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Overview“If I was asked to give my opinion as to the best all-round super-sports car … I should, without hesitation whatever, say it was the 3.3 [T57] Bugatti.” – Sir Malcolm Campbell, The Field, September 4th, 1937. The magnificent Type 57 was the final flowering of the genius of Ettore Bugatti and Jean Bugatti, and was the last truly new model from the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France. Conceived as a fast, luxurious and exclusive touring car, the T57 was in production from 1934 to 1939, and was so successful that the model accounts for around 10 per cent of all Bugattis built at Molsheim. Not only a sales success, the T57 formed the basis of a Grand Prix model, a twice Le Mans-winning sports racing car and, in road-going form, wore some of the most beautiful bodies ever created by the great coachbuilders of the vintage period. See the work of Letourneur & Marchand, Graber, Gangloff, James Young, Corsica, Van Vooren & Saoutchik, Vanden Plas, Figoni & Falaschi, Sodomka, Henri Labourdette, Fernandel & Darren, Franay, Guilloré, Malyby, Tüschner, Worblaufen and Rice & Harper. Also the standard bodies: Atalante, Galibier, Stelvio, Ventoux, Atlantic and Aravis. Barrie Price’s work is a concise history of the T57 and its derivatives the T59, T64 and T101, an engineering analysis, and the most thorough survey yet of the many coachbuilt bodies fitted to this famous chassis. The reader will also find appendices crammed with detailed and valuable information ranging from chassis numbers and original owners to sales and service statistics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Barrie PricePublisher: David & Charles Imprint: Veloce Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 20.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.00cm Weight: 1.213kg ISBN: 9781845848712ISBN 10: 1845848713 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 26 October 2015 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & PUBLISHER'S NOTE 6 I INTRODUCTION TO THE TYPE 57 BUGATTI 6 II TYPE 57 COACHWORK 22 GALIBIER 25 VENTOUX 34 STELVIO 47 ATALANTE 63 ARAVIS 72 BERTELLI 75 CORSICA 79 GANGLOFF 85 GRABER 88 LETOURNEUR & MARCHAND 93 VAN VOOREN & SAOUTCHIK 96 JAMES YOUNG 103 OTHER COACHBUILDERS: CHAPRON 107 FERNANDEL & DARREN 108 FIGONI & FALASCHI 109 FRANAY 110 GUILLORE 111 HENRI LABOURDETTE 111 MALTBY 112 RICE & HARPER 113 SODOMKA 114 TUSCHNER 115 UNKNOWN 115 VANDEN PLAS 117 WORBLAUFEN 118 SPECIALS 118 III THE TYPE 59 GRAND PRIX CAR 131 THE BUGATTI TRUST 155 IV OTHER RACING CARS 139 V THE TYPE 57S SPORTS CAR 156 VI THE TYPE 57 RACING SPORTS CARS 192 VII THE TYPE 64 214 VIII THE TYPE 101 218 APPENDICES: 1: THE FACTORY SALES RECORDS 226 2: SALES & SERVICE STATISTICS 236Reviewshugely authoritative and packed with hundreds of images, including particularly fascinating pics of oddball one-offs and Bugattis in their declining years. Octane (UK) A wonderful book, magnificent! Oldtimer Magazine/ Dreamcar Magazine Author InformationBarrie Price has spent a lifetime working in the motor industry in his home county of Warwickshire. He was responsible for a Rolls-Royce/Bentley service operation for over 40 years, and then purchased the assets of Lea-Francis Cars Ltd in 1962. He was the proprietor until he sold the company in 2019. He has been the President of the Lea-Francis Owners Club, co-founder and former Chairman of the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Specialist's Association, former Chairman of the Bugatti Owners Club, and co-founder and former Chairman of the Bugatti Trust. He has owned or driven practically every type of Bugatti. Barrie's written work includes books on Bugatti, the history of Lea-Francis, and Rolls-Royce. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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