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John Surtees' BMW 507 up for auction

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John owned it from new. "The story goes that Surtees, nicknamed "Il Grande John" by fans, was the reigning 1956 500cc Motorcycle World Champion at the time while riding for the Count Domenico Agusta’s MV Agusta factory team. It was then that he spotted BMW engineering director Alexander von Falkenhausen and the ever-elegant 507.
As fate would have it, Count Agusta had mentioned to Surtees that he would like to give him a congratulatory reward for taking the World Championship...."

The rest of the story here: https://www.thedrive.com/news/19419/rare-bmw-507-from-legendary-racer-john-surtees-to-be-auctioned


One of 252 507's, auction estimate is $2.8 million.

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