Description
Genuine collector's Bugatti Type 44, chassis no. 441303, built at Molsheim by the Ettore Bugatti works in 1930 and then bodied by Achille Van Vooren at Courbevoie (coachbuilders since 1888) at the height of the Bugatti factory's golden age.
This “petite royale” saloon is powered by the robust 3-litre, 8-cylinder, single overhead camshaft engine with three valves per cylinder, in perfect running order.
Registered as 434 NV1 in 1930, then 76 CR 17 in the name of Mr Dufour, before being acquired by René Rieger in 1981, when it was registered as 2738 SX 67. It has remained in the Rieger family for more than 45 years.
It was then fully restored to the highest standards by Amédée Ledoux, a former racing mechanic with the Bugatti team (écurie Bugatti).
A commemorative plaque recording this restoration was fixed in the engine bay by René Rieger. The car then went on to take part in numerous historic rallies and Bugatti festivals, notably carrying the flame from the Molsheim factory to Bugatti's new factory at Campogalliano in Italy, where the EB 110 was built, from 8 to 15 September 1990.
Complete photographic restoration dossier from 1981.
French registration document (carte grise) in my name.
Bought by my father in 1981 as a third-hand car, I inherited it from his estate more than 20 years ago. She is beautiful, reliable and comfortable, while being quite quick for her era.
She's a true Bugatti thoroughbred, and the engine block is identical to that of the Type 35B.
