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Purchased by Hugh G Conway and single-family ownership since 1978 1928 Bugatti Type 44 Grand Touring 4-seater
United Kingdom • 12 Dec 2024
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AI Listing Summary
This is a 1978 Bugatti Type 44, frame number 1205, purchased from the Molsheim Factory by Hugh G Conway. The car was restored over six years and has been used extensively in international events. It has been in long-term storage and requires recommissioning before road use.
Condition
6
The car was in a wrecked condition and was restored over a six-year period. It has been used extensively in international events and has been in long-term storage, requiring recommissioning. It is in good condition, but requires some work to be road worthy.
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Transmission:
[Transmission]
Chassis No:
1205
Odometer:
6,100 miles
Reg Number:
5313BA75
RHD/LHD:
[RHD/LHD]
Frame number: 1205 • Purchased by Hugh G Conway from the Molsheim Factory in 1978.
• Offered from the Conway family.
Ex-Hugh R G Conway – Chairman of The Bugatti Trust until 2023 and regarded Bugatti Historian Hugh G Conway.
• Used extensively by Hugh R G Conway in international events, up to the 2019 International Bugatti Rally USA.
This very handsome and supremely useable prestige-class four-seat tourer is offered here direct from the family of the great Bugattiste Hugh G Conway, whose career and many interests are detailed in the description for his Type 35T which Bonhams is equally privileged to offer as this Sale's Lot 7.
Hugh G Conway himself related his acquisition of this Type 44 as follows: "Way back in February 1978 when we imported the spares from the factory at Molsheim" – these being the French factory's redundant spares stock, saved for the Bugatti Owners' Club in England – "...I came back with the sorry remains of a Type 44, a wreck which had been lying at Molsheim ...
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£207,000
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£297,175
Median Price (Since 2020)
£421,316
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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