Hello, Do any of you guys have a pre-war German government manufacturing contract stamp (small eagle with swastika) marked on your case anywhere ? I have a...
My R12 has this stamp. I uncovered it during restoration. See: http://www.coretek.org/db/erik/logo.jpg It is stamped into the center of the W. To be...
... Brian, we should set up a FAQ section as this question already occured here at least two times with lots of postings. Those vehicles of BMW (maybe others),...
... Correct. Waffenamt was an institution of the state, checking each item of a bulk order, when received by the producer. Obviously the private company BMW...
Hi All I believe all BMW's built for the Wehmacht whilst under Wehmacht supervision (i.e. during wartime manufacture) were Waffenamt stamped with the...
This is the stamp on my case. After seeing the markings you guys have and reading the posts, I'm a bit more convinced that I probably have either a nice repro...
Hi Brian You could be right, it looks newish, does the condition of the stamp match the condition of the serial number or do they look different? It does look...
Ian, I also noticed the direction the head points. My bike according to BMW, was delivered in June 1940 to a German political Office in Bucharest Rumania. The...
Well that's interesting! Did both you and your friend get both of your bikes from the same route or source? If not it would be unlikely that they both have the...
Ian, This particular bike came from a vintage clothing store in Holland that used the bike as a display so who knows where it was prior to them selling it. My...
Brian Brian In that case it could well be correct? I do know vintage stamp sets are available in fact at the Beltring "War and Peace Show" here in England in...
... Brian Do not confuse the raised, cast in numbers with the part numbers. These numbers only identify the moulds used to cast the parts and not the parts...
Brian and Ian, that is a strange case. For the eagle pleads, that indeed German offices of other sorts like NSDAP and its sub-organizations also ordered bikes....
... Ian, I forgot to answer this question to WaA stamps. The numbers as far as documented till now: a) 1 - 965: standard series b) A-D plus numbers as...
Hello Kradriders, I'm planning on converting my dual carb R12 to the original single carb version, as well as adding a few other parts that are missing... ...
Hi Alex - Do you have the original Amal carbs? If so, I might be interested in trading a Sum carb with an original, very nice condition air filter. I have a...
Hi Steve, Sorry, my bike came with 2 chinese carbs I want to get rid of. Since I also have the original breather tube for the single carb version and a nice...
Here is a betetr photo of the entire stamping divoker <divoker@...> wrote: >Do the numbers differ? Ian, I forgot to answer this question to WaA stamps. The...
Brian, Please forgive me for being so blunt. I believe the numbers and the BMW roundels are counterfeit. I'm not sure I could describe how I know. It's like...
Richard, Blunt is good when we're trying to determine the truth. It saves the money of making the same mistake twice. ... sure I ... face. I know ... ...
Do any of you gentlemen have an interest in me copying to CD, an original German army manual for the R12 for sharing ? I aquired last year a very nice original...
... Brian We had a lengthy thread on the subject of serial numbers running across the last week in January - first 2 weeks in February this year. If you go...
A picture is worth thousand words...... Both the bike being auctioned and a genuine R71..the words on it I found on the vintagebmws list in a post by Mike. ...
