1935 Bugatti Type 59:50S Full Tour | Bring a Trailer

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This 1935 Bugatti Type 59 was assembled by marque restorer Ray Jones over several years in the style of the Type 59/50S driven by Robert Benoist in the 1935 Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France. Originally completed in the early 1990s, the build included the installation of the supercharged 4,972cc inline-eight that is said to have propelled Benoist’s 1935 Grand Prix entrant after having carried Count Stanislaw Czaykowski’s Type 54 to multiple speed records in 1933. The car rides on Bugatti Type 59 works frame No. 2, which was acquired by Ray Jones from the closed Molsheim factory in the 1960s and was fitted with reproduction aluminum coachwork during the build.
Bugatti components also include a four-speed manual gearbox, a double-reduction rear axle with a ZF limited-slip differential, a split front axle, De Ram hydraulically governed friction shock absorbers, semi- and quarter-elliptical leaf springs, and 19” piano-wire wheels of staggered width. A restoration performed by the seller, Ray Jones’s son, between 2015 and 2016 brought the car to mechanically operating status and included a repaint in blue with hand-painted numbering. It has since appeared at various Concours events including the 2017 Cavallino Classic, 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, 2020 Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance, and the 2022 Palm Event at Mar-a-Lago where it earned best in show. This Type 59 is now offered in Stuart, Florida, with an FIA Historic Technical Passport, an authenticity report from David Sewell, photos from the Molsheim factory, photos from the restoration, copies of technical drawings, and a clean California title in the name of the seller’s father’s trust.
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