Off The Road Since 1940s Rolling Project TMU Disassembled 3.3-Liter DOHC Inline-Eight Stromberg Updraft Carburetor Four-Speed Manual Transmission Ventoux Coupe Coachwork Black Paint Red Leather Upholstery 18" Wire Wheels Finned Four-Wheel Drum Brakes Front & Rear Axles Collection of Uninstalled Parts
This 1936 Bugatti Type 57 is one of approximately 700 examples built between 1934 and 1940 and was ordered new by Circus Pinder director and animal tamer Roger Spiessert with Jean Bugatti-designed Ventoux four-light coupe coachwork.

Chassis 57364 was completed on February 10, 1936, for delivery to Spiessert, who reportedly drove the car with an elephant calf while promoting the circus under his stage name Roger Spessardy.

The car changed hands twice over the next two years and was subsequently abandoned in Paris, where it was discovered in the 1950s before being purchased in 1959 by a California owner who had it shipped to Los Angeles.

It passed through a series of owners as a deferred ...