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PROCAR HEAVEN

IT’S THE JUNKYARD from heaven. Everything you see here is BMW M1 Procar. Every part is worth thousands of euros.

That’s an M1 Procar radiator he’s kicking out of the way. And there’s a turbocharger for the Group 5 version that’s taken on a temporary function as a doorstop. Everywhere you look, parts have been dumped: on the floor, in the attics, in the barn, in the yard of the barn… all exclusively M1 Procar. ‘These are the parts nobody wanted at the time,’ says proprietor Fritz Wagner. ‘But I knew the M1 Procar would become an important car at some point, so I brought it all home.’

Wagner cuts an unlikely figure as the authority on all things M1 Procar. But as you wade through the

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