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Old 03-12-2010, 04:31 PM   #33 (permalink)
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Found a couple of shots of the interior showing how the driver literally sat in the engine compartment. The co-pilot was saddled with the exhaust pipes, poor bugger.



I believe this is a faithful replica. I'm trying to find out if it had a full belly pan. I can see glimpses of it in this photo:



And a bonus video:



The Bugatti type 32 was built for the 1923 French Grand Prix. Incidentally, in the same year, Tatra, famous in aero circles for their aerodynamic cars of later years came out with this car:



The first Jaray licensed streamliners wouldn't show up until twelve years later in 1934 starting with the T77
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