Bugatti Type 59

I've no wish to be pedantic but this car is a Type 59 Bugatti, and not a 159.

Trisha said:

I've no wish to be pedantic but this car is a Type 59 Bugatti, and not a 159.

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Not at all, thanks for the info!!!!!

P.S. changed it on YouTube already, can not change it here anymore........

Thanks again,
Nico

I remember having a good look round a T59 many years ago, a beautiful car...I must check a model kit out for myself as those are super Laurence

...but why is the driver of #14 looking up to the sky?

Eye watering racing incidents...

Thanks, Kevan. I advise you look for one of these Matchbox kits. Nicely detailed and, with a Pitlane Chassis, go well. The chap's looking skyward because he was originally a soldier looking, like the rest of us, for a clue...

Abfab footage, Kev. Remastered and perfectly clear. A real treat. My grateful thanks to you again.

great looking models, Trish. Couldn't seem to get the engine detail into my Pyro version, congrats!

Trisha said:

The magic of Airfix in a Type 35B. View attachment 336369 View attachment 336370

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That made the eyebrows suddenly pop up

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The magic of Airfix in a Type 35B. View attachment 336369 View attachment 336370

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Such a nice piece of slot car Laurence 👌🏼

Thanks, Daniel. One of my favourite cars of all time. A timeless masterpiece. Running on alcohol these cars remain capable of 140mph, but watch those stretchy cable brakes. Everyone should have a GP Bugatti in their collection, eh?

Trisha said:

Thanks, Daniel. One of my favourite cars of all time. A timeless masterpiece. Running on alcohol these cars remain capable of 140mph, but watch those stretchy cable brakes. Everyone should have a GP Bugatti in their collection, eh?

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Until the age of 5, I lived in Gotherington, just a hop and a skip away from Prescott. I can still remember, on race day mornings, the procession of gorgeous machinery rasping and booming past our front gate on the way to the hill. Memory is a fickle thing, but it tells me that most, at least marginally, roadable cars got driven rather than trailered to meetings in those days. Anyhow, it does probably explain why the Type 35 Bugatti was the first car I could reliably identify. Aside from the family VW Beetle (a 1955 oval window IIRC), of course.

Fab post, Pat. Thanks. I also have similar memories of Gotherington and Prescott. Your recollection is crystal clear. No one bothered about modern BS in those days. Few trailers ( exceptions for pure racing cars), plenty of Castrol R, no road tax licence, no MoT, no 'elfs and nosey Parkers and no self-appointed guardians of so-called political correctness.

We went motor racing because that's what life is actually all about, unless I've misunderstood. Anyone for a game of bowls?

No ta...

If you remember Gotherington at all, if you ever noticed a Bedford OB coach, in blue and silver, sitting in the drive of a house on the main road through, that was our place.

Can't recall, Pat, but my memory might return one fine day.