This 1925 Bugatti Type 35, raced extensively in period, will cross the auction block through Bonhams on December 12.
The shape is unmistakable; low-slung, pencil-thin, and defined by that bolt-upright, horseshoe-framed radiator and iconic French Racing Blue paintwork. This is the 1925Why Bugatti, Czinger, and Other Marques Are 3-D Printing Their Hypercars
With its charming patina, the right-hand-drive example—chassis No. 4564—began life in 1925 as the easier-to-drive, easier-to-maintain Type 35A, as opposed to the more highly strung, all-out Grand Prix version for racing.While both variants of the Type 35 featured a three-valve, overhead-camshaft straight-eight engine, the 35A’s power plant used a simpler, ball-bearing crankshaft and smaller valves in a mill that delivered 70 hp as opposed to the racer’s 90 hp.
Racers such as Kay Petre, Sheila Darbishire, and even Sir Stirling Moss have piloted this example of the famed Type 35.At four-feet, 10 inches in height, Petre drove the car in-between competing in three Le Mans 24-Hour races, setting three Brooklands speed records, and campaigning in various road rallies and hill climbs. In 1936, she passed the car on to her friend and fellow racer, Irish-born Sheila Darbishire, who entered the car in speed trials and circuit races.
Next in the ownership train was British Bugatti Owners’ Club luminary Hugh Bergel, who acquired the car in 1959. For the next 19 years, Bergel and his son added some 10,570 miles to the car’s odometer, and even allowed the greatIn September of 1978, Bergel sold the Bugatti to renowned engineer and leading Bugatti historian and author Hugh Conway. The car wasn’t exactly in tip-top condition when Conway got the keys.
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