Old Bugatti photos.

The mascotte is different, was a special thing for the owner?

 

Salon de l'Automobile 1926

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Type 46

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Ex Dr Fuchs #50132

 

ex Dr Fuchs.....but why 50132 ???

 

Good question, nobody knows during a long time.
The quality and size of picture do not help but if I remember it s the description I wrote for that picture.
Mrs Lola Fine near the car, she was his assistant. Mr Fuch was ginecologist

 

50132 ( wheelbase 3100mm) was delivered to Gurtner in August 1933.
41121 Royale was already in May 1932 to Dr Fuchs delivered (he previously had the type 46).

the photo clearly shows a type 46 (wheelbase 3500mm)
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Type 46/50 (unknown original type 46 frame with the original engine from 50132).
The body is a copy of the Dr Fuchs car.
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I apologize for Pur Sang content.

I didn’t know my son was filming me start the 35B up.



Matt

 

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing

 

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Today you can find the same effect, the only difference? We haven't time to see what happens.
This picture is amasing, it looks coming from a comedy.

 

I took a screen shot from this youtube photo montage video.

See it at 12:54. Says in 1920’s, a type 13. Sorry if improper to post a screen capture
like that.

 

Thank you

I know the picture, and I like it!
Here à link about Raymond Mays who drive this Bugatti

https://www.google.com/search?q=Raymond+mays&oq=Raymond+mays&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l3.16434j0j7&client=ms-android-huawei&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

 

Sooooo grand!

Thank you for sharing.

 

Michel Bugatti

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back to England after 80 years .....

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Works 59/50B Bugatti returning to Prescott after 80 years

A world-famous Works 59/50B Bugatti is set to return to Prescott hillclimb for the first time in 80 years, as part of a special exhibition this summer that celebrates the Bugatti Owners' Club's 90th anniversary. The car will be on display at the Bugatti Trust as part of its summer exhibition 'Jean Bugatti and Jean-Pierre Wimille – Prescott 80 years ago', which will run until September this year. The exhibition is one of a number of festivities marking 90 years since the founding of the Bugatti Owners' Club, the oldest Bugatti club in the world. The club also owns and operates Prescott, as well as being based there.

This year also marks the 80th anniversary of a remarkable part of Prescott's history. On Sunday July 30, 1939, it held its first ever international meeting, a Bugatti Owners' Club event, and this very returning Works monoposto Type 59 fitted with an 8-cylinder supercharged 4.7-litre type 50B engine Works 59/50B Bugatti not only took part, legendary grand prix driver Jean-Pierre Wimille was behind the wheel.

Jean Bugatti accepted an invitation to attend the 1939 Prescott hillclimb meeting and he brought with him his famous works driver Wimille, who was fresh from winning the Le Mans 24 Hours for the second time.

The 59/50B had without doubt the most powerful engine built by the factory and was fitted with twin rear wheels specially for the Gloucestershire hill climb's challenges.

Motor Sport's report from the event at the time called it "a truly beautiful car".
"So wide was it, twin shod at the rear, that it could not use the return road,” the report continued. "Wimille wore a beret and drove with great care and polish, clocking 46.69sec on his second run, after an initial ascent in 47.50sec, excellent times on this course for such a powerful car.

"Afterwards, Wimille watched other climbs in company with Earl Howe and Jean Bugatti."

Despite the unsuitability of his car Wimille still got the event's second fastest time, shy only of Raymond Mays' ERA which stopped the clock at 46.14sec.

Afterwards Jean Bugatti wrote to apologise for using such an incompatible car for the course and promised to return the following year with one of his new 1-litre machines.

The onset of the Second World War just five weeks later ensured this was not to be; further the 59/50B was only driven one more time, in 1945 again by Wimille at the Coupe des Prisonniers in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.

It was retained by the factory until it was acquired by the Schlumpf brothers for their Cité de l'Automobile museum in Mulhouse, France. It has now been loaned by that collection to Prescott.

This year's anniversary events also include the Bugatti Trust joining the festivities of Prescott's popular annual French and Italian themed 'La Vie en Bleu' weekend, taking place on May 25-26. It is anticipated that over 90 Bugattis will be present at that.

"We are delighted that the Works 59/50B Wimille Bugatti will make an historic return to Prescott," said general manager of the Bugatti Owners' Club, Chris Rogers. "The Bugatti Owner's Club and Prescott Hill Climb have played a significant role in the history of the car and its famous French driver Jean-Pierre Wimille."

Photographs: Jean-Pierre Wimille at the 1939 Prescott hill climb in his Works 59/50B Bugatti
Published in: motorsportmagazine.com
Images: The Bugatti Trust

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Stunning from the rear

 

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Kylie Minogue ?

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Could be. New South Wales plates.

 

Can't say this is Kylie but behind the wheel is well known Australian racing driver Colin Bond.