1934 Bugatti Type 59

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race and the Allcomers Scratch Race at the Vintage Sports Car Club’s meeting at Oulton Park in June 1963.

It’s a 1934 Bugatti Type 59, chassis 59123, originally sold to Earl Howe who kept it in his racing stable until 1936 by which time it was rarely raced as he preferred to use the ERA that he had subsequently purchased. At the end of that season it was sold to South Africa, where it remained until 1962 when it returned to England and into the hands of W.A. F. 'Doc' Taylor, who had the car restored, and it was he who brought the car to this meeting at Oulton Park. The car was driven in the Historic Trophy race by Ronnie Symondson and the owner drove it in the Allcomers race. The car was built with a modified Type 54 chassis and had a supercharged Type 57 straight-8 engine of 3,257cc.

Bugatti Type 59

This car competed in the Richard Seaman Memorial Historic Trophy Race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Oulton Park in June 1975.

It's Neil Corner's 1934 Bugatti Type 59, chassis 59123, a car formerly owned by Earl Howe. The car was built with a modified Type 54 chassis and had a supercharged Type 57 straight-8 engine of 3,257cc.

Bugatti Type 59

This car was one of the display exhibits in the paddock at the Coys International Historic Festival meeting at Silverstone in July 1997.

It's a replica of a 1934 Bugatti Type 59, constructed in the 1980s. The Type 59 used a modified Type 54 chassis with a straight-eight engine of 3,257cc that was an enlarged version of the Type 57 engine. It was the last of the 1930's Bugatti racing cars, and the next new Bugatti to be seen on a racetrack was the brief appearance of the Type 251 in the French Grand Prix of 1956.

On 4 December 2013 I showed a photograph of this car, and other Bugattis, at Donington Park in 2005.

More Bugattis at Donington Park

More photographs of Bugattis at Donington Park, this time from the SeeRed meeting in September 2005.

1931 Bugatti Type 51

Bonhams auctioneers brought along a few cars and this one is a 1928 Bugatti Type 35B

Another Bonhams Bugatti, this one described as a 1935 Type 59/50B

This is a 1934 Bugatti Type 59

And this last one is a 1939 Bugatti Type 59 recreation