[For sale] Bugatti type 40

Herman · **Posted:** Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:58 pm

By request of GCL

GCL-Wales · **Joined:** Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:17 pm **Posts:** 348

We seem to have drfted away from the type 40.

The above picture shows the Michael Chorlton Bugatti special known as the CDL which was built for the 1949 F1 season by Centaur Developments Ltd, a London firm led by James Boothby, designer Michael Chorlton and Charles Brookes. The car is believed to have been built using one of Chorlton's Bugatti 51 chassis and engines but Hugh Conway was unable to resolve this to his satisfaction. The Bugatti bits of the CDL were later removed by Martin Dean to build up a Bugatti which is now accepted by the Bugatti Owners Club as 51126. The rest of the CDL was sold in 1994 and rebuilt around a replica Bugatti chassis and a 2.5-litre Alta engine. It is now known as the Chorlton Special.

The above is based on an extract from OldRacingcars.com. I understand that not all parties agree with its content.

Lazarus · **Posted:** Wed Sep 30, 2009 10:07 pm

Unless chorlton turned the T51 engine around,that cannot be a t51 motor.The exhaust is on the wrong side.

Herman · **Posted:** Thu Oct 01, 2009 2:42 pm

I believe various engines have powered that chassis...

[For sale] Bugatti type 40

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