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Solved - MJW #718 - Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet by Sodomka
« on: December 04, 2011, 12:54:39 PM »
Make and model shouldn't be too difficult but who built the coachwork?
One point for the correct answer.
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2011, 01:40:16 PM »
Expertise please
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 02:50:17 PM »

Bugatti Type 49, Chassis # 49227, Drophead coupe by Sodomka of Prague, Czechoslovakia
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2011, 06:20:55 PM »
Quote from: bentleybob on December 10, 2011, 02:50:17 PM

Bugatti Type 49, Chassis # 49227, Drophead coupe by Sodomka of Prague, Czechoslovakia

Bugatti Type 49 but I have a different Czech coachbuilder....
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2011, 10:12:08 AM »
THe Bugatti trust have it as Sodomka, of course Uhlik, Antonin Tomas and even Petera built bodies on Bugatti, but I have not see this listed as such. It used to be in |Switzerland for a long time. I will look into it.
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2011, 10:34:26 AM »
All my Bugatti books, including the Price book on the 8-cylinder Touring Bugatti chassis list it as Sodomka, except the Bugatti Magnum book which states the coachbuilder as Zuercher of Czechoslovakia, which to my knowledge does not exist. Moreover, Zuercher in German-Swiss means 'from Zürich', which may have been applicable to an earlier owner, but not to the coachbuilder...
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Re: MJW #718
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2011, 11:40:56 AM »
Quote from: bentleybob on December 11, 2011, 10:34:26 AM
All my Bugatti books, including the Price book on the 8-cylinder Touring Bugatti chassis list it as Sodomka, except the Bugatti Magnum book which states the coachbuilder as Zuercher of Czechoslovakia, which to my knowledge does not exist. Moreover, Zuercher in German-Swiss means 'from Zürich', which may have been applicable to an earlier owner, but not to the coachbuilder...
Well, well one learns something new everyday on this forum.
I had taken the information from my Bugatti Magnum and assumed that Zuercher was a Czech coachbuilder.
I will alter the coachbuilder to Sodomka and award you the point.
Thanks for the excellent explanation!
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