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Sometimes the stars and the moon are in alignment and things just fall into place! That's how it was for me in visiting Reinhard Kleißler Klassik cars in the Black Forrest area of Germany.

A few weeks ago in another thread the forums member larryn mentioned this cool used car dealership that he came across while on his ED of his old e90. As luck would have it... I was meeting up with some friends in the Black Forrest and we all decided to meet up at Kleißler shop in Gundelfingen. I want to thank larryn for telling me about this awesome place.

Now I should warn any of you who are thinking of dropping by... this guy is quite the eccentric guy/type. His collection was worth a small fortune and he was kind of protective of who he lets in to see it. You can always schedule an appointment IF you are looking for a classic BMW - that might be one way to be sure to get in. Or... just drop by and take a chance on his mood like I did. At the end of our meeting I thanked him and gave him a package of some HariBo gummi bears - I think he liked that.

I will say that every car I saw here was PRISTINE. I mean like really clean. No rust or wear and tear. These cars were near museum piece quality. It's very rare you see that here in Germany. Also almost every car was for sale, except for that white VW Beetle, that old Fiat and a Lancia downstairs in the big main hall.

Also... even though I had the shop's address... this place was kind of hard to find! Even my Navi/GPS was a little confused. Basically there is a small FIAT dealer next door(on the same side of the road) and out front of Kleißler's shop are a bunch of parked RV's and a used car lot that straddles the narrow road that leads back to his shop. There is a huge big black warehouse across the street too. The place sits way off the main road... so this lends to part of its charm bc it makes it difficult to find. Perhaps this is done intentionally ?

If you drive past on the B3 Bundesstrasse, you can see his shop from the highway. What a sight! But like I said... once you drive into the industrial area... you have to be looking really hard to find this place. Sometimes that's the best clue your onto a cool shop... because people HAVE to know where to go... and it keeps the rift raft out. There was also a brand new Edeka(E-Center) grocery store down the street - which made for a nice place to grab lunch at the local bakery/cafe - inside of the Edeka.




Reinhard Kleißler
Industriestraße 17,
79194 Gundelfingen

www.kleissler-automobile.de



But IF you can talk your way into his shop.... man did he have some rare BMW's inside!! Most of the really rare stuff was upstairs... but even downstairs, in the main garage were some rare gems. I really had to work my way quickly thru this place - I think I made the guy nervous. There was so many cool cars or interesting model cars in every corner I looked. But I could tell I was making the owner a little weary with all the photos I was taking of his place. He did have quite a bit of security cameras hidden all over the place. Pretty much every you see here was for sale. I think the most rarest car he had was the 503(?) for 400K euros. He even had an Alpina Z1 for sale! I think he said only one for 27(?) ever built ? I think he wanted 160K euros for that Z1! But a lot of his cars were quite reasonably priced.


Here is my little tour of Kleißler's shop...

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