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jakey_too
 Post subject: 57159?
PostPosted: Wed May 06, 2009 10:45 pm 
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Does anybody know the Type 57 Ventoux consigned to Coys Monaco sale (Lot 230)?

http://www.coys.co.uk/auctions/lot.php? ... &id=56270#

At first sight does not look like the same car as the Wiki entry of the same chassis number. Can anybody shed any light?
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Herman
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:23 am 
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No idea.

2 possibilities:

-1. Stolen identity. Can only be checked by comparing frame numbers.

more likely in this case:

-2. Body change. The text tells us the car has undergone "thorough restauration" in which case it is very well possible that the car lost its original James Young body, and a (new or old) Ventoux body, which many people find more appealing, is fitted.

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Scuderia CC
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PostPosted: Thu May 07, 2009 7:27 am 
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It's a chassis #57315.

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jakey_too
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2009 2:17 pm 
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Thanks Scuderia CC.

Do you know if the description is accurate? Is the car a good one?

How could Coys make such a mistake on the chassis number?
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J.J.Horst
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:39 pm 
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The website has now been corrected.

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Bugwrench
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:36 pm 
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jakey_too wrote:
Thanks Scuderia CC.

Do you know if the description is accurate? Is the car a good one?

How could Coys make such a mistake on the chassis number?


The engine number is 159 and some people are more intelligent than others.
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Herman
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Sun May 10, 2009 7:53 pm 
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Would it be a typo, or a (stupid) mistake.

I presume (correctly?) that Coys would do their homework before offering the car...

Just for the record:

http://www.bugattiregister.com/wiki/index.php?title=57315

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Bugwrench
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
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Herman wrote:
Would it be a typo, or a (stupid) mistake.

I presume (correctly?) that Coys would do their homework before offering the car...

Just for the record:

http://www.bugattiregister.com/wiki/index.php?title=57315


I hate these Auction catalog texts.
These socalled "Dutch specialists" should NOT be confused with real specialists!
Neither of the several shops that worked on the engine had seen a Bugatti engine before.
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jakey_too
 Post subject: Re: 57159?
PostPosted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:59 pm 
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Does anybody know if it sold, or for how much?
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