the borgward was great to see, I can't say I've ever seen (or noticed) one before, how many Borgwards are in the country?

No not restored, completely original 33000 mls. Unfortunately I scraped it on the weekend... Just a little rear quarter damage, nothing too serious or unfixable, just a pain. You had the mustard coloured S up the back yeh?

_________________

bummer about the scrape... that's my S you saw, it's very original too, just not as well looked after in it's life as your K

Yeh I took note of it though as being quite original, being one of only a handful of Aussie S's with the original dark grey/gunmetal ventilated steel wheels which i reckon look fantastic, and the only Aussie S ive ever seen with the original bus wheel. I knew that BMC/BL fitted them that way as standard but just had never seen evidence of it. I was in the market for an S when I bought the K and have seen all sorts but i like original cars the most, hence i hold yours in high regard!

_________________

skssgn,

There is around 100 Borgwards in Australia. Of which about 50 are the Coupe's like mine.

There are probably only around 20 on the road. There are a few that are regularly driven around Melbourne. There is also one that lives in Denilliquin in your area.

HRS

thanks the previous owner put them on in place of a set of contessas, and I probably wouldn't have bought it in that case - they are the wrong colour though, they should be silver birch like your wheels (so I believe)



yeah, I love that too - I'm working on a wheel in better condition than the one that's on it, but it'll definitely be keeping the standard one



I know of a guy who would hold your car in much higher regard than mine, my first 2 minis were K's, and I've got a soft spot for them - the only really uniquely Australian mini... that said, a very original '70 S is my dream car, so I'm stoked with this one, and I get to drive it every day!

HRS - I almost mistook it for a Volvo P1800 (shock!), my Dad glanced at it as I was checking it out and said 'oh, that's a Borgward' casual as anything... bastard knew all about it! nice car if I haven't said so already