.k.a member bmwe21.net) took some great pictures of the cars.
(Picture courtesy: member bmwe21.net)
(Picture courtesy: member bmwe21.net)
The following picture is a nice action shot from behind with me following Gerrit in his lovely E21 Hartge 323i that also is a very impressive car.
(Picture courtesy: member bmwe21.net)
Some time ago, I was asked if I would be willing to lend my E28 M5 to BMW the Netherlands for a classic car exhibition at the Amsterdam International auto show that is currently being held (16 till 26 April 2015) at the RAI exhibition center. Since the exposure is relatively it was obvious that some agreements were made before committing….. But a long story short, #231 has taken the honours of participating in the top 75 classic cars that are displayed in booth 7.
(Picture courtesy: Classic BMW club of the Netherlands)
(Picture courtesy: Classic BMW club of the Netherlands)
The only other BMW on display in the classic exhibition is an early Neue Klasse from 1962. The organization of the Amsterdam International auto show was keen on getting their hands on an E28 M5 because it is now thirty years ago that the M5 was presented to the public in the 1985 event. As there aren’t that many around in Holland, let alone examples in presentable condition, they reverted back to a referral from the F. Breeman M event of June 2015 in which she participated as well.