THIS IS A COMPLETELY ORIGINAL BUGATTI 57 STELVIO IN A CONCOURSE CONDITION .
CHASIS #57322 . NAMED AFTER A PASS IN THE EASTERN ALPS , THE STELVIO WAS ONE OF JEAN BUGATTI´S BODY DESIGN FOR THE 57 CHASIS. MANY STELVIOS BODYS WERE BUILT BY GANGLOFF OF COLMAR , BUT THIS EXAMPLE WAS BUILT BY THE BUGATTI FACTORY AND WAS ORIGINALLY DELIVERED TO A LAWYER IN MARSELLE IN MARCH 1936 . HE KEPT THE CAR AT HIS HOME RIGHT THROUGH THE OCUPATION IN 1940 , HIDING IT BEHIND A STEEL WALL IN HIS GARAGE. FOLLOWING THE LIBERATION , HE REPLACED HIS BUGATTI WITH A NEW MERCEDES , BUT THE CAR REMAINDED IN MARSELLES FOR SEVERAL MORE YEARS . IN THE LATE 1950´S THE CAR WAS SOLD TO A U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICEMAN WHO BROUGHT IT TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1958 . THE CAR WAS THEN DISASSEMBLED AND MADE READY FOR A REBUILD WHICH SADLY NEVER TOOK PLACE . AFTER CHANGING HANDS AGAIN , THE BUGATTI WAS SOLD TO IT´S PRESENT OWNER IN 2015 AND IT RECEIVED THE RESTORATION IT DESERVED .
NOW , IT IS IN THIS IMPRESSIVE CONCOURSE CONDITION .
