Photo courtesy Mullin Automotive Museum
Oxnard, California?s Mullin Automotive Museum has come to worldwide prominence through its celebration of French art and Art Deco-inspired automobiles of the inter-war era. This organization has taken its celebration even further by supporting the creation of a newly coachbuilt automobile that follows Jean Bugatti?s never-realized plans, and rides on Bugatti chassis number 64002.
Photo courtesy Mullin Automotive Museum
Gianoberto Carlo Rembrandt Ettore ?Jean? Bugatti, the third child of Bugatti founder Ettore, was an innately talented artist, designer and engineer who designed Bugatti?s Types 50, 55 and the?world-famous Type 57 SC Atlantic.?Jean managed Bugatti automobile production from 1936 until 1939, when he died in a tragic?road accident.
Jean Bugatti, 1909-1939. Image courtesy Bugatti.
The Mullin Automotive Museum will unveil the virtually completed coachbuild of Jean Bugatti?s 1939 Type 64 Coupe at The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, on August 17.
They explain:
First designed in 1939 by revered designer and engineer Jean Bugatti, Chassis #64002 was never finished due to Bugatti?s tragic death during the road test of a Bugatti Type 57. After years of extensive research, planning and coachwork build, August 17 will mark the first time in history Jean Bugatti?s final chassis will wear a streamlined, handcrafted body, a vision left unfulfilled for 73 years.
Created in collaboration with the Mullin Automotive Museum, Stewart Reed Design and Automobile Metal Shaping Company, the new body will pay homage to Jean Bugatti?s original concept. The hand-formed body, crafted using many of the same coachbuilding techniques employed in 1939, will feature numerous original styling cues including, iconic papillion doors and an intricate riveted body structure.
?We?ve dedicated much of our efforts at the Museum to honor the Bugatti family and the marque, but never have we done something of this scale,? said Peter Mullin, Chairman of the Mullin Automotive Museum. ?I cannot imagine a greater token of respect to the Bugatti family than to help finish Jean Bugatti?s beloved final masterpiece.?
Those unable to attend The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering will have the opportunity to view this remarkable piece of automotive history at the Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, Calif. this fall, among the Museum?s magnificent collection of prewar coachbuilt automobiles.
We can?t wait to see the results of this collaboration, and we think Jean would most certainly?approve.
Photo courtesy Mullin Automotive Museum
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