Tag: Bugatti
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May 07 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #18 Solved: A life-size drivable model of a Bugatti Chiron by LEGO
Drew Lahat challenged you to identify this unusual vehicle.
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Jul 23 2016
Hemmings Blog: 1934 Bugatti Type 57 takes Best of Show at Keeneland Concours d’Elegance
Kurst Ernst has posted highlights from last Saturday's Keeneland Concours d'Elegance in the Hemmings Blog.
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Dec 18 2015
Film of the Week: British Movietone- The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The archives of British Movietone have posted this 54-second news clip of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jul 01 2014
The 1962 “Car Auction of the Century” at the Farnesworth Garage
Continuing yesterday's story of the "Farnesworth" garage, around 1924, the estate was purchased by a Standard Oil heir Wallis Clinton Bird and his wife Marjorie Winifred Kendall. Wallis kept a spectacular collection of cars in the garage.
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Feb 28 2014
Film of the Week: “Tazio Nuvolari Wins Vanderbilt Cup (1936)”
Éclair-Journal in 1936 released this 26-second movie news clip on the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Dec 06 2013
Video of the Week: Italian Film “Nuvolari Wins the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Field”
Cinecittà Luce Institute, an Italian film company, has posted this rare film of Tazio Nuvolari winning the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury.
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Oct 11 2011
Speedtv.com: Bugatti’s Last Grand Prix Racer
Speedtv.com has posted an article on a Bugatti Type 59/50B racer which had a strong second finish at the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race and, in a restored version, made a rare appearance at this year's Goodwood Revival in Great Britain.
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Dec 30 2010
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Starting Lineup for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
In 1936 the Vanderbilt Cup Races returned to Long Island at the new Roosevelt Raceway built in Westbury. The 300-mile race consisted of 75 laps over the 4-mile road course. A total of 45 race cars competed on October 12, 1936. For the first time, images of 34 of the starters for the 1936 George Vanderbilt Cup Race are presented on the Internet. Missing photos of 10 cars (#14,#17, #22, #26, #32, #42, #43, #44, #52, and #57) have been replaced by 1936 images related to the race:
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Jul 24 2010
1931 Bugatti Type 51 George Vanderbilt Cup Racer To Be Auctioned at Monterey
A few days ago the car in our Mystery Photo Contest #4 was identified as "Halley's Comet", a Mercedes-Miller owned by McClure Halley. The car was entered in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race but replaced by Halley with a Bugatti Type 51. Looking for information on McClure Halley, I surprisingly discovered that this Bugatti will be auctioned by RM Auctions on Saturday, August 14, 2010.
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Apr 09 2010
1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race: Photos from the Nassau County Division of Museum Services
Last month I spent a day exploring the photo archives of the Nassau County Division of Museum Services. These 12 photos were taken at the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race held at the new Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury.
