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Many people dream about owning a Bugatti. These dreams make people build copies of their favourite Bugatti. Sometimes beautifully, but sometimes without any sense of the Bugatti spirit at all.
Contributions are gladly received!
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- True Copies and Reconstructions
- - Faithful to-the-screw reconstructions
- Replica Bodies
- - Built on "real" Bugatti chassis
- Selected Home-spun Look-alikes
- - "Almost" Bugattis, with modern mechanics, by individual enthusiasts
- Commercial Look-alikes
- - Bodies with Bugatti appearances and modern mechanics
- Look-alikes of EB110/EB112
- - Even the new cars from Campogalliano get copied
True Copies and Reconstructions:
- Faithful to-the-screw reconstructions
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Type 32 "Tank"
faithfully recreated by Bob Sutherland using many Type 30 parts |
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Type 41 "Royale" Esders' Roadster
built by Schlumpf around an Autorail engine |
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Type 41 "Royale" Coupé de Ville "Napoleon"
built from scratch for Tom Wheatcroft |
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other Type 41 "Royale"s
built around Autorail engines in Britain, at least one, maybe five! |
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Twin Royale engined speed record car
being built from original drawings in USA |
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Type 52
Exact copy manufactured in England |
Replica Bodies:
- Built on "real" Bugatti chassis
Selected Home-spun Look-alikes:
- Homemade Bugattis, with modern mechanics, by individual enthusiasts
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Bill Stevenson
"Type 35/59" on a Beetle chassis, possibly the first of that concept! |
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Chris Marshall
(his own page)
"Type 59" around a blown Jaguar engine |
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Don Shank
"Type 55" using '72 Ford Pinto mechanics (page coming) |
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Johan Balsvik
GP-style, six-cylinder |
Commercial Look-alikes:
- Bodies with Bugatti appearances and modern mechanics
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Acorn Schroeder
Alfa Romeo powered Bugatti look-alike from New Zeeland |
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Bugantic
French VW-based "Type 35" |
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de la Chapelle (Stimula)
BMW powered French "Type 55", "Atalante" and "GP" |
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Classic Car KG
German kit car manufacturer with 6 different Bugatti kits |
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Guitolar
Ford Taunus based "Type 51" from Uruguay |
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Ironstone
VW and Ford Pinto based "Type 35" kits, made in USA |
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Mathomobile
Belgian VW-based or electric(!?) "Type 35" |
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Mythos
German "Type 35" |
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Nobre
Brasilian VW-based "GP Bugatti" |
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Panther De Ville
Jaguar powered "Type 46" from England |
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Project of Distinction
British "Type 35"/Triumph and "Type 39"/BMW |
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Ruska
VW-based "Type 35" kit car from Holland |
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Saga
French "Type 55" |
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Sbarro Royale
Swiss Royale-inspired thing with two(!) Rover V8 engines! |
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Tael
British "Type 35" on Leyland mechanics |
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Thunderbuggy
Brasilian VW-based "GP Bugatti" |
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Unidentified 1
American(?) VW-based "Type 35" |
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Unidentified 2
German(?) VW-based "Type 35" |
Look-alikes of EB110/EB112:
- Even the new cars from Campogalliano get copied
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Roman A.D.
Pontiac Fiero-based EB110 fibre-glass replica from California |
The accuracy of the above information is not guaranteed. However, the information is compiled with the sincerest intentions of accuracy. Corrections, comments and additions are gladly received!
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