by HoTWire
5. August 2008 03:02
Usually I'd do a rare car entry about something there is only one or two of, they are often relics of great ideas that didn't pan out, or were ahead of their time.
This isn't a rare car in the same way, it is more a car of interest, something that should be more than a footnote in the history of classic cars.
Glas would already be known to anyone with an interest in microcars as the company that bought us the Goggomobil. Founded by Andreas Glas the company’s primary business was sewing machines, at least until the end of World War 2. Post war they produced the Goggomobil, but more interestingly for us in 1964 they started building the Glas 1300GT.
The 1300GT was a very pretty car, designed by Frua, powered by an inline 4 1290cc, single overhead cam engine. Later the 1300 was beefed up and available as a 1700. In 1966 the cars had a facelift and in which the round headlights were replaces by sharper rectangular lights, the lines of which created a more angular wing profile too.
Glas became part of BMW pretty soon after with the Glas 2600 GT being produced as a BMW and later beefed up to 3 litres with the 3000GT, essentially the design was the same but with BMW badges, if you line up the BMW cars from 1967 together you'll notice one stands out from the crowd, the Glas.
What piqued my interest in this car is this photo of a 1300GT racing, it is apparently taking part in Group 4 1970, however that would seem a bit late for it to be in international competition, does anyone know any more?
More information on the 3000GT can be found here
You can find out much more about this cool car on the Glas Club website
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