A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante found

[Chas]

Know what's in your garage!

I wish that this was in mine....if I had one, that is.

a Bugatti

 

[cookie]

Doctor leaves multimillion-pound Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7800000/newsid_7808400/7808436.stm?ls

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5430023.ece

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/tyne/7807210.stm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...t-garage--containing-6m-Bugatti-supercar.html

 

[Jerekson]

Fantastic!

 

[Fletch]

Hoarding behavior at its finest!

 

[thunderw21]

1937 Bugatti Supercar found

LONDON — An extremely rare 1937 Bugatti has been found in a garage in England and is expected to draw a record price when it is auctioned in Paris next month.

The dusty but intact Bugatti Type 57S Atalante is one of only 17 ever made. It had a top speed of 130 mph at a time when most cars could only go half as fast.

The powerful two-seater car from the heyday of the celebrated Bugatti marquee is expected to be sold for more than 3 million pounds ($4.3 million).

It was hidden away in the garage of an elderly doctor who last used it around 1960. His relatives found it after his death.

British race car driver Earl Howe was the car's first owner.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475128,00.html

 

[Guttersnipe]

I found this news item online and thought folks on the lounge might appreciate it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_supercar

 

[Foofoogal]

Yowsa. Keep us informed on this.

 

[MPicciotto]

I read that it's going on the auction block...

Matt

 

[Tomasso]

I read that it's going on the auction block...

I read that too, it's stated in the first line of the story.

 

[Chas]

this is the third thread on this car. lol

 

[Story]

this is the third thread on this car. lol

Or fourth posting!

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showpost.php?p=705384&postcount=479

 

[Nathan Flowers]

Threads merged.

 

[Gary D.]

I'm glad this car survived! At least it's done better than the 1957 Plymouth Belvedere (not of the 1940s, of course), but I've had an interest in it since reading when it was 'planted' in downtown Oklahoma City. I graduated in '57 and was born in that city. Anyway, I half considered going back to see this two-door hardtop resurrected. There was a lot of excitement, if any of you followed it. Turns out, the car looked about as dismal as the Titanic. So what did they expect? After all those years of watering the grass above it. I haven't checked to see if anything was ever done with it. Of course, it could be restored, but there would have to be so many exchanged parts to replace those rusted out by fifty years' burial, that it wouldn't be the same car.

I watched the world-famed Barret-Jackson Scottsdale auto auction last week--not all ten televised hours--just six. The cheapest car was the very driveable 1936 four-door Cord--at $60K (I think). The 1928 dual-cowl Dusenberg was something else--it sold for something like $1.6 million. Probably cheap, because I've heard of these goliaths going for much more.

If I had a classic car, I'd lke to drive it. With the Cord, I could. With the Dusenberg, I'd have to tow it around, protectively padded and hire someone to keep an eye on it.

 

[benstephens]

Wow, that is quite amazing. I would liked to have seen the Aston as well.

Here is a picture of the original owner I have just scanned in

Kindest Regards

Ben

 

[MEDIUMMYND]

The interesting thing about this story is that this car was known about by a small number of people in the old car movement who had kept its existence secret.So as they say in the UK it was"nt a true barn find.

 

[benstephens]

Yes that does not supprise me. Very rare cars like this do not often go missing in this country, as there has always been an interest in them, so the clubs track where they are.

Lovely story though, I suspect the family were unaware of the value!

Ben

 

[filfoster]

Lost Bugatti

I rechecked my mom's garage and it's still the '85 Volvo.

 

[Story]

LONDON (AP) - A car abandoned in a garage in Britain for half a century sold at an auction in Paris for euro3.4 million (about $4.4 million) Friday.
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Bonham's said a European collector bought the car.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9671EPO0&show_article=1&catnum=0

 

[Story]

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100803/CARNEWS/100809960

1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic goes on display at the 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic

 

[Talbot]

Imagine buying it - what a responsibility. Do you restore or preserve?

I would preserve.