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Fri Jan-02-09 11:45 AM
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| 42. the bugatti sexarossa |
| -"Rare Bugatti untouched for 50 years could fetch millions:" report |
adsosletter |
Jan-02-09 12:15 AM |
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The 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante deserves a high bid. |
flvegan |
Jan-02-09 12:18 AM |
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Here's another article with more information |
xenussister |
Jan-02-09 04:28 PM |
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I wonder who will buy it |
SillyFlower |
Jan-02-09 12:20 AM |
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Jay Leno? Clive Cussler? |
TahitiNut |
Jan-02-09 12:27 AM |
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I hope Leno gets it |
madokie |
Jan-02-09 08:28 AM |
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Leno's cars are seen on the Speed Channel on "My Classic Car" |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 02:04 PM |
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Video of Leno driving his 1937 Bugatti on his web site |
xenussister |
Jan-02-09 04:14 PM |
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I noticed too the Allard. Good car. |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 06:00 PM |
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Cussler has a 1938 Bugatti. What's nice is his collection is available for the public to see |
LibInTexas |
Jan-02-09 01:38 PM |
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Drool... |
MPK |
Jan-02-09 12:23 AM |
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I'm not even a car freak but |
SillyFlower |
Jan-02-09 12:51 AM |
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Same here. |
MPK |
Jan-02-09 01:06 AM |
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The French made such elegant cars before the war. |
JohnnyRingo |
Jan-02-09 01:09 AM |
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They're not doing so bad nowadays... |
XOKCowboy |
Jan-02-09 02:17 AM |
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Even more impressive that some will take that new Veyron... |
JohnnyRingo |
Jan-02-09 04:52 AM |
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Too much carbon fibre, it looks fugly |
DS1 |
Jan-02-09 08:30 AM |
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I guess |
XOKCowboy |
Jan-02-09 02:19 PM |
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I love the Delage, too |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Jan-02-09 11:08 PM |
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Or this very rare Citroen Traction Avant cabriolet |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Jan-03-09 01:48 AM |
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What is so awesome about it? |
Orsino |
Jan-02-09 08:24 AM |
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Not all car nuts are elitist snobs. |
EOTE |
Jan-02-09 11:07 AM |
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With its provenance I don't think it will leave Europe....all the real big |
Historic NY |
Jan-02-09 12:30 AM |
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I am a car buff.... |
AnneD |
Jan-02-09 12:53 AM |
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Neither can I. |
Kool Kitty |
Jan-02-09 01:10 AM |
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Here is a link to the BBC story |
adsosletter |
Jan-02-09 12:54 AM |
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Here's what it looked like when they found it. |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 01:03 AM |
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The last pic looks that the great grandpa of the XKE |
SoCalDem |
Jan-02-09 01:27 AM |
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That one's really cool, love the Brit Racing Green, my husband had a 66... |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 01:37 AM |
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They were screamin' machines, weren't they.. |
SoCalDem |
Jan-02-09 01:44 AM |
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Hahaha, dang, fine cars evi-where, wish I had driven it, I was a little Spitfire girl |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 01:50 AM |
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We had a friend who had a car we called "alphabet" |
SoCalDem |
Jan-02-09 01:55 AM |
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heh-heh, good one!! |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 01:56 AM |
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I owned a triump spitfire gt 6 plus for a few days |
madokie |
Jan-02-09 08:35 AM |
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I liked their hardtops. It was good you did. The Brits had a blind spot |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 10:55 AM |
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I loved that little car, drove it while at college perfect for me running between jobs... |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 11:14 AM |
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Yes memories are good |
madokie |
Jan-02-09 11:26 AM |
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And to you too, madokie |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 04:01 PM |
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Friend of mine still has one |
seemunkee |
Jan-02-09 02:20 PM |
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No doubt, love the Healy 3000's |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 04:04 PM |
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That is a cute car. My big sister had a Morris Mini Minor. |
alfredo |
Jan-03-09 10:58 AM |
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I came within an inch of buying a Griffin. I took it for a test drive and |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 11:06 AM |
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I had a '66 E-Type |
Crabby Appleton |
Jan-02-09 12:24 PM |
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the first picture reminds me of my world. Musty old cars in dark garages. |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 10:46 AM |
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My brother-in-law does the interiors of autos |
merh |
Jan-02-09 11:01 AM |
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I saw dad make a bucket seat for Ed Hill's twin. He didn't use a measuring |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 11:20 AM |
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My BIL didn't want to leave his shop |
merh |
Jan-02-09 11:34 AM |
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Sometimes businesses are content with the volume of work and |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 01:53 PM |
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it is beyond their comfort zone |
merh |
Jan-02-09 07:29 PM |
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Good. An old army buddy of mine built a bath tub sized boat and sailed |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 10:24 PM |
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that's one hell of a sailboat |
merh |
Jan-02-09 10:54 PM |
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He was a risk taker, but he backed it up with attention to detail and |
alfredo |
Jan-03-09 12:37 AM |
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I keep coming back to look at that bottom one. |
MPK |
Jan-02-09 01:42 AM |
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That one is bad ass, it's like it's from Sky Capt & The World of Tomorrow |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 01:45 AM |
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I still need to see that. |
MPK |
Jan-02-09 01:55 AM |
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Look at the new Morgan's. They still have that look. |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 02:00 PM |
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Looks designed by people who spelled "future" with a Capital F, Dammit |
Posteritatis |
Jan-02-09 04:27 PM |
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when/if electrics cars become "the thing"- it would be nice to see 'style' return to cars... |
QuestionAll |
Jan-02-09 02:09 PM |
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I dunno, playing around with both attributes at once could be interesting too (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Jan-02-09 04:34 PM |
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When I was a college freshman in 1968.. a friend of mine asked her grandparents |
SoCalDem |
Jan-02-09 01:32 AM |
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That looks like Truman's car. Dad worked on Truman's car |
alfredo |
Jan-02-09 10:35 AM |
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What a find! |
bridgit |
Jan-02-09 01:38 AM |
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ah -- now that is a beautiful car. nt |
xchrom |
Jan-02-09 09:23 AM |
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But how many mpg's does it get? |
kentuck |
Jan-02-09 10:54 AM |
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the bugatti sexarossa |
frylock |
Jan-02-09 11:45 AM |
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