1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante

What a way to celebrate the new year. Relatives of the late Dr. Harold Carr, an 89 year old childless bachelor, were astonished when they found he had left them a 1937 Bugatti in his will. The 130 mph Type 57S Atalante is only one of the 17 units ever made and could be worth up to £6 million ($8,759,124 USD).

Carr left the keys to the garage to his nephews and nieces without telling them what was inside. After finding the 1937 Bugatti, the family also found an E Type Jaguar and an Aston Martin. They have decided to put the Bugatti, which has not been driven since 1960, up on the auction block. The rare Bugatti will be the star of Bonhams’ Retromobile auction in Paris on February 7.

Carr’s nephew, an engineer from Gosforth, Newcastle, said that no one new what kind of cars his uncle had parked in his garage. “It was a bit of local folklore that he had a Bugatti, but no-one knew for sure, and certainly no-one knew how much it was worth,” he said.
However, James Knight, International Head of Bonhams’ motoring department, said that he knew of the Bugatti for quite some time now but like a couple of other people didn’t dare “divulge its whereabouts to anyone.”

(Courtesy of eGMCartech)

 

I just finished reading the article on this, pretty amazing find!

 

the mother of all barnfinds!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I could be wrong but wasn't this car on the show Chasing Cars. It was a model 57 and it sold for 800,000

 

Yeah I saw that too. Looks like the exact same car and it did sell at auction for $800,000. The car was found in an eastern state I can't remember where exactly. I don't know much about these cars but it does look like the exact same car.

 

Yeah I saw that too. Looks like the exact same car and it did sell at auction for $800,000. The car was found in an eastern state I can't remember where exactly. I don't know much about these cars but it does look like the exact same car. I do believe I have that episode TIVOed.

 

Not the same car from chasing cl***ics. The chasing cl***ics was stateside and was creme/yellow over black.

 

Note to self; store old cars in garages for time capsule safe keeping, not in under ground vaults.

 

Heres a link to the Yahoo write up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/ts_afp/britainautoauctionoffbeat_090101195011

 

This latest "barnfind" in UK is a different model to that car which sold in usa for $800k+...
It's a low slung sports ch***is as denoted by the " S " & features a veed radiator ,so even more desirable ,although an original 57 SC would rate even higher! C for supercharger.....
All beautiful cars...

 

Truly amazzzing!
The sign above the car would have been an amazing find by itself!

 

I thought the one on chasing cl***ic cars was supercharged??? Neat story. I would have to keep that ****er for a while. Let people get all hot and bothered about it. drive it around. go parking in it.

 

Several Threads about this already.