446 Type 15

Bugatti Type 15, chassis 446, engine 88, gearbox 89 — the 'Alpenfahrt Bugatti', one of the oldest surviving Bugattis and the best-documented of the first production 'Petit Pur Sang' series, still retaining its matching-numbers original engine. Prepared with works features carried over from the 1911 Le Mans car (engine enlarged to 1456 cc, Zenith sports racing carburettor, pre-heating system, external lubrication, lightweight oil tank, single rear springs, Rudge wire wheels), it is the only survivor with all of these racing features and the only remaining square-radiator car with intact works sports features, including the signature camboxes. Entered (as works car or with works support) in the Austrian Alpenfahrt Rally of 16-23 June 1912, driven by A. Weiler. Returned to the factory and delivered on 6 September 1912 via agent Laemmel of Chemnitz to first formal owner Alured Kresse. Imported into Denmark in 1919 by agent Hersleb Christiansen (one of six Bugattis), who fitted new bodywork retaining the original bonnet, which the car still has. Danish owners: Peter Sand (Herning, 1919), H.P. Nielsen Lind (Herning, 1921), Victor Hancke (Hurup/Vestervig, 1922 — competed in Danish west-coast beach races), Jens Nielsen (Hurup, 1924 — fitted the modernised racing-style body, dismantled the car in his workshop in 1935), the Hebsgaard family (Skanderborg, 1960), and Claude Teisen-Simony (Copenhagen, 2007), who campaigned it in Scandinavian events and at Montlhery and Prescott, and displayed it at the Bugatti Trust. The car remained in Denmark from 1919 onward. Chassis number 446 is stamped on the original brass chassis plate and on the engine's front bearer arm; engine no. 88 on several engine parts including the water pump. Now part of The Perridon Collection. Bugatti Type 15, chassis 446, engine 88, gearbox 89 — the 'Alpenfahrt Bugatti', one of the oldest surviving Bugattis and the best-documented of the first production 'Petit Pur Sang' series, still retaining its matching-numbers original engine. Prepared with works features carried over from the 1911 Le Mans car (engine enlarged to 1456 cc, Zenith sports racing carburettor, pre-heating system, external lubrication, lightweight oil tank, single rear springs, Rudge wire wheels), it is the only survivor with all of these racing features and the only remaining square-radiator car with intact works sports features, including the signature camboxes. Entered (as works car or with works support) in the Austrian Alpenfahrt Rally of 16-23 June 1912, driven by A. Weiler. Returned to the factory and delivered on 6 September 1912 via agent Laemmel of Chemnitz to first formal owner Alured Kresse. Imported into Denmark in 1919 by agent Hersleb Christiansen (one of six Bugattis), who fitted new bodywork retaining the original bonnet, which the car still has. Danish owners: Peter Sand (Herning, 1919), H.P. Nielsen Lind (Herning, 1921), Victor Hancke (Hurup/Vestervig, 1922 — competed in Danish west-coast beach races), Jens Nielsen (Hurup, 1924 — fitted the modernised racing-style body, dismantled the car in his workshop in 1935), the Hebsgaard family (Skanderborg, 1960), and Claude Teisen-Simony (Copenhagen, 2007), who campaigned it in Scandinavian events and at Montlhery and Prescott, and displayed it at the Bugatti Trust. The car remained in Denmark from 1919 onward. Chassis number 446 is stamped on the original brass chassis plate and on the engine's front bearer arm; engine no. 88 on several engine parts including the water pump. Now part of The Perridon Collection. Bugatti Type 15, chassis 446, engine 88, gearbox 89 — the 'Alpenfahrt Bugatti', one of the oldest surviving Bugattis and the best-documented of the first production 'Petit Pur Sang' series, still retaining its matching-numbers original engine. Prepared with works features carried over from the 1911 Le Mans car (engine enlarged to 1456 cc, Zenith sports racing carburettor, pre-heating system, external lubrication, lightweight oil tank, single rear springs, Rudge wire wheels), it is the only survivor with all of these racing features and the only remaining square-radiator car with intact works sports features, including the signature camboxes. Entered (as works car or with works support) in the Austrian Alpenfahrt Rally of 16-23 June 1912, driven by A. Weiler. Returned to the factory and delivered on 6 September 1912 via agent Laemmel of Chemnitz to first formal owner Alured Kresse. Imported into Denmark in 1919 by agent Hersleb Christiansen (one of six Bugattis), who fitted new bodywork retaining the original bonnet, which the car still has. Danish owners: Peter Sand (Herning, 1919), H.P. Nielsen Lind (Herning, 1921), Victor Hancke (Hurup/Vestervig, 1922 — competed in Danish west-coast beach races), Jens Nielsen (Hurup, 1924 — fitted the modernised racing-style body, dismantled the car in his workshop in 1935), the Hebsgaard family (Skanderborg, 1960), and Claude Teisen-Simony (Copenhagen, 2007), who campaigned it in Scandinavian events and at Montlhery and Prescott, and displayed it at the Bugatti Trust. The car remained in Denmark from 1919 onward. Chassis number 446 is stamped on the original brass chassis plate and on the engine's front bearer arm; engine no. 88 on several engine parts including the water pump. Now part of The Perridon Collection. Bugatti Type 15, chassis 446, engine 88, gearbox 89 — the 'Alpenfahrt Bugatti', one of the oldest surviving Bugattis and the best-documented of the first production 'Petit Pur Sang' series, still retaining its matching-numbers original engine. Prepared with works features carried over from the 1911 Le Mans car (engine enlarged to 1456 cc, Zenith sports racing carburettor, pre-heating system, external lubrication, lightweight oil tank, single rear springs, Rudge wire wheels), it is the only survivor with all of these racing features and the only remaining square-radiator car with intact works sports features, including the signature camboxes. Entered (as works car or with works support) in the Austrian Alpenfahrt Rally of 16-23 June 1912, driven by A. Weiler. Returned to the factory and delivered on 6 September 1912 via agent Laemmel of Chemnitz to first formal owner Alured Kresse. Imported into Denmark in 1919 by agent Hersleb Christiansen (one of six Bugattis), who fitted new bodywork retaining the original bonnet, which the car still has. Danish owners: Peter Sand (Herning, 1919), H.P. Nielsen Lind (Herning, 1921), Victor Hancke (Hurup/Vestervig, 1922 — competed in Danish west-coast beach races), Jens Nielsen (Hurup, 1924 — fitted the modernised racing-style body, dismantled the car in his workshop in 1935), the Hebsgaard family (Skanderborg, 1960), and Claude Teisen-Simony (Copenhagen, 2007), who campaigned it in Scandinavian events and at Montlhery and Prescott, and displayed it at the Bugatti Trust. The car remained in Denmark from 1919 onward. Chassis number 446 is stamped on the original brass chassis plate and on the engine's front bearer arm; engine no. 88 on several engine parts including the water pump. Now part of The Perridon Collection.