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  1. El Wayne

    El Wayne F1 World Champ Staff Member Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    I've always had a thing for the fiacre-style Bugattis. Interesting to note that the term fiacre originates with St. Fiacre, patron saint of cab drivers. From there, the name was transferred to the cabs themselves, and later to the style of coachwork which they influenced.

    If you have any fiacre Bug pics, post 'em up.
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    i think the best was the body put on the 5 liter chain-drive chassis...i'm sure someone can find a pic at bugatti builders.com [it's early, 1914 or so...years ago i had some time with the "double coach" royal [ex harrahs]..it was interesting how they formed the compound curve rear..it was done with a large number of wood blocks set in an end-grain pattern..then shaped and covered with glue soaked linen..then primed and finished[ originally at least] in colored varnish..very coachbuilt!
     
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  3. El Wayne

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    Correct me if I'm wrong, but there were 5-liter chain-drive cars (Type 18) and a 5-liter shaft-drive car (chassis #714). I think the fiacre body was on the shaft-drive car at one point.

    Shaft-drive, chassis #714, with fiacre body:
    http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/photographs/v/album-01/301+6_189_9.jpg.html
    http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/photographs/v/album-01/302+D1020_23.jpg.html

    #714 without fiacre body:
    http://www.bugatti-trust.co.uk/photographs/v/album-01/304+5_196_C+D1101_12.jpg.html

    Bugatti Builder pics of #714 with and without:
    http://www.bugattibuilder.com/photo/displayimage.php?album=1033&pos=1

    Either way, I agree that it's great. Looks like an actual coach body was just grafted right onto the car:
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    it gets even better!!!! urban legend has it that one chain-drive car came to california for a race..[delmar, 1915 pan american expo..somewhere]..it disappeared and might be in a barn in calif somewhere!

    imagine this body in 7/8 scale on a brescia chassis..it could happen!
     
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  5. El Wayne

    El Wayne F1 World Champ Staff Member Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Cool!

    I just looked through the Wood/Price book and it says that two of these 5-liter bad boys came to the US and then disappeared.
     
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    Don't forget the double-Fiarce T41!
     
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