Langbeschreibung
The story of the Bugatti Type 50, which heralded a new era with the introduction of the Molsheim marque’s first twin-cam engine, a supercharged 4.9-litre straight eight of prodigious power
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 6 Setting the scene 8 1 The world in 1931 10 2 Ettore and Jean Bugatti 18 3 Before the Type 50 24 4 The Type 46 36 The Type 50 52 5 The Type 50 54 The races 96 6 Le Mans, 1931 98 7 Le Mans, 1933 132 8 Le Mans, 1934 144 9 Le Mans, 1935 158 The drivers 182 10 Louis Chiron 184 11 Albert Divo 194 12 Guy Bouriat 202 13 Maurice Rost 208 14 Achille Varzi 212 15 Caberto Conelli 220 16 Pierre Veyron 228 17 Roger Labric 234 Later life of 50177 238 18 Atlantic crossings 240 Portrait of 50177 268 19 Type 50 experiences 270 20 A portrait of 50177 today 276 Appendices 298 1 Works registration numbers 300 2 Bugatti blues 302 3 The sister cars 306 4 The Le Mans car no. 3 310 5 Type 50 chassis 50144 314 6 A miniature Type 50 316 Index 318