Chassis Record · T35 Racing Family

4843 Type 35C

Original

Certified

1927 Year Built

15 Events

6 Known Owners

Certified

Technical Dossier

4843

Year Built 1927

Colour French Racing Blue

Interior Colour Green

Gearbox 4 + R

Delivery Date 11-02-1927

Invoiced To Renato Balestrero

Original Customer Renato Balestrero

Registration PM-77-63

Agent Bugatti factory

Collection The Perridon Collection

BCC Status Certified

Type 35C Register → T35 Racing Family

Description

We are still verifying the description for this chassis. It will appear here as soon as its record is confirmed.

Technical Specifications

Engine & Drivetrain (2)

Engine No. 108

Configuration Inline 8-cylinder (straight-8), 3-valve OHC

Displacement 1991 cc

Power 128 HP (Supercharged)

Notes Rootes-type supercharger mounted low on engine. Unblown base power: ~90hp. Bore 60mm / Stroke 88mm. Top speed ~125mph (201km/h). 4-speed manual gearbox, cable drum brakes, RHD.

Provenance & Story

Chassis 4843

Bugatti Type 35C, chassis number 4843, was purchased in 1927 by the Italian racing driver Renato Balestrero for 75,000 Swiss francs. Balestrero raced this supercharged Grand Prix car throughout the 1927 and 1928 seasons, competing in events including the Tripoli Grand Prix. The chassis represents a vivid fragment of Italian motorsport at its most heroic: the Type 35C, equipped with a Rootes-type supercharged straight-eight producing approximately 128 horsepower, was among the most competitive Grand Prix machines of its era, and in Balestrero's hands it became a vehicle of genuine ambition.

Tazio Nuvolari - The Confirmed Connection

Research by Sjoerd Schepman (curator, Perridon Collection) has established documentary evidence that Tazio Nuvolari…

Ownership History

Known Owners (6)

Renato Balestrero

1927 – 1950

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Exhibition & Racing

Events (15)

Coppa Vinci

1927

race — Italy

GP Tripoli (Mallaha), Libya

1927

Mallaha, Libya

★ 2nd

GP Pozzo (Verona), Italy

1927

Verona, Italy

★ DNF

18th Targa Florio

1927

Race — Circuito delle Madonie, Italy

★ DNF

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Service Records & Coachwork

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Sources & References

Bibliography (6)

18^ Targa Florio - 24 aprile 1927 (Start list and results)
Website — targaflorio.info — 1927
BugattiBuilder Chassis 4843 Photo Archive
Website — BugattiBuilder.com
Motorsport Memorial - Achille Varzi profile
Website — Motorsport Memorial
Nuvolari-signed race photo to Balestrero (15 Feb 1933)
photograph
L'Avvenire d'Italia — Il gran premio Bologna (entry list, pre-race)
newspaper — L'Avvenire d'Italia / Biblioteca Casa Laborsa Bologna — 1927
goldenera.fi race entry note: chassis 4843 / Nuvolari / Bologna 1927
research — goldenera.fi