1937 BMW 319

I took this photograph at the Vintage Sports Car Club's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in July 1987.

It was one of the entrants in the Concours d’Elegance and shown in the programme of the event as the 1937 BMW 319/55 of M.Garfit. HJ Adlington had arranged for Frazer Nash to import BMW cars into the UK in 1935, marketing them as Frazer Nash BMWs, and of the 102 BMW 319s built 26 were imported to the UK. They had a 1,911cc straight-6 engine and were badged here as Frazer Nash BMWs. The DVLA record shows that the car is still taxed and shows it as a 1937 Frazer Nash. The '55' after the '319' apparently refers to its 55hp which is more powerful than the standard 319 model.

Frazer Nash BMW 319

For 12 years from 1922 Frazer Nash Limited, and from 1927 AFN Limited, produced only chain driven cars. In 1934 AFN Limited became the British agents for BMW, importing and assembling the cars at their Falcon Works in Isleworth, badging the cars as 'Frazer Nash BMW'. Here are photographs of three Frazer Nash BMW 319s that took part in the AutoSolo Driving Tests in the paddock at the Vintage Sports Car Club's meeting at Oulton Park in May 2019.

This is the 1935 Frazer Nash BMW 319 Type 45 Saloon of Richard Gatley and has a 6-cylinder inline 1,911cc engine. 

Brooke Saunders' 1936 Frazer Nash BMW 319 Type 55 has a 6-cylinder inline 1,971cc engine.

The 1937 Frazer Nash BMW of Mark Garfitt has the 6-cylinder inline 1,911cc engine.

Frazer Nash BMW 319

I photographed this car at the VSCC's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies Race Meeting at Oulton Park in June 2008.

It's a 1936 Frazer Nash BMW 319 with a 1.911cc straight-6 engine. HJ Adlington had arranged for Frazer Nash to import BMW cars into the UK in 1935, marketing them as Frazer Nash BMWs, and of the 102 BMW 319s built 26 were imported to the UK. They were badged here as Frazer Nash BMWs.