BMW 3.0 CSL 'Group 2'

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BMW 3.5 CSL Turbo Group 5

Originally the car was supposed to be chassis 2275980.

In 1975 the BMW Motorsport Team made a shell available to Joseph Schnitzer for him to use as a development car for the turbo car he had been contracted to develop. The shell was modified by Schnitzer with its radiators in the rear wheel arches, the massive extended front cow catcher front spoiler and sweeping rear fins and wing, and it was used for testing to prove the concept and to allow Motorsport to build 2275981 as the official World Series of Makes Group 5 team car. When the development program ended, Joseph Schnitzer returned the car to BMW who made it available to Bepp Meyer, an experienced amateur BMW racer, who had started his career in 1971 and was competing in German nation championship races. There are no records I can find as to which engine was fitted but probably an M49/3, the vertically mounted final version of the 24 valve unit which by then was dominating the over 3 litre normally aspirated classes.
Bepp Meyer’s birthday was 16 May 1936 so the car was given unique chassis number instead BMW Motorsport chassis number which would have been 2275980 and it has never been officially listed.

Source: lezebre.eu / John Castle