1709 Type 23
1923 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia Modifié Torpedo, chassis no. 1709. Offered at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017, did not sell.
1709
1923 Bugatti Type 23 Brescia Modifié Torpedo, chassis no. 1709. Offered at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed 2017, did not sell.
History
Chassis assembly began on 17 July 1923 and the car reached Bugatti's Paris agency on 7 August 1923, where Andre Buot of Azay-le-Rideau bought it and commissioned the Lavocat et Marsaud torpedo body, registering it on 29 August 1923. It then passed through a continuous chain of French owners: Rene Jack of Montrichard (1929), Marcel Salzard of Blois (1930), Maurice Boucher of Bourges (1931), Marcel Apied of Bourges (1934-1970), Roger Louis Nachtigall of Le Raincy, Paris (1970-1991) and Michel Berthelot of Gournay-en-Bray (1991-2009), who restored it in 1993; it also appeared in the 1984 film 'Mistral's Daughter'. An Italian-registered owner acquired it on 1 July 2009 and commissioned a major restoration…
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