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Published: 2011-06-20 00:57:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2954; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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The Bugatti Type 35 was a gem of French engineering which went on to be one of the most successful racing cars in history.In 1926 the Type 35 won the Grand Prix Championship having taken 351 races in the previous two years, and it amassed over 1,000 race wins in total.
WW2 ended this era of Grand Prix cars, and although they did return post-war, rapid advance in design changed them forever.
This example Type 35C with the 3 litre supercharged engine driven by Emilio Materassi in the 1927 Targa Florio.
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Yes - I have been wanting to draw this for a long time. But it's just not beauty, it was also technically brilliant as well. Bugatti went on to make the largest and most expensive car in the world, the Royale.. only 6 were made, and only 3 sold - but things declined financially, and they stopped making cars in the mid-50s. The name was revived by VW in 1998, and the Veyron came out in 2003.
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Yep, 6 - the basic chassis was $30,000 in 1932, which is around $1,500,000 today - and this was when the Great Depression started, so you can imagine how difficult it was - when a luxury Cadillac would cost you $3,600, or a house for $6,500...
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wow XD *buys 2 with his teacher sallarium*
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This is awesome!
Also, I might be mistaken but . . . wasn't this the first use of purpose-built alloy wheels? Certainly the first use of integrated braking system within the wheels themselves. The idea being that in a race when they changed the tyres for new ones, they also changed the brakes.
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Thanks!
I think you are right about the wheels - pretty much every other racing car I have seen from the 20s 30s and 40s had spoked or all-steel wheels...
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Will you be doing other French Firsts?
First car Cugnot's 1769 Fardier Γ Vapeur?
First successful front wheel drive car 1934 CitroΓ«n Traction Avant?
First Mass Produced Cars 1889 Panhard-Levassor - 1891 Peugeot? (Sorry Ford fans. Henry did not invent the production line.)
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You have given me something to think about.
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