1953 EMW - Lot 27

1953 EMW Type R35-3 Soviet version Serial number: 242977 350 cm3 Collector's registration 5 000 / 8 000 € In 1928, BMW acquired the German carmaker Dixi and its factory in Eisenach, a Thuringian town some 400 km north of Munich. It was here that BMW built some of its most powerful models, such as the 325. When, in 1940, the German government ordered industry to devote itself almost exclusively to the war effort, BMW stopped production of the R 35 in Munich and transferred the stock of unsold spare parts to Eisenach. At the end of the war, Eisenach was in the Soviet-occupied zone, then integrated into the German Democratic Republic. The Eisenach plant was requisitioned and, in 1945, resumed production of automobiles, followed by R 35 motorcycles. Between 1945 and 1955, three versions of the R 35 were successively produced in Eisenach under the BMW brand and, from 1952, under the EMW brand: the R 35/1, identical to the pre-war R 35; the R 35/2, equipped with a hydraulic telescopic fork and produced for a few months in 1952; and the R 35/3, with hydraulic fork, sliding rear suspension and foot-operated gearshift, and, from 1953, pre-equipped to be coupled as a sidecar. The file includes numerous documents on the brand. This machine had been restored by its previous owner. We recommend that future purchasers carry out the usual restorations due to the immobilization of these machines in the collector's museum. We recommend that future purchasers carry out the customary restarts required by the immobilization of these machines in the collector's museum. 1953 EMW Type R35-3 Soviet version Serial number: 242977 350 cm3 Collector's registration 5 000 / 8 000 € In 1928, BMW acquired the German carmaker Dixi and its factory in Eisenach, a Thuringian town some 400 km north of Munich. It was here that BMW built some of its most powerful models, such as the 325. When, in 1940, the German government ordered industry to devote itself almost exclusively to the war effort, BMW stopped production of the R 35 in Munich and transferred the stock of unsold spare parts to Eisenach. At the end of the war, Eisenach was in the Soviet-occupied zone, then integrated into the German Democratic Republic. The Eisenach plant was requisitioned and, in 1945, resumed production of automobiles, followed by R 35 motorcycles. Between 1945 and 1955, three versions of the R 35 were successively produced in Eisenach under the BMW brand and, from 1952, under the EMW brand: the R 35/1, identical to the pre-war R 35; the R 35/2, equipped with a hydraulic telescopic fork and produced for a few months in 1952; and the R 35/3, with hydraulic fork, sliding rear suspension and foot-operated gearshift, and, from 1953, pre-equipped to be coupled as a sidecar. The file includes numerous documents on the brand. This machine had been restored by its previous owner.