1937 Bugatti Type 57sc Gangloff Drophead Coupe

Levy first registered this bugatti type 57sc gangloff drophead coupe chassis 57563 on august 18 1937 in strasbourg france. This bugatti type 57sc atalante is the first of four built in the summer of 1937 with streamlined headlights. Not a typ e 55 it is a type 57sc.

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1937 bugatti type 57sc gangloff drophead coupe.

The type 57 bugatti was an entirely new design under the direction of le patrons talented son jean bugatti.
Later joined by the atalante coup bugatti coachwork was built in molsheims own coachworks or at nearby gangloff of colmarbugattis clients soon sought sports versions of the type 57 to which bugatti responded with the grand raid roadster in 1934 and the modified and uprated type 57t with torpedo coachwork in 1935.
In 1940 it was registered by mr.
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The one from 1936 changed hands for 40 million three years ago while the 1938 example belonging to ralph laurens collection just won the concorso deleganze villa deste.
It was finished in black with pigskin upholstery.
Type 57s used a twin cam 3257 cc engine based on that of the type 49 but heavily modified by jean bugatti unlike the single cam engines of the type 49 and earlier models.
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On april 14 1947 the car was sold in paris to a dealer who restored the car adding borrani wire wheels and chrome fender tips in the process.
Needless to say bugatti sales suffered an extreme decrease from 1930 to 1933 and the factory was completely shut down in 1934.
He was to drive at le mans on six occasions between 1929 and 1935 and in his final year put in the fastest lap of the race at a speed of 86751mph although sadly retiring after a hard fought 1087 miles.
The bugatti type 57 and later variants was an entirely new design created by jean bugatti son of founder ettore.

There are only two bugatti type 57sc atlantics in the world.
Type 57s were built from 1934 through 1940 with a total of 710 examples produced.
1937 bugatti type 57sc atalante coupe.
Bugatti 1937 gangloff drophead type 57s replica.

Gangloff is the famed german coachbuilder.
The body with its low headlight placement between the radiator and front fenders is idencontinue reading.
The 1930s were a rough time to be producing outrageous luxury performance automobiles.
The engines of the type 50 51 used bevel gears at the front of the engine to transmit power from the crankshaft whereas the type.

The bonhams auction catalog description of the 1937 bugatti type 57s atalante coupe.
The galibier sedan ventoux coach two door sedan and stelvio drophead coupe comprised the bulk of production followed by the later atalante coupe with coachwork built in bugattis molsheim coachworks or by gangloff in nearby colmar.
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Production began in 1934 and continued until 1940.