2015 Intermarque Spring Kick Off

A great article featuring Ron Engle’s Borgward Isabella coupe. Well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it already, Ron’s car is an excellent example of the marque – having been featured in Hemmings as referenced in the video.

Hansa 1100 x 2 for sale

A rare thing, but two Borgward Hansa 1100’s are for sale at the very lower end of New Zealand, located in Invercargill.

These were picked up a while back for restoration, but it looks like the owner has decided to move them on. Pretty rare combi’s so hopefully one good one can be made from the two.

You can see more here (while available)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/other/auction-1050840116.htm

 

Danger Man

From 1960 comes an episode of the short lived Danger Man, featuring our hero, John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) in a Borgward Isabella. Enjoy! Oh, and skip to about the 7min mark if you just want the Isabella. Thanks to the IMCDB for the inspiration.

Borgward Pick Up

What I assume (please correct me!) is an after market act of creativity, a Borgward Isabella pick up (or ute as we cal them in New Zealand).

 

It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but you can’t fault the attention to detail – looking under the car it’s clear a lot of work has gone into this restoration.

Hymer Caravano video tour

To compliment the last post, here’s a short you tube clip of the Caravano 3 (in english).

 

Borgward Hymer Caravano camper

German camper manufacturer Hymer started their business with a very good choice (although the timing wasn’t ideal), choosing the Borgward B611 as the basis for the first production range of converted van’s offered as campers.

Three Goliaths ready and waiting

Dale from http://www.driven.co added a comment to the site advising he has three Goliath’s available – a sports coupe, coupe and Kombi. You can check out the photo’s

Borgward seeing double at Huntington beach

A great little video clip of two Borgwards on show at Huntington beach in California, USA.

Borgward Isabella times two

Johannesburg to Cape Town Record

A record set by a Borgward Isabella in 1960 still stands today. 

Borgward Barn Find

Newly listed on Craigs List are two Borgward Isabella’s. One is a coupe, the other a kombi. Both look to be in ok condition, but needing some work. Follow the link here 

Borgward is back and buzzing

As anyone close to Borgward will know, the Borgward marque is one not known to many car enthusiasts. Even at major car events if you mention you own a Borgward people often take a minute and either vaguely recall seeing one once or simply draw a blank. Well, awareness of Borgward took a bit of a jump last week with the announcement of a new car to be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show next week.

Goliath Barnfind

A friendly fellow enthusiast shared with me a site he follows: Barnfinds.com. They site periodically show the odd Borgward, Goliath, Hansa or Lloyd – as well as a host of other interesting finds.

Goodwood Revival 2014 Borgward

All three days full coverage of the Goodwood Revival are available for viewing on you tube. If you’re interested in seeing Gavin Watson’s Borgward strutting it’s stuff, shift to the 3:50′ mark in the below clip. Happy viewing!

1960 Borgward Isabella paint combo

One long term goal is to give my Isabella a new paint job. Unfortunately there are the odd spots that need attention – including some form of paint issue specific to the bonnet that necessitates a respray at some stage.

Borgward – Cult Brand

A Radio Bremen video discussing the Kultmarke (cult brand) of Borgward

Borgward feature in Classic Driver magazine

To celebrate 60 years of Borgward Isabella, Classic Driver magazine New Zealand have completed a great feature article – including two excellent Borgwards on the cover.  The article covers the history of Borgward and features Chris Butler’s 1956 sedan and 1960 coupe, as well as Brian Bognuda’s 1957 Kombi.

Lloyd Alexander Frua

Here’s a very informative page on the Ghia/Frua designed Lloyd Alexander. This is a very rare car and the site provides a good over view on a number of the remaining models.  You can check it our here. Image by Georg Sander, for more see flickr

59 Borgward Combi’s update

Two Borgward Hansa Goliath 1100’s are under restoration in New Zealand, see pics below of their move to their new home and the initial clean up – including getting one to run after 42 years!

BORGWARD 1500 RENNSPORT for sale

To be auctioned by Bonhams in France, for around $500,000 NZD, pretty impressive .

Borgward wins Golden Steering Wheel award

At the prestigious annual Auto Bild Golden Classic Steering Wheel awards Borgward Isabella has been awarded the top prize in the Sedans and Station Wagon category.

For Sale: Borgward Hansa 1100 Cabriolet 1938

A wonderful looking classic has come up for sale, in need of some significant work but a beauty all the same. You can see all the details over at pre war car http://www.prewarcar.com/classifieds/ad170165.html

#Borgward it’s twitter time…

For those that weren’t aware, you can #Borgward if you see any good Borgward related items you want to share via twitter.  If you’re not on Twitter or simply want a quick look, follow the link: https://twitter.com/hashtag/borgward

1962 Borgward Isabella TS Coupe vide

A nice walk around video of an Isabella, here’s the video:

The beautiful Goliath GP700

One of the best looking Borgward cars, the GP700 is a rare car indeed. A recent restoration (to a brilliant standard) is another reminder of how advanced and well formed the Borgward Marques were – a shame there aren’t more of these I’d love one myself!

 

You can read the article here

Borgward Isabella TS Vs Volvo PV544

A reprint (well a digital version) of the recent article comparing these two classics is now available on line here

1959 TS for sale

A black Isabella TS has turned up on ebay and attracted some attention (2 days to go and a good number of bids and a good number of watchers. You can see details here, (update: the car sold for USD$7,000)as well as two video’s below.

Mystery Borgward for sale (sold)

A great restoration with a twist, I haven’t seen this kind of air intake before – any thoughts on this please let me know via email or comments.

Please link through to the original details here to find out more. I think the car has now been sold (it shows up in the sold inventory section of the site). Thanks to Classic Cars UK for the initial find: http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/car-advert/borgward/isabella/1960/272151/

Borgworld #22 Finland

A 1960 Isabella TS is for sale in Lahti, Finland, I wasn’t able to save any images of the site but you can access the details here while it’s still for sale. I also found this small interest article on a Borgward owner in Finland (readable using Google translation), you can see it here

Awesome restoration

A nice clip (there are two posted) of a restored TS

Borgward Isabella Vs Morris Minor

An HRDC clip from Oulton Park May 2014, looks like Gavin watson back in action.  For more details on the Historic Racing Drivers Club, check out their website here

Parts store

Autokulturgut offer a range of Borgward spares, including shock absorbers.

German parts store

Reviewing a forum I came across this link which has some Borgward parts available

 

For sale 1959 Goliath Hansa 1100

Recently listed in New Zealand are two Goliath Hansa 1100’s

Borgworld #21 Barbados

There are a few interesting snippets of information on Borgwards in Barbados

Rear interior panel removal

Here’s a tip if you are removing the rear interior panels on a Borgward Isabella TS (and I assume most other similar makes) for the first time.

Classic Cars feature article on Borgward Isabella Vs Volvo PV544

Classic Cars Magazine UK June 2014 edition features and article on the Borgward Isabella Vs the Volvo PV544

For sale in Argentina – 1961 Isabella (or perhaps a 62 Isabella)

Left hand drive, looks to be in OK condition, but in need of some work. Interesting interior – I’ve had feedback that the dark dashboard indicates that this is a ’62 Borgward where they used parts from the P100 and went with a black interior – very rare version of the Isabella! These cars also had raised seats as standard (to overcome some of the design challenge with seat height in earlier versions).

 

Details (while it’s for sale) are here

Media

Read contemporary and current reviews of Borgward, Lloyds, Hansa and Goliath vehicles, also check out the various places in pop culture Borgwards are turning up

Technical

Find resources, downloads and technical information here

Borgworld

An ongoing series of posts looking at Borgwards around the world, visiting as many countries as we can! Click here for all the Borgworld sightings.

HRDC rally clip

A good clip of a racing Isabella, from the HRDC (Historic Drivers Racing Club). You can see the Chris Snowdon Racing Isabella from the forward camera of the car of Andrew Davenall (an Austin 105).

Technical: Floor Repair

From B.O.C newsletter, Vol 1, Number 4, June 1975

Technical: Repairing rust in boxbeams under doors

Another article from the B.O.C newsletter (Vol 1, number 3, March 1975).

Technical: Rust lusts for your car

The following article appeared in the USA Borgward Owners Club Newsletter, Vol 1, Number 1, August 1974. Thanks to the B.O.C for permission to reproduce it. Comments welcome.

Borgward soothes the post divorce blues

A quirky article from Canada explores the best car to buy post divorce – and includes a Borgward Isabella in the mix, read more here

1959 Isabella engine restoration

A nice video of a great engine restoration.

Borgward Lloyd Video

LLoyd video article from ROH Online – not sure what this group is – seems to be something to do with the essential services (feel free to comment if you ave more details!)

Borgward basics – rear diff oil check and change

I recently checked the rear diff oil on my Borgward because it was leaking, and it looks like it was overfilled when the oil was last changed. This prompted me to check with our local expert who confirmed the right approach.

For anyone else new to Borgwards, in the attached photo, point A is the place to fill with oil and point B is the drain plug (I had oil coming out point A indicating an over fill).  Basic stuff but for newbies like me it helps to check!

 

Borgward Arabella Restoration New Zealand

Another good video of the work by EEC in the Hawkes Bay, this time of an Arabella undergoing some work.

Borgward Coupe Restoration New Zealand

A good video of a restoration of a coupe in New Zealand by Evolution Engineering and Contracting in the mighty Hawkes Bay.