Puzzle #846 - Solved! Bugatti T57 by Roger Tunesi

Started by Otto Puzzell, April 30, 2008, 05:05:54 AM

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April 30, 2008, 05:05:54 AM Last Edit: December 08, 2011, 05:36:54 AM by Otto Puzzell


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Paul Jaray

#1
April 30, 2008, 10:42:20 AM
Hi, that is a Bugatti Type 57 by Tunesi

Tuckeroo

#2
April 30, 2008, 03:08:23 PM
That may be correct, but I was going to say Bugatti Type 57 with body by Ghia (1953), if that would be more accurate.

Otto Puzzell

#3
May 01, 2008, 03:54:39 AM
Bugatti T57 is what I was looking for, the designer and builder ID's were an added bonus.  ;)
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D-type

#4
May 02, 2008, 10:29:44 AM Last Edit: February 19, 2011, 07:42:14 PM by Paul Jaray
Given the number of different variants of the T57, including the Atlantic coupé and the 'tank' sports/racer, I think that the designer/coachbuilder is part of the designation of any of them.  Particularly as this one is coachbuilt and hasn't got the Bugatti hallmark 'horseshoe' radiator. 

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Paul Jaray

#5
May 05, 2008, 02:46:25 AM
This is the Bugatti #57385, Type 57s rebuilt in 1952 in this shape by Roger Tunesi, who later created the still-alive "Caravanes Jean et Jacques". As far as I know there is no connection with Giacinto Ghia.

woodinsight

#7
February 20, 2011, 02:18:51 AM
Superb - those are the first good photos I've seen of this car. Thanks PJ.

Carnut

#8
December 08, 2011, 05:18:03 AM
Whilst searching for new puzzles I came across this picture (which is of course the same one as the puzzle car), which was described as a 1956 Ghia-bodied Bugatti!

More Web misinformation...!
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Carnut

#9
June 16, 2014, 11:56:21 AM
Another site says that whilst it's often referred to as a T-57 that's wrong and it's actually a T-50 rebodied in 1952...
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grobmotorix

#10
June 09, 2017, 03:51:48 PM
No visible puzzle photo...

A rather unknown photo of the Tunesi Bugatti:
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