AutoCult BMW 326 Stromlinie Wendler (1936) (Germany)

About the Original

The Round One from Reutlingen

In the 1920s, company boss Adolf Wendler earned a first-class reputation for his company ‘Karosseriebau Wendler’ through high-quality work. Nearly 60 chassis with an extra sheet metal cladding left the Reutlingen factory during this decade, and in the ear from 1930 onwards the number even rose to 270 units. Innovations and first-class craftsmanship led to numerous well-heeled personalities turning to the company and ordering a special car body. The 100 employees took care of almost every substructure and so newly clad cars were created, for example on the basis of a BMW Type 326, which led to a very successful car.

In 1937, the company not only provide for a one-off production with a new body, but also carried the car as a permanent offer in its range because, they even printed a sales brochure for it. In it, the Reutlingen plant advertised its BMW 326 with the pithy words “50 hp … Streamline 3-4 seated …” and apparently relied above all on the fact that the body transmitted its effect to the viewer through photos. It was striking that the new, very streamlined metal cladding no longer showed association with the original Munich series car. It is not known how many of these racy BMW streamliners left the factory.