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Apart from the unified body designs customers could order a type 57 chassis and the coachwork by their favorite coach builder There were body options that may be selected from catalogs of companies like Gangloff or Graber, but when the money was no object unique design by the great contemporary bodybuilders as Franay, Letourneur et Marchand, Saoutchik, Figoni et Falaschi, anthem and Van Vooren could be equipped results were often beautiful, sometimes bizarre, and it was not unusual that Jean Bugatti was responsible the design of these organizations.
The type 57 is perhaps a Grand Tourer, but that doesn t mean it wasn t successful in races from 1935 Type 57 cars were used in competition, first with the chassis of the Grand Raid and later short S chassis and supercharged in 1936, the famous Type 57 G S chassis lightened with the body of streamlined tank won the French grand Prix one year later, a similar car won the Le Mans 24 hours last great victory of Bugatti in competition was the 1939 Mans 24 hour race with a type C 57, a car racing along chassis wheelbase with supercharged engine and a shaped body as a reservoir capable of a maximum speed of 255 kph After this success Jean Bugatti had a fatal accident when driving this car There were also other derivatives racing well, although some may have existed on paper some kind 57 S chassis have been equipped a large body sports the traditional form like a cigar, one or two were equipped with 5 liters of a 4 type 300-400 HP 50B engine type called 57 S 45 b and simplified Ody but failed and type 57 S 40 with a variation on the 4-liter engine type 50B engine was planned a variation on the Type 57 SC appeared in Type 59 Grand Prix car All this ensured that there was a close link between the Type 57 cars and Bugatti illustrious racing heritage, which makes passenger cars worth their value.
Belgian car restorer Bernard Marreyt and his team recreated this incredible coupe-like 57 It was fashioned after the original drawings coachbuilder Gangloff This expressive car seems remarkably modern with low lines and streaming Besides producing standard body Bugatti Gangloff designed style and bodies built to order on the chassis type 57 and some were really extravagant like this adaptation about Atalanta, but most were relatively conservative.
British coachbuilders also have thickened chassis Type 57 The most famous British organizations like 57 chassis were in Corsica Do not let the name South fool you, as you see here, it is remarkable how Corsica became the exuberant French car in a British Drophead coupй traditional without compromising the typical type 57 eyes holder of the world speed record Sir Malcolm Campbell had a kind Corsica 57-bodied roadster and said it was the fastest and most reliable sports car series products on the market that should have boosted Bugatti sales in Britain.
A final aspect of the Type 57 chassis was made in the late 1940s, it was the basis of the new type 101, the first Bugatti car production after WW2 generally considered the last true Bugatti it failed with only 6 built Type 101 was available with or without supercharger, giving 140 to 200 hp bodies of all the different styles of bodybuilders were mounted on the chassis T101 This car body 4 seats 2-door French coachbuilder Guillorй seems relatively old ; Another T101 chassis were fitted with several body-modern slab sides pontoon style.
With the type 57 everything came together for a Bugatti commercial success, success in competition, the acclaimed design, the agility of Fame and leadership qualities and excellent workmanship It also proved to be the end of an era; WW2 changed the world and the death of Jean and Ettore Bugatti, Bugatti factory had left with her inapt change Although the plant has struggled for decades, the type 57 of the last car remained Bugatti was reminded by; the crown on the work of Ettore and Jean Today, the word Bugatti became a myth synonymous with genius stubborn, qualities of art and feats that are lacking in the modern automobile industry and are sorely lacking Maybe that it is best to leave the Bugatti name and heritage as it is, try not to develop with new cars, and add more of the Bugatti spirit in the design of the car.
Credit portions of the information in the text of the turn came the book Bugatti Kunstwerke auf R Dern Axel von Saldern published by Ellert und Richter in 1991 ISBN 3-89234-218-0.
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