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1933 Bugatti Type 49 by Kate Tompkins |
Only one more car from the first floor to discuss before we
venture up to the second floor to look at an exhibition on race cars and another
on American chrome.
1933 Bugatti Type 49 Profilée Coupe
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1933 Bugatti Type 49 by Kate Tompkins |
Bugattis are always special and have also always been very
expensive. According to Motorbase, the Type 49 came in four different body
types (coupe, tourer, saloon and cabriolet), and each of those could come with
different bodies, depending on who did the coachwork. They say 470 Type 49s
were produced between 1931 and 1934, which by Bugatti standards makes this a fairly
common car.
While the Type 49 was meant to be a touring car rather than
a race car, they can still run into six figures at auction. You can find more
information on the early eight-cylinder Bugattis on Wikipedia. It seems the
design didn’t change much between 1922 (the Type 30) and 1934 (Type 49). Then
again, why mess with perfection?
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1933 Bugatti Type 49 by Kate Tompkins |
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