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A very wet Tour de France.
We're looking at a rare shot of a very wet day in 1938 with the Tour de France crossing Lille (the backyard of Bruno Vendiesse). Of paricular interest of course is the Bugatti T57 Atalante driven through foot deep puddles in a way you hardly can imagine today. We have seen a few Atalante pictures ov er the years and we're always surprtised to find new details. The car is a two toen version of which various are known. Also we have seen many small and very small rear windows. Yet this one made us frown. Based on the lack of gloss in the middle part of the roof we think this is a decapotable. There is a remarkable resemblance with #57.312 shown here. The only things we found is the different colour scheme (the two tone in the picture above is more like black over red or blue, but certainly not white. Further the much smaller petrol cap in the car as presented today and the different positioning of the rear windows. And now you've come so far please cleick the main pic and tell us what you think about the car on the left...
( Michel San Giorgi refers to a photo from the book by Laget and Montgermont)
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martedì luglio 22nd, 2014
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Sconosciuto
27 Luglio 2014, 20:34
Sconosciuto
24 Luglio 2014, 09:13
Bugatti #57.252 is the car shown at 'Le SALON' in 1935 and it is the first Atalante with this kind of roof.
Licence plate: 7152-RJ-7
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Licence plate: 7152-RJ-7
Sconosciuto
24 Luglio 2014, 07:00
I have tried to identify the license plate (even with a surgical microscope) but it is unfortunately unreadable.
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24 Luglio 2014, 05:44
I have a picture of Bugatti #57.252.
On this picture the small rear windows are clearly visible. In a second image the 'roll top' is visualised
(yesterday I did sent a scan about it to 'info')
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On this picture the small rear windows are clearly visible. In a second image the 'roll top' is visualised
(yesterday I did sent a scan about it to 'info')
Sconosciuto
24 Luglio 2014, 00:51
Don't know what the car is but interesting that the two people in the car have hats and coats on, by others walking with umbrellas it is still raining, yet they haven't put the hood up. Also if the cars are moving I would not like to be standing where that man with the umbrella is.
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Sconosciuto
23 Luglio 2014, 11:49
The spare wheel on the trunk reminds me of Hotchkiss style wheels so may be it is one. I'm not familiar with the models they produced so leave that open to other car spotters.
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Sconosciuto
23 Luglio 2014, 09:07
These cars do have 'roll tops'.
Is the licence plate readable on the original picture? This could give a hint to the car's identity.
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Is the licence plate readable on the original picture? This could give a hint to the car's identity.
Sconosciuto
23 Luglio 2014, 08:40
Bugatti might have been pleased that a fellow Italian, the great Gino Bartali, won the Tour in 1938.
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23 Luglio 2014, 08:26
I would suggest the car on the left is a Salmson S4-61.
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23 Luglio 2014, 07:05
My guess is that the roof works like a roller blind. The driver has problem with moist on the inside of the windshield. He has choosen to open the roof just a little to enhance ventilation of the widshield accepting a little rain on the head. On a four door car you just open the side windows in the back doors one centimeter. I did this yesterday.
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