Bugatti Barn Find
There are wonderful surprises every year at retromobile and i must say this time it s a big one mattieu lamoure the managing director of artcurial motorcars said in a youtube video.
Bugatti barn find. Jay leno s garage 908 833 views. Sent in photos of this 1938 bugatti type 57c atalante i thought it looked familiar. An unmolested 1937 bugatti type 57s atalante was discovered after spending 48 years in a quiet tyneside britain garage. 1928 bugatti type 37a jay leno s garage duration.
Wheels were painted black and bumpers removed prior to showing. Baillon barn find 1940 s talbot lago t26 by saoutchik duration. A belgian barn find of three classic bugattis as well as a rare vintage citroen could fetch as much as 1 million at artcurial motorcars auction at the upcoming salon retromobile in france. But when matthieu lamoure and pierre novikoff entered a ramshackle garage in belgium they found three of them plus a 1920s citroën for good measure.
Just four were ever constructed and three are accounted for today making chassis 57453 a potential barn find that bugatti estimates could be worth as much as 114 million. To find one classic bugatti in a barn would be fortunate. Bugatti royale type 41 six of the best duration. Car restorer wayne carini uncovers a rare 1938 bugatti type 57c atalante coupe from a secluded garage.
Well that would be incredible. It s being termed one of the last great barn finds with an estimated. Directed by jim astrausky. Ex earl howe bugatti barn find to headline bonhams retromobile sale one of the most important motor cars in the world emerges from its secret hideaway for the first time in 50 years.
Jean bugatti was the eldest son of company founder ettore bugatti and by the early 1930s was penning most of the company s body designs. It was also displayed in the sarasota auto museum in a barn find display. With wayne carini dennis nicotra christopher sanger scott sargent. Barn finds mystery car parked 100 years over old tunnel from mexico to usa duration.
This bugatti was a known car ever since the greenwich auction in 2007 and the chasing classic cars tv show.