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Bugatti Type 46 & 50: The Big Bugattis
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Bugatti Type 46 & 50: The Big Bugattis Hardcover - 2015

by Price, Barrie

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Dorchester, England: Veloce Publishing Ltd, 2015. NEW and unread in a NEW dust jacket. The jacket would be PERFECT but for a tiny nick to the outer edge of it's rear panel (like you sometimes find in any new book store). NO chips, creases or fading. NOT price clipped (£37.50 UK, $60.00 USA). Bright and shiny. Square and tight. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - obviously never read. Bound in the original gray boards. Oversize Hardcover. 8.5" wide by 10" From the dust jacket: "The Bugatti Type 46 was announced in the autumn of 1929. The new Bugatti chassis, at almost twelve feet in length and powered by an 8-cylinder engine of 5300cc, was intended to be the basis of a superlative large luxury car - and so it proved to be. Bodied by the greatest European coachbuilders to the highest standards of quality and style for rich and discerning clientele, the T46 was in many ways a smaller Royale and is said to have been the favourite of Ettore Bugatti. Later, an optional supercharger became available to create the 46S model. In 1930 the Bugatti Type 50 superseded the T46. The new model still used the T46s chassis and most of its running gear, but featured a new, high-performance, twin-overhead-camshaft engine of just under 5-litre capacity. This supercharged unit gave the T50 very spirited performance for such a large and luxurious car, placing the model firmly in the Grand Sport category. 1931 saw a team of T50s take part in the Le Mans 24-Hour race, but the cars were withdrawn before the race finished after Rost's car crashed, tragically killing a spectator in the process. In total, fewer than five hundred T46 and T50 Bugattis were built in but, with the obvious exception of the Royale, these cars represented the pinnacle of luxury car manufacture for the famous Molsheim marque. Barrie Price's work is a concise history of the Bugatti Types 46 and 50, an engineering analysis, and the most thorough survey yet of the many coachbuilt bodies fitted to these famous chassis. Appendices include a complete chassis listing and reproductions of promotional material produced by Bugatti, Bugatti agents and others... 'a galaxy of superb coachbuilt and standard bodies on both chassis ...' - THE AUTOMOBILE… 'Barry Price writes with great authority... a fine collection of rare photographs and period advertising material ...' - CLASSIC CAR WEEKLY.". Reprint of 2000 2nd Revised edition.. Oversize Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 144 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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  • Title Bugatti Type 46 & 50: The Big Bugattis
  • Author Price, Barrie
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint of 2000 2nd Revised edition.
  • Condition New
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Veloce Publishing Ltd, Dorchester, England
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 029714
  • ISBN 9781845848729 / 1845848721
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.1 x 8.4 x 0.7 in (25.65 x 21.34 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects History, Bugatti automobile
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 1093120
  • Dewey Decimal Code 629.222

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Barrie Price has spent a lifetime in the motor industry. he is proprietor of Lea-Francis Cars Ltd and 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 the co-founder and former Chairman of the Bugatti Trust. Barrie has owned or driven practically every type of Bugatti, and has lived in Warwickshire all of his life. Barrie's written work includes books on Bugatti, the history of Lea-Francis, and Rolls-Royce.

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