Bmw 635 Gemballa

Mystery - BMW M635CSI Gemballa In 1981, a man named Uwe Gemballa wanted to start a tuning company named after him. Gemballa further added shorter springs and stiffer shock absorbers. All told, this Gemballa-modified 635CSi cost 240,000 Deutsche Marks, roughly $160,000 today.

Speedhunters is an international collective of photographers, writers and drivers with a shared passion for uncovering the world's most exciting car culture stories. About this BMW, since we've just covered Gemballa itself. In the middle of the 80's a buyer from the United Arab Emirates bought the 635CSi E24, which features the standard Gemballa look that includes yellow paint and an interior unlike anything else.

1986 BMW M3 E30 Gemballa Additional Info: Gemballa has been around for quite a while. Since the early 80's they've been creating designs for a wide variety of Porsches, BMW and a few Mercedes and Ferraris thrown in as well. Honestly, most of their designs we liked crazy wide and wild.

The Gemballa E24 635CSi was a wide body kit sitting on 15" Ronal Racing wheels. Interior featured four, fully adjustable Recaro C-Seats covered in the fabric of the customer's choice. Back in 1981, a young man named Uwe Gemballa started a tuning company that bore his name.

Before the days of aftermarket firms like Liberty Walk and Mansory, Gemballa was one of the first to go. Just stumbled on these pictures of a by Gemballa converted M635csi found in Iraq in 2003 during the second Gulf war. It apparently belonged to the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein.

Originally the conversion costed almost twice the price of a M635csi, which added to the price of the car itself which you had to supply yourself! Gemballa BMW M635CSi (E24). In the 1980s, Gemballa was the record holder for wide cars.

Their 635 CSi was given the typical wide-body conversion with air ducts to cool the huge rear wheels and brakes. The car sounded utterly brilliant with its 3.5 -liter six-cylinder M-Power engine, which produced 286 bhp at 6500 rpm.