: Yes, Frazer Nash were an important part of the BMW story, along
: with Bristol, particularly in the immediate post-WWII period.
: BMW assets in the Soviet zone (in Eisenach) were used to produce
: EMWs but Munich was part of the American zone - by rights then,
: the BMW assets there should have found their way to the US.
: Somehow or other, though, AFN and Bristol representatives
: managed to squirrel away enough to be producing BMW-based cars
: long before BMW themselves were able to resume production.

: The DNA links are obvious, particularly in the case of that first
: Bristol, the 400:

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:

: Frazer Nash also put their stamp on the imported cars, amending the
: BMW roundel to suit:

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:

: Shows how things often come full circle - BMW began by building the
: British Austin Seven under licence (increasingly modified
: through the Deutsche Ausführung (German versions) DA1 through
: 4), then Bristol are able to start up by building barely
: disguised BMW 328s through schematics and parts seized as war
: reparations. And it wasn't just those that were taken, Frazer
: Nash even took on BMW's chief engineer Fritz Fiedler, though he
: later returned to Munich. Many of the cars whose photos I posted
: were made on his watch, from the 328 to the 507.

: Now, posting images is easy once you know how. First step is to get
: them from your PC to an image host, as Chronocentric doesn't
: host them itself. There are plenty of third-party sites that let
: you do this for free - I use Imageshack ( www.imageshack.us ).
: I wouldn't use Flickr as they make it way too obscure as to
: which link you are supposed to use to get the image on a forum
: in a decent size, but other people may prefer them.

: But let's assume you're going to use Imageshack. On the initial
: screen, you'll see a field entitled "Upload" with a
: "Browse" button to the right. Click on browse and
: navigate to where the picture you want to use is on your PC.
: When the image name appears in the Upload field, click the big
: "Upload now" button. After a bit, the upload will
: finish and Imageshack will provide you with a bunch of links.
: The one you want is called "Direct link" on
: Imageshack. Ignore all the fields that say they are something to
: do with forums! Right click on that field and copy the link.

: Now, over on the Chronocentric forum, ignore the Optional
: Image URL field. You can use it, but it limits you to one image
: in the post and you can't control where it appears. Instead,
: paste your copied link directly into your text. Now highlight
: the whole link (left-click, hold and drag or triple left-click)
: and then press the button second from the right on the tool bar
: below the "Subject:" line, that looks like a picture
: frame. That's it, though you may want to preview to check!

: That's all assuming the picture you want to post is on your PC. If
: it's already on the net in some form you can right-click it and
: "copy image location" (in Firefox, I forget what it's
: called in IE now but it will be something similar) and skip
: straight to the paragraph above.

: Easy, honest! Give it a try and use preview instead of post to make
: sure you're happy first - it will show your post exactly as it
: will look once posted.

Mark - glad to see you know your stuff on the FN side of BMW as well - just back from dinner so will try and post a photo tomorrow, many thanks indeed for the advice. Right now there is the important matter of a cricket match to watch Down Under! cheers A.