---
title: "BMW M1 Barn Find Emerges After 34 Years in Storage"
description: "BMW specialists Mint Classics of Berlin take delivery of the forgotten classic."
date: "2016-12-29"
modified: "2017-01-05"
authors:
  - name: "Christian Gilbertsen"
    job_title: "Native Projects Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/christian-gilbertsen"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/6722/bmw-m1-barn-find-emerges-after-34-years-in-storage"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Barn Finds"
  - "BMW"
  - "M1"
  - "vintage"
---

# BMW M1 Barn Find Emerges After 34 Years in Storage

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A BMW M1 hiding away in a garage in southern Italy has seen the light for the first time in more than three decades, according to [Mint Classics](<https://www.mintclassics.de/>), a BMW specialist shop and showroom in Berlin.

Hiding under a thick layer of dust, some assorted trash, and 34 years worth of neglect, this M1 has an embarrassingly low number of miles on the clock—roughly 4,500, or 7,329km. [Mint Classics' photos](<https://www.facebook.com/MintClassics/posts/1095817100526702>) reveal damage-free bodywork and a time capsule-like interior.

The engine in this M1 is pure sex, too, despite its relative lack of power—272hp in stock trim. It is the infamous M88/1, a 3.5-liter twin-cam straight-six with period BMW touches, like individual throttle bodies, intake stacks (which are hiding underneath the airbox), Kugelfischer fuel injection, and serpentine exhaust headers. The M1 also had a relatively short-lived career in the M1 Procar Championship, whose cars were developed to produce around 470hp. Our very own Lawrence Ulrich [had a go in one at Laguna Seca.](<https://www.thedrive.com/vintage/4939/how-it-feels-to-race-a-bmw-m1-at-laguna-seca>)

Mint Classics plans on restoring this beauty back to its former glory and turning it over to a lucky new owner. With values skyrocketing for M1s—arguably BMW’s only supercar, with only 453 models produced—this example will demand a pretty penny when in working order.

![bmw\_m1\_barnfind\_gal1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bmw_m1_barnfind_gal1.jpg>)

![bmw\_m1\_barnfind\_gal2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bmw_m1_barnfind_gal2.jpg>)

![bmw\_m1\_barnfind\_gal3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bmw_m1_barnfind_gal3.jpg>)

![bmw\_m1\_barnfind\_gal4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/bmw_m1_barnfind_gal4.jpg>)

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