Популярні відео - Bugatti Type 57
Much of the breathless coverage in the business and popular press of the recent sale of a Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic focused on its price and the fact that it was assumed that two others said three Atlantics built .
There were actually four cars Fireball A prototype was built as a show car without accoutrements such as wipers and other details The Fireball T57 57331, was first exhibited at the Salon in Paris in 1935 where he was a star of the show.
This is a rendering of the original cut Fireball displayed at the Paris Salon in 1935 no color photographs exist, but this may reflect the color, as Jean Bugatti refers to the project as mint cream.
The first production version of what we call the Atlantic was now in the T57 57374 Mullin Automotive Museum, a coupe Aero He won Best of Show at Pebble Beach in 2003. The second was also 57453 57454 Aero He disappeared for over half a century in his life, the serial number has been altered by a figure he was on a list of cars to ship in Bordeaux in 1941. Whether it happened or not, we do not know the third car , 57473, was called Atlantic It was named after the failure of a french aircraft in flight 1936 went down in the south Atlantic and took the lives of the famous aviator, Jean Mermoz and his crew the last car was 57591 1990 Atlantic Pebble Beach-winning owned by Ralph Lauren.
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Those who have had the chance to spend the day on the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance this year will be able to enjoy the third 57473 car now owned by a Spanish manufacturer who has a Bugatti Royale Molsheim among his other creations.
Atlantic in the workshop of Paul Russell Note the use of brass for framing and surrounds credit Paul Russell.
The third car was presented to Jacques and Yvonne Holtzschuch end in 1936. In 1937, the Holtzschuchs entered the car in a contest in the French resort of Juan-les-Pins, where a photo was taken of Madame Holtzschuch standing with car, it was black with a beige interior pigskin subsequent pictures that provide important story were taken when the Bugatti appeared in a race in Nice in 1951, now french racing blue car had not only been repainted but restyled both inside and outside.
The historian of the automobile noted Christian Huet, was of the opinion that the style changes were made by none other than the company Figoni and Falaschi of Paris, perhaps the French coachbuilder's most famous 1930, its conclusions were based on the model of sunburst wood in lids door, similar to those seen on FIGONI and Falaschi Talbot-Lagos seats were also in the Figoni style dashboard was metal rather than wood Bugatti expected Although no worksheet exists in FIGONI files, they are not required on work that involved customization as opposed to complete bodied for a bare chassis This type of task was not uncommon Figoni who ran a body shop performing a full range of bumps fixing services to create some of the most spectacular forms of automotive history.
The engine must be used in the Atlantic is dyno tested credit Paul Russell.
After passing through several owners, the car was purchased by René Chatard, the owner of a well-known Paris women's fashion shop called already owns three Bugattis, Chatard registered it in the name of his mistress, Miss Marguerite Schneider, can -be to hide her existence from his wife and daughter at the turn of 1955, it had been painted gray on August 22 this year, Chatard traveling on the D44 near Gien in central France at 22 45 hours with a young woman named Jeanine Bugatti was vacheron hit by a train, and both died This led to a lawsuit decade, the residue which was that the car was awarded to Miss Schneider sold it almost immediately to a junkyard in Gien.
Each piece of the original body that could be used was placed around a new framework credit ash Paul Russell.
In 1965, Paul André Berson, who found the car and knew what it was, took possession, he began a long restoration, stripping many damaged parts of the car and find replacements or have done in 1977 the restoration is completed Berson sold the car to the well-known collector, Nicholas Seydoux had SEYDOUX later André Lecoq re-restore the car.
Meanwhile, Berson had retained the dashboard, trim, engine block and other parts that he had withdrawn the T57S and began to build a replica based on the Fortunately, the current owner purchased both Seydoux the car and replica package and various parts were gathered in Paul Russell and Company in Essex, Massachusetts.
Russell and the owner decided to restore the car in its post-Figoni and Falaschi configuration, using as many parts and original panels can Paul's work exhibited on this project shows why it has an excellent record at Pebble Best of both shows, five class victories, most elegant sports car twice, most elegant convertible, and the coveted FIVA Award.
The dashboard recovered Berson offered valuable clues, including the cover leatherette, allowing the interior to return to its original color of the original dashboard has also helped the precision of the table Seydoux edge in the car had a wooden fascia on Atlantic valid factory.
The Bugatti 57S will be registered only for display, its complex history does not allow to integrate into the existing system of judgment Pebble Beach Pebble Beach organizers must be complimented for recognizing the importance of this artifact automotive and allowing the public to see the results of this serious attempt to preserve as much of the story continues the Bugatti as possible.
VeloceToday will feature a new piece on this car on Thursday after the week of Monterey Automobile Festival will include pictures of the car on the ground show at Pebble Beach Concours d Elegance.
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