1937 Bugatti 57C Van Vooren Cabriolet

thread pulls the two sections up against the shoulder. (This feature was not perpetuated on the later first, second and third series.) The front springs are half elliptic, while the familiar reversed quarter-elliptic springs are used at the rear. The brakes are of large diameter, cable operated, with the cycle chain compensators which have long been a feature of Bugattis. (on the first series only) The engine sump holds 4 gallons of oil and the petrol tank 22 gallons of fuel.

Jean Bugatti has for some years been responsible for Bugatti coachwork, and has designed many striking closed bodies with ultra- sloping windscreens.”

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Footnotes, References and Sources

1. AMERICAN BUGATTI REGISTER AND DATA BOOK, 2003, Sandy Leith 2. THE SWISS BUGATTI REGISTER, 2008 3. PUR SANG, The Bugattis’ of Prince Louis Napoleon 4. BUGATTI MAGNUM, Hugh Conway, 1989 5. BUGATTI, Le Pur Sang des Automobiles, 3 rd Edition, H. G. Conway, First Published 1963 6. LOUIS, PRINCE NAPOLEON, Wikipedia