Hitch

I got a nice surprise today at the local Schuzten Festival..











Here's the one that I really liked... Bugatti







Thought you guys might like the variety... Dave

Trophy Blue

Nice job Dave. You can be our "International Corespondent" .

Dave Tracy

Nice '55 Caddy!

stingrayl76

That Bugatti has 6 tailpipes, KO's and a spare set of plugs on the firewall. But not as cool as a Vette! Thanks for the shots.

Dave

5thvet

Dave,
Glad you found something to do on what I assume could be a day off from your job over there. Great shots. Did the locals like the Caddy?
Don

bigearl56

Thanks Dave, Love that CadI

Earl

RoadKing96

Dave,
You remember what this little gem is? It's not a mini, but sure is wild looking. Great pictures. Love the Bugati and the spare spark plugs held in a rack near radiator. The Bugati must have had a fouling problem?

C2Driver

Dave, that Bugatti and this 1938 Talbot Lago T-150C SS are two of my all-time favorites!!!



Hope your trip is going well. Still working on Hamilton. Thought Bob Dylan was going to be there, but wrong week.



- Pat

kenmo

Cool photos.....

Cruzmeisters

Yeah, GOTTA love that Cad!

Cruz

Hitch

I thought that I was going to be there the last week of July however it's gotten moved to the first week of August. I believe that it's going to be the 4-8th? We've identified a few software problems while I've been here in Germany so they have to fix them first.

I'm glad you guys liked the pics, it was a huge open air festival at the local garden. The garden probably covers about 20 acres and is immaculately taken care of.

Dave the little black car was actually an Austin Martin. Need little car with bright blue interior. If I ever by a 66 coupe it will be black with bright blue interior..

Earl, gotta pay the bills mang.. I need to brush up on my German though

Time to go to work...

chevyunger

Hi Dave,
I am new to this forum and happy to see you guys are in germany too.
I am german and buy my first corvette last month in chicago. Now I am waiting for the car coming over to germany.
I will you give some pics when the car arrives and from the upcoming car shows I will visit.
regards
Matthias

Hitch

Matthias, Welcome to the forum. Yes please post pics when you get your car..

Dave

Aussi-66

The little black beast GT-042H is an Austin A30, I used to own one. The initial Mini engine in the mini was based on the A30's block.

JohnZ

Great shots! The Bugatti appears to have a Saoutchick body - not many of those left! Interesting how they wound up with six tailpipes on a straight-8

I worked at Opel Engineering in Russelsheim in 1980 (under Fritz Lohr, Opel Chief Engineer), and lived at the Nasser Hauf hotel in Wiesbaden; my first night there was the first day of Oktoberfest, and it only got better.

Hitch

John I was curious about that too. I then though maybe it's a 4 banger.. I don't think I've ever seen a straight eight though. I did think why do they need all of those extra spark plugs and why is the fuel line resting on the exhaust manifold...

The car has a sign that was in front of it that says that it was and "Aerolite"? I can post the sign but it was in German...

raytex

Like the set of spare spark plugs on the firewall

If you want I can translate the german?

Ray

53 Blue Flame Brett

Thanks for posting, Dave. The bugatti is cool but not as cool as a six cylinder 53.

JohnZ

It's a DOHC straight-8, as were all Bugattis; that's the intake manifold from the blower - the exhaust manifold is on the other side. "Aerolite" refers to the all-aluminum body. They had plug-fouling problems too, and carried a full set of spares.

Hitch

Thanks John for the info about the motor I didn't have the time that I wanted to look over the car as I was with some colleagues..

Raytex was nice enough to give us an over view of what the plaque said in front of the car. Thanks

The Bugatti was designed by Jean Bugatti the son of Ettore Bugatti.
He designed it and it was displayed at the Paris and London motorshow in
1935.
It appears the be a prototype that normally after 6 months should have been
demolished.
From this prototype the 1936/38 Typ 57S with a Atlantic called body was
developed with following differences to the Aerolithe.
1. Radiator shape was pointy so flat
2. Hood was lower
3. big windscreen
4. ventilation holes in hood and roof area
5. fuel tank cap on the left side rear

The existence of a second Aerolithe has never been proven.
This a replica build in 2005 based on original Bugatti technics
The chassis was out of a kind of aluminium which was very hard to weld.
A lot of rivets where used instead of welding.

There is no data about the interior documented, they copied an other design
from Jean Bugatti to make the interior.