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Fastest Bugatti

Super cars are not only worth a large amount of money, but are often collector’s items due to their rarity.

So an enthusiast saw a little goldmine when he bought a 1925 Bugatti from an aerodrome in 1950, where it was being used as a transport vehicle by the staff.  He purchased the vehicle for sixty pounds and began the process of restoring it. He stripped the two seater Bugatti of its bodywork and gearbox, and replaced the engine for a Vauxhall one to restore it to its former glory.

The new owner sourced parts directly from Bugatti in a bid to make it the fastest Bugatti of its type, and when he died in 1992 he left the vehicle to his widow, who has allowed it to be displayed in the Haynes Motor Museum in Somerset since his death. Jack Perkins, the buyer, was a mechanical engineer who owned John Perkins and Smith Ltd in Rugby. He was proud of the work he had done on the vehicle and took it to all Bugatti Owners club hill climbs at Prescott Hill for a period of over thirty years. He rac3ed the car on a regular basis until he neared eighty when he had to give it up. In 1981 he even recorded a time of forty six point twenty one seconds at the race which is the fastest on record for a Bugatti Type 35B, meaning that he got his dream.

The family have now sold it at Bonhams, the famous auction house, in correspondence with the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. There was a lot of competitive bidding, and it was sold to a private British bidder for the princely sum of four hundred and thirty thousand pounds.

It is believed that the car will need to be re-commissioned and there are hopes that the new owner will keep it serviced and in good condition.

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