1936 Bugatti Type 57S Roadster Prototype

1936 Bugatti Type 57S Roadster Prototype.
This spectacular Roadster is the first approach of a Type 57S "lowered", designed by Jean and presented at the Paris Salon 1936.
Immediately after the show, he received more traditional front wings and was sold to the painter André Derain. Baptized Roadster "Antibes" by its color "green antibes" or "pale green", it is the chassis n ° 57385.
In 1971, the Belgian collector Jean de Dobbeleer commissioned the specialist Bats to rebuild the Roadster, in the original configuration of the Paris Salon on a chassis No. 57555.
The blue Bugatti Type 57 Roadster Prototype replica is presented at the Museum Autovision in Altussheim Germany.

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Specification
Production Start 1936
Country of origin Italy