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Completely original Works Type 59/50B Bugatti makes historic return to Prescott after 80 years

For The Bugatti Trust Summer Exhibition May 25th to September 23rd 2019 ’Jean Bugatti and Jean-Pierre Wimille – Prescott 80 years ago’ with cars, engines, films, photographs, correspondence, patents and more… Legendary racing driver Jean-Pierre Wimille getting the Type 59/50B in position for a practice run at Prescott hill climb, July 1939, under the watchful […]

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Presentation and Q&A with Lance Cole The author of ‘Bugatti Blue’

To take place on Sunday 14th April 2019 in the Bugatti Trust at 12.00. COST £5 PER PERSON As numbers will be limited to 40 persons, please telephone 01242 677201 or email info@bugatti-trust.co.uk to register your interest without delay. Bugatti Blue: Prescott and the spirit of Bugatti. This new book celebrates all things Bugatti as

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Special Weekend Opening for the American Classic: 6th & 7th October 2018

11.00am—3.00pm (normal admission charge £4.50) admission charge reduced to £3.00 per adult, accompanied children go free. With two Bugatti Family Talks at 11.30am and 2pm on the Sunday Last chance to discover the Bugatti Trust’s Summer Exhibition: Ettore Bugatti Engineer Inventor Designer show-casing examples of his most celebrated designs and extraordinary patents and historic GP

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The Bugatti Trust Open for the American Autumn Classic Weekend

 Saturday September 30th 11am- 3pm and Sunday October 1st 11am- 3pm With historic archives including 27,000 factory drawings, 10,000 photographs, 1,000 original patents and a wealth of original factory documents, the Bugatti Trust is the home from home of all things Vintage Bugatti. Come and discover cars and inventions by Ettore, sculptures by Rembrandt, furniture

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Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering Visit

This week the Bugatti Trust was delighted to welcome Coventry University’s Faculty of Engineering, Environment & Computing for a Bugatti Trust Prize presentation in front of Trust members and trustees including Barrie Price and Geoffrey St. John, to celebrate the achievements of first class B.Eng (Hons) Automotive Engineering 2016 graduate James Large and second year

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Stefan Marjoram official and first ever Artist in residence at The Bugatti Trust

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of La Vie en Bleu at Prescott on the weekend of May 28/29th 2016, The Bugatti Trust is welcoming Stefan Marjoram as its first ever artist in residence with an exhibition and hands-on workshops to ‘Draw your own Bugatti’. Stefan has just had his inaugural exhibition a few weeks ago

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La Femme Au Volant

April has been an incredibly busy month in the Trust as we have been organizing plenty of events for our members to enjoy throughout 2016, so watch this space!! The first event of the month was ‘La Femme Au Volant’ which was held in the Trust on Sunday 10th April. The Trust was full to

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APRIL 2016

Shoji Namiki from Japan with his son in law visits the Trust in recently restored 441237 and very smart it looks too. This is the car that was previously owned from 1956 by J E M Gee and painted pale blue and visitor to the Prescott Garden Party for many years. A two seat tourer

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MARCH 2016

Morten Meldgaard flew from Denmark today to visit the Trust. Morten who is a Trust member, together with his father in law Joergen Riber are currently restoring a Type 30 that was purchased in 1958. Morten said ” the time has now come for us to work on the engine and I was thrilled when

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JANUARY

AGM Some snapshots taken during last week’s AGM at the Bugatti Trust where chairman Hugh Conway presented a summary of the Trust’s activities and accounts to attending members. A welcome opportunity to catch up on national and international Bugatti stories after the report followed by the two winning design presentations by students from Coventry University

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University of Bath Engineering students at the Bugatti Trust

Final year engineering students from the University of Bath joined members of the Bugatti Trust at its Annual General Meeting on 22nd February. They brought the single-seat racing car built for the 2014 Formula Student Competition and gave a thoroughly professional and interesting presentation of their work. They are currently designing and building the 2015

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University of Coventry bestows Honorary Life Fellowship on Barrie Price

At a ceremony held in the Cathedral on 20th November 2014 the University of Coventry conferred an Honorary Life Fellowship on Barrie Price, past Chairman of the Bugatti Trust in recognition of his work with the Bugatti Trust and his support of the University and its students over two decades. Barrie Price said: “Encouragement and

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