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2400 Type 23

Distributed to Bugatti's Paris showroom May 1925; delivered to London Dec 1926 (reg YR 8859). Extensive competition use in Ireland from the 1930s to early 1970s. Restored 1974-1977 by marque historian Hugh Conway; later Alann Soderstrom and Bill Clarke. Overhauled by Ivan Dutton Ltd.

1925 Year Built
5 Events
11 Known Owners
Technical Dossier

2400

Engine Number 898
Year Built 1925
Coachwork Blue fabric coachwork by Lavocat & Marsaud (original); later homemade bodies
Delivery Date May 1925 (distributed to Bugatti's Paris showroom)
Invoiced To Bugatti Paris showroom (works order no. 33); subsequently delivered to London
Registration YR 8859 (London, December 1926)
Description

Distributed to Bugatti's Paris showroom May 1925; delivered to London Dec 1926 (reg YR 8859). Extensive competition use in Ireland from the 1930s to early 1970s. Restored 1974-1977 by marque historian Hugh Conway; later Alann Soderstrom and Bill Clarke. Overhauled by Ivan Dutton Ltd.

Provenance & Story

History

First run by TL Gordon, manager of Lord Harewood's Irish estate, until 1933, the car then passed to Wilford Fitzsimmons of Dublin, competition secretary of the Royal Irish Automobile Club, who raced it regularly, as did Dr Brian Boydell of Dublin (1937-1949). Robert Newell followed, then Freddie Norman from 1954, who fitted a Wilson preselector gearbox and a homemade body, before Brian Nelson of Northern Ireland bought it in 1956 and Lyndon Kearney in 1962. The renowned Bugatti historian Hugh Conway acquired it in 1974 and carried out a complete three-year restoration, documented across three issues of Bugantics, refitting original-style coachwork. Alann Soderstrom of Sweden owned it from 1977 to 1996,…

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Ownership History

Known Owners (11)

TL Gordon

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Exhibition & Racing

Events (5)

Boxing Day Trial
1934
race — Ireland
Kilternan hill climb
1936
race — Kilternan, Ireland
Hugh Conway restoration
1974
restoration — UK
International Bugatti Rally
2019
show — County Kerry, Ireland

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