The successor to the Bugatti Type 44, the Type 49 was the final evolution of the traditional Ettore Bugatti touring car and one of the finest automobiles of its era. The Type 49 marked the last use of a single overhead cam inline eight-cylinder engine in a touring Bugatti. Improving on the Type 44, the Type 49 offered an enlarged engine and upgr..
Automobiles Bucciali was founded in 1922 by brothers Alberto and Paul-Albert Bucciali in Courbevoie, France. Initially manufacturing cyclecars under the name Automobiles Buc, Alberto aspired to build Grand Prix cars and obtained a short-chassis Bignan through engineer Némorin Causan and a racing engine from Ballot in Paris. By 1924, Bucciali had..
It would be a herculean task to list even a worthwhile fraction of Bugatti’s illustrious Type 35’s officially recorded period hill climb, GP, and endurance race wins, let alone the model’s countless club-level victories attained throughout the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and beyond. Excluding perhaps the ethereal, near-mythic Royale, no other Molsheim-..
Automobiles G.A.R. began building cyclecars in 1921 in the town of Clichy, west of Paris. Development of the lightweight racing cars progressed using four-cylinder engines with superchargers and overhead camshafts. In 1926, G.A.R. entered the Bol d’Or, a 24-hour race for motorcycles and cyclecars limited to 1,100 cc capacity. All the G.A.R.s com..
Bentley unveiled the new 4 1/2 Litre model in October 1927 at the Olympia Motor Show, offering “to those discriminating motorists to whom the joy of motoring lies in fascinating acceleration, high speed, and – Bentley design.” Its four-cylinder 4,398 cc engine offered the dual-ignition and four-valves- per-cylinder design, but shared bore and st..
Marmon’s 34B was a descendent of the company’s Wasp – the car driven by its creator Ray Harroun to victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. Like the Wasp, the 34B featured an advanced 340 cid overhead-valve inline six and largely aluminum body, facilitating cruising speeds in excess of many of its peers.
This 34B is finished in lovely..
As the vehicle that firmly put North America on wheels, Henry Ford’s Model T stands proudly as one of the most versatile and historically important motor vehicles ever built. Fitted when new with “Six-Post Express” commercial bodywork produced by the Martin-Parry Corporation which had operations in York, Pennsylvania, and Indianapolis, Indiana, ..
Making its debut in 1934, the Type 57 was the masterful creation of Bugatti’s son, Jean, and was the company’s most successful road-going model, with over 700 built in total. In 1937, the French automaker introduced the supercharged 57C model with a stiffer frame, rubber-mounted engine, and Roots-type compressor, running at 1.17 times engine spe..
Clyno were built in Wolverhampton between 1922 & 1929 and were the third largest car manufacturer in Britain behind Austin & Morris.Built to a very high quality, with excellent road manners & performance for a smaller engined vintage car. This particular example was fully restored and lovingly cared for by her last owner, havi..