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Respect and Responsibility: Restoring the Itier Bugatti

April 1, 2014 By pete

Alan Söderström, seen standing by his Bugatti roadster in 1965, didn't know it, but under this unusual body was a Grand Prix car. Current owner Henrik Schou-Nielsen recounts the story for VeloceToday.

By Henrik Schou-Nielsen (and staff)

Danish architect Henrik Schou-Nielsen tells us the fascinating story of a famous racing Bugatti that seemed to have disappeared over the years, only to be found at long last hiding under a striking art deco styled roadster. The discovery resulted in a 10 year project that skilfully preserved two very different Bugattis, one of which turned out to be the Grand Prix Bugatti raced by Anne-Cécile Itier in the 1930s. We’ll let Schou-Nielsen take it from here.

Itier in her T51A Bugatti at the Nurburgring in 1934.

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Tagged With: Ann Itier, Anne-Cecile Itier, bugatti, bugatti grand prix cars, bugatti t51, Bugatti T51A, DOHC Bugatti, Itier Bugatti, woman race drivers

A Car Life, by Larry Crane

February 25, 2009 By pete

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Legend has it that Mrs. Bugatti would pass through the race shop periodically and hold her pack of Gaulois cigarettes next to the latest group of team cars to verify they had not drifted too far from the official racing color.

Bugatti Type 51 in Gaulois Bleue

Bugatti’s famous snarl grows quickly. The tiny clutch pedal snaps up and we are underway. Every metal component that is in motion makes noise and it is all in the cockpit with you. There is no firewall and the gearbox is pressed against my left leg. It doesn’t take long before there is heat everywhere. The rev counter has inexplicably failed and we are running on sound. [Read more…] about A Car Life, by Larry Crane

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