wolfie308

I've never seen one of these in the U.K, but a customer of mine in Finland sent me these pics of his.....





I'm sure there must be more around - please post pics

MAGK944

iirc there was only one cab made that wasn't an S2, turbo or 968. A company called Bauer was commissioned by the factory to make a concept for the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show. So that car is a 1of1 if it's that car. Or it could be a frankencar that someone created from parts.

admiralkhole

There was a Bauer 944?! Was it traditional Bauer style in that the b/c/d pillars remained? Id love to see pics of it, I like the old Bauer BMW's.

That NA in the first post looks great! I like the wheels too. I have seen another NA vert, but it was another custom job.

ZR8ED

Its a custom kit. I know because I had one. (see my avatar) There were a couple of conversion companies back in those days. My 1986n/a was converted in 1987. A Gemballa body kit was also added at the same time. My cloth top had side windows which made driving visibility easier. The roof over the doors is a removeable targa top. You can drive around in true targa style or drop the rear roof for full on convertable driving.
Car looks good

admiralkhole

It's not showing up on the rennlist mobile app, can you post since pics please?

V2Rocket

that one looks reallly good.

mhr

you sold it?
Too bad very cool car.

FrenchToast

Doors give that away as an aftermarket conversion.

However, it does look like it may be a rare SKV conversion. There are pics of the original brochure somewhere.

This sounds like the SKV conversion, with Targa or full cabrio modes.

Bauer was asked to present proposals for convertibles for the 944. They did both Targa and full cabrio versions. I think the remaining prototypes (which may be all of them) are still in the hands of the factory.

There were at least two Targa proposals: one had just B-pillars and a completely different rear roof, another retained the factory B- and C-pillars as well as the hatch. The full cabrio models of course had no B- or C- pillars, at least three were made.

In the end, I think ASC got the contract.

mhr

Just found this picture of ZR8ED's conversion with my s2 cab a few years ago

MAGK944

Here's the Bauer version at the 1985 Frankfurt Motor Show. Notice it has the factory turbo rear valance so these must be the cars planned for MY86. I'm also curious about the completely red tail lights. Anyone know about these?

admiralkhole

Thanks for sharing! Man I want a cab so bad. I really did the rare conversions! I do like that ASC built the cars with reinforcement, I wonder if the other conversions did similar modifications.

admiralkhole

Awesome! Thank you

ZR8ED

Here is mine. mhr. Yes I sold the car. I found I was not driving it enough, so it was time to go. I do miss it sometimes.
As for questions of the reinforcements. Yes mine had plenty. The doors had a brace, and the inside rockers were different and had extra steel all the way to the firewall from the rear wheel well. I never really noticed it much until I looked closer and compared it to normal 944's. It was pretty stiff. I could jack one wheel up and still open the doors nicely. The targa roof rattled, as it used large sliding pins similar to T top pins on other cars to hold it in place and used additional clamps inside to keep it locked.

Dino V

Beautiful conversion. The windows are definitely the clear give away that it's a conversion.

morghen

The red one is one of the best conversions i've seen, the Baur one is the best tho.