Gallery: the mother lode of rare BMWs

BMW recently released a lot of information about its Classic centre - a place where all things Old BMW get sorted.

Like historic motorsport, or servicing that old 3.0 CSL, or motorcycle stuff, or... to be frank, our attention wandered because along with this information some pictures happened of some rare and fanciful metal from Munich.

So we ditched the rather long press release and instead uploaded these fine images. Change your MSN Messenger status to ‘Do Not Disturb' and have a wander through.

And if you are in the possession of some classic machinery like what you see here, send in some pics to editor@topgear.com. We are hatching plans...