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01-30-2010, 03:31 AM
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| 'Drowned' Bugatti sells for ￡228k
     
This Bugatti Type 22 has been sold at auction for ￡228,000 - despitespending the last 70 years under the surface of Lake Maggiore innorthern Italy.
The car, which had a 30bhp 1.5-litrefour-cylinder engine and an advanced multi-valve cylinder head, wasfirst registered in 1925 in Paris, before being unofficially importedto Switzerland by a young architect.
With the Swiss governmentdemanding import duty and the then out-dated car being all butworthless, the cheapest solution was for the car to be pushed into thelake.
Local divers discovered the wreck in the 1960s, 53 metres below the surface and embalmed in mud.
Lastyear, a salvage team recovered the Bugatti, revealing one side in muchbetter condition than the other as the lake’s mud had helped topreserve it.
The Bugatti was then auction in the RetromobileAuction, fetching ￡228,000 - ￡160,000 more than the highest estimate.The winning bidder plans to display the car in its current condition. http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsAr...llCars/246874/ | 
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01-30-2010, 03:41 AM
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Cool story bro...
Seriously this time though.
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01-30-2010, 04:17 AM
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^ Why would you pay that much for such a wreck? That is way beyond repair. I'm sure you can find one in better condition in some guy's barn.
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01-30-2010, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by slammer111  ^ Why would you pay that much for such a wreck? That is way beyond repair. I'm sure you can find one in better condition in some guy's barn. | Quote: |
The winning bidder plans to display the car in its current condition.
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01-30-2010, 09:22 AM
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Its......what can you say......art.........(at least to the guy who bought it)
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wat a steal
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01-30-2010, 12:07 PM
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LOL i thought it was the Veyron that went for a swim
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^ +1
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01-30-2010, 01:29 PM
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Thought it was this car as well.  | |
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01-30-2010, 01:37 PM
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when I read the post i thought it was the recent veyron that went for a swim
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01-30-2010, 01:51 PM
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too much money to spend
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01-30-2010, 02:24 PM
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WTF why would anyone buy this Posted via RS Mobile | |
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01-31-2010, 01:14 AM
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Hmmm I wonder if the auction winner intends to keep it as is. Perhaps, he/she bought it to be restored?
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01-31-2010, 01:19 AM
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too much money, no where to spend
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i thought maybe bugatti bought it when i saw it was an old one
but yeah at first i thought it was the new one too
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Originally Posted by FeistyBearH22a Hmmm I wonder if the auction winner intends to keep it as is. Perhaps, he/she bought it to be restored? | Don't you people read? It's been stated twice now: Quote: |
The winning bidder plans to display the car in its current condition.
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01-31-2010, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by AAnthony Id rather be riding in that old rusted Bugatti than THIS ONE!!!!  | 
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01-31-2010, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by AVS_Racing LOL i thought it was the Veyron that went for a swim | thought so too
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01-31-2010, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by AAnthony Id rather be riding in that old rusted Bugatti than THIS ONE!!!! | Nothing there that a little bit of this won't fix.  | |
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