So far 2009 has been an absolutely great year for me, a few weeks ago I bought my first car, a BMW Bavaria made in 1971. I picked it up off a friend who’s a BMW mechanic out in Hampden, and is moving to Ireland in a month. So.. in short I got the car in great shape, probably the best shape a 38 year old car could be, and I picked it up for almost nothing. Basically, I’m ecstatic.

Along with the car I got work history going all the way back to 1986, the year of my birth, and tons of original literature and documentation that came with the car. From what I can tell the Bavaria has been in Maryland it’s entire life.

I just got it registered last week, with historic plates, and it drives like a dream, I’m a total BMW fan-boy now, what can I say? My car was part of what BMW called “The New Six”, which was their emergence into the luxury sports car market. Here’s a couple great ads from “The New SIx” ad campaign, both are Bavaria’s from ’71.

Oh and here’s how she sounds.