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some amazing things turned up in classifieds, a Bugatti 57sc Atalante, and a wonderful 1930 Morgan 3 wheeler van/beetleback

1925 type 22 Bugatti pulled out of a lake

Above via: http://www.automotto.org/entry/lake-maggiore-bugatti-brescia-up-for-the-auction/

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4469309&iSaleNo=18191&iSaleSectionNo=2#

Via: http://www.dinosaursandrobots.com/2010/01/underwater-bugatti-exhumed.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DinosaursAndRobots+(Dinosaurs+and+Robots)

From http://hotvvheels.tumblr.com/

In the case of non-payment of the duties, the car had to be destroyed and the simplest way to do so was to tip it into the nearby lake. The lakebed depth was 53 metres.

It remained there, undiscovered, until 18th August 1967 when diver Ugo Pillon located the mythical Bugatti, which was lying on its left side, partly buried in the mud. Pillon had been searching for it for some time and after its rediscovery the car became a popular target members of the local sub aqua club. On 12th July 2009, after a 73-year sojourn in Lake Maggiore, the Bugatti was finally rescued from the lake

for a full written explanation of the cars situation from lake to museum, see http://mattstonecars.com/blog/?p=424 by writer, publisher, photographer Matt Stone

Why don't rich people like their million dollar cars?

Via: http://flailings.blogspot.com

The Peter Mullin auto museum, not open yet, but soon

Celebrating the art deco movement, the French Curves Collection exemplifies the zenith of the French automobile, including beautifully styled and amazingly engineered French-built cars covering several decades: Bugattis, Delages, Delahayes, Hispano Suizas, Talbot-Lagos and Voisins, many have won awards at concours d'elegance, and a number of the race cars have been past winners of historic races, such as the Grand Prix de Pau and Le Mans.

1421 Emerson Avenue

Oxnard, CA 93033

Previously the Otis Chandler museum, The museum is reopening as the Vintage Museum of Transportation, displaying the Peter Mullin Collection, including 12 Bugattis from the former Schlumpf collection ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandler_Vintage_Museum_of_Transportation_and_Wildlife

For dates and hours: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/02/mullins-museum-info-its-not-open-often.html

1947 Franay Bugatti

from the Paris Fair in 1948, a powerful Bentley with special bodywork by Franay, the car seems to have disappeared without trace.

Rare and unusual cool vehicles

1899 Hautier

1908 Delaunay Belleville Tourer

1911 Aberdonia Park Royal Landau

1912 Opel Coupe Special "The Egg"

1913 Peugeot Type 150 labourdette

1935 Auburn 851 Supercharged speedster

1937 Adler Autobahn

1939 Pontiac transparent exhibit for the marvels of the new invention "Acrylic"

1944 Minneapolis Moline Udxl prototype jeep for us military contract proposal

1948 Jp Wimille

1951 Ghia Exner Bugatti Type 101

1955 Cadillac Viewmaster

1958 Jeep FC van prototype

1960 Cadillac wagon

1966 Pontiac Gran Prix prototype pickup

Via: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/

The unusual car zodiac of Francois Dallegret from those strange 1960's

These are hanging in the San Diego Auto Museum in Balboa Park in the library (South side wall inside the museum)

Born in Morroco in Sept 1938, Francois became an architectural student. His draftsmanship is the predominent feature of this series of motorcars he concieved and designed to suit the personalities of those people born under the twelve Zodiac signs. His work was primarily in the 1958-1969 years, and very little is on the internet about him.

The link at the end of this post has a lot of photos of him and his type 57 Bugatti

http://www.arteria.ca/ui.html about half way down the left side there are two small paragraphs, the bottom one is Dessins Automobilismes Machinations click on Automobilismes for a very thourough gallery of more of the car art of Francois. It's amazing how much more there is, and it's all coded so I can't just right click and save and show it to you here.

Also a post from another blog here: http://meinekleinefabrik.blogspot.com/search?q=francois+dallegret