Coys Auction - Techno Classica Essen

Hall 3, Stand 1.02
Essen
Germany

Saturday 4th April 2009

Admission by catalogue only - admits two.

Tel: +49 (0) 201 5233 1011/1012 Fax: +49 (0) 201 5233 1251
Viewing:
2nd April from 10.00 - 18.00
3rd April from 10.00 - 19.00
4th April from 09.00 until start of sale
Collectors Auction at 14.00
Motorcars Auction 15.30



1930 Bugatti Type 44/43 châssis number 441216, Estimate: €150000 - €200000

This excellent Bugatti Gran Sport comes to our sale with EU papers, FIVA - passport No.: 025895, original parts and further important documentation. Being already documented on page 46 of Hugh Conway’s 1962 Bugatti register as having been delivered to France when new as a type 44 with a two-seater roadster body with rumble seat it was equipped with engine no: 171 in 1962. This has all been thoroughly documented by both the Bugatti Owners’ Club as well as Bugatti authority David Sewell. In 1993 the previous owner embarked on a comprehensive restoration and conversion to Bugatti Type 43 specification to such a degree that all dimensions and specifications are correct for the Type 43 except for the frame depth, which remained at 115 mm rather than the 95 mm for a Type 43 frame. Bugatti authority Ivan Dutton rebuilt the engine to Type 43 spec, using its original sump. The previous owner assembled the Type 43 to correct specification in all other significant respects – again all confirmed by David Sewell, who concludes that the car is now best described as a Type 43 despite its origins.

Mark Morris of the B.O.C. also points out in his aforementioned report, that the car features the five major components of : chassis frame, front axle, engine lower crankcase, gearbox and the rear axle centre casing which are in fact all of Bugatti manufacture. The Gran Sport body the car carries today was made by Wilkinsons of Derby in the early 1990`s to Type 43 Gran Sport specification, whereas the engine is supercharged to Type 43 specification. Notably the relevant parts mentioned - original gearbox no. 969, spare front and back axles, also come with the car. Currently a constant mash gearbox conversion ( no.: 52 ) is fitted to the car. The restoration is documented in a huge file with invoices, pictures etc. etc. The car is well known in Bugatti circles and ran on several prestigious rallies on the continent. Surely well worth consideration as the estimate offered here offers tremendous value.

More pictures here : http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot.php? ... 5&id=56029

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Result : Not Sold

Now she's selling in the Coys showroom (see link), I think if it is not sold in their showroom might see it again in a future Coys sale.

http://www.coys.co.uk/showroom/show_stock.php?id=8338

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Make your dream devour your life, so that life doesn't devour your dream.
[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]

This looks suspiciously like the car I built for an Austrian customer.Using as its basis the burnt out remains of the T44 ex Carlton Coolidge.If so it seems extraordinarily good value at this price.It certainly cost much more,and is almost all Molsheim.To be sold with also the three out of five spare parts that I supplied also with the car,I would buy it myself at this price.Cheaper than some argentinian cars......