Find of the Decade: 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante
Posted by admin on 02 Jan 2009 at 03:09 pm | Tagged as: Bugatti, Buy THIS, Car Collections, Cool Stuff, For Sale, In the News, Limited Production, Major Announcements
Yes, what your looking at above is a 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante found in a garage in the United Kingdom. This car is one of 17 Bugatti ever made. This one belonged to a British surgeon who passed away recently leaving his children a garage full of collectable cars. This was the true gem of the bunch which reportidly had not been driven in almost 50 years. At least four of the seventeen belong to the French Musée National de l’Automobile in Mulhouse, Alsace,while the others location are in private hands or remain unknown.
The odometer on the car reads 26,284 which is remarkable for a car from the 1930′s. The first owner of the vehicle was Earl Howe, the winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans in May of 1937. He had the car for eight years before selling it and eventually in 1955 it made it’s way to Harold Carr. The car is causing a big stir among collectors who think it could possibly be the most expensive car ever to be bought at auction surpassing the current $8,700,000 mark held by a 1931 Bugatti currently.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/article5430023.ece
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