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Not Sold (Est: £280,000 - £340,000)
The ex-Barrie Price 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster
United Kingdom • 9 Sept 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Roadster, chassis number 57495, with matching chassis and engine numbers. It was formerly owned by Barrie Price, a Bugatti Owners Club President, and has a known history in the UK since delivery. The car has been enthusiastically campaigned and comes with post-sale customs administration required.
Condition
6
The car has been restored with a new body built in the 1980s. It has been regularly maintained and used in rallies and hill climbs around Europe. It has had a color change and general overhaul more recently. Overall, the car is in good condition but not original.
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Transmission:
[Transmission]
Chassis No:
57495
Odometer:
13,000 miles
Reg Number:
AUK 717
RHD/LHD:
LHD
• Matching chassis and engine numbers • Known ownership history in UK since delivery • Owned for almost 50 years by former Bugatti Owners Club President, Barrie Price • Enthusiastically campaigned By the early 1930s Ettore Bugatti had established an unrivalled reputation for building cars with outstanding performance on road or track, the world's greatest racing drivers enjoying countless successes aboard the Molsheim factory's products and often choosing them for their everyday transport.
Because of its lengthy run of success, Ettore Bugatti remained stubbornly committed to his single-cam engine, only adopting the more advanced double-overhead-camshaft method of valve actuation, after much prompting by his eldest son Jean, on the Type 50 of 1930.
From then on Jean Bugatti took greater responsibility for design, his first car being the exquisite Type 55 roadster.
He followed that with a design of equal stature: the Type 57.
A larger car than the Type 55, the Type 57 was powered by ...
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£206,612
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£469,850
Median Price (Since 2020)
£4,047,000
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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