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Posted: 7/1/2015 12:39:58 AM EDT

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Posted: 7/1/2015 12:42:01 AM EDT

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only about 15 Royales were made.

they used truck tires, by the way.

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I've seen one in person. They are freaking huge.

Posted: 7/1/2015 12:49:53 AM EDT

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Posted: 7/1/2015 12:54:47 AM EDT

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Jean Bugatti was just 30 when he died in a freak auto accident in 1939; he veered into a tree to avoid a drunken bicyclist who had sneaked onto a road where he was testing one of this company’s race cars – the Type 57 C that had just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The auto company, and his father, company founder Ettore Bugatti, never recovered from the loss.

Damn.

Posted: 7/1/2015 12:55:13 AM EDT

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But I want a massive roadster.

Posted: 7/1/2015 1:11:44 AM EDT

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Gotta' love a car with a frickin' airplane engine in it.

Posted: 7/1/2015 1:25:02 AM EDT

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I wonder how bad the actual crash was that killed him? I wonder if he was in say, a modern Honda Accord if he would've been able to survive the crash

Posted: 7/1/2015 2:48:44 AM EDT

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I wonder how bad the actual crash was that killed him? I wonder if he was in say, a modern Honda Accord if he would've been able to survive the crash

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If he was driving an Accord (or similar econobox), it wouldn't have made any difference - He would have died of boredom anyway.

Posted: 7/1/2015 2:50:31 AM EDT

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That's a big bitch

Posted: 7/1/2015 3:07:35 AM EDT

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I'd drive that like a boss.

Posted: 7/1/2015 3:20:08 AM EDT

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I wonder how bad the actual crash was that killed him? I wonder if he was in say, a modern Honda Accord if he would've been able to survive the crash

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The crash probably would have never happened. Can you imagine the difference in braking and handling performance between that Bugatti and ANY modern car? And if the crash did happen, it would have to be because the Accord was traveling at a much higher speed than the Bugatti would have been, so is quite possible that the outcome would have been the same.

Posted: 7/1/2015 4:29:49 AM EDT

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Another video of Brutus.

Posted: 7/1/2015 4:34:27 AM EDT

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Packard Bentley - the 42 Litre "Mavis" special.

Posted: 7/1/2015 4:34:45 AM EDT

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Jean Bugatti was just 30 when he died in a freak auto accident in 1939; he veered into a tree to avoid a drunken bicyclist who had sneaked onto a road where he was testing one of this company’s race cars – the Type 57 C that had just won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The auto company, and his father, company founder Ettore Bugatti, never recovered from the loss.

Well, maybe if that goddamned bicyclist would have stayed in the goddamned bicycle lane instead of the ro- oh, wait...

Posted: 7/1/2015 4:40:19 AM EDT

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Yes, that is a very large car.

Posted: 7/1/2015 4:42:49 AM EDT

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What a beautiful car

Posted: 7/1/2015 5:36:08 AM EDT

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I love old Bugatti designs. My favorite is the Type 57 SC Atlantic. It looks like a tarantula creeping down the road when it's just cruising.

Posted: 7/1/2015 5:58:52 AM EDT

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WTF is up with the bent ass fingers on his left hand!?

ETA...or is that a smoke?

Posted: 7/1/2015 6:01:00 AM EDT

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WTF is up with the bent ass fingers on his left hand!?

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I think he's holding a cigarette.

Posted: 7/1/2015 9:16:29 AM EDT

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I love old Bugatti designs. My favorite is the Type 57 SC Atlantic. It looks like a tarantula creeping down the road when it's just cruising.

<a href="http://s302.photobucket.com/user/Taipan01/media/bugatti-54b74b169236f_zpsxjuot1bx.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn82/Taipan01/bugatti-54b74b169236f_zpsxjuot1bx.jpg</a>

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I can't recall if Bugatti did the coachwork on their cars or subbed it out like Duesenberg did.

Posted: 7/1/2015 9:24:32 AM EDT

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Christ.

Though really...

http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/ef0abb6c-fa78-4714-84df-f826f7f60e5f/Large%20Image.jpg?p=110711_01%3A39

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Do a search for "Beast of Turin". Epic.

Christ.

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http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/ef0abb6c-fa78-4714-84df-f826f7f60e5f/Large%20Image.jpg?p=110711_01%3A39

Not a true vintage race car, but a badass interpretation of one....

Eta: beat by nearly five hours, lol.

Posted: 7/1/2015 9:30:47 AM EDT

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Pretty much all economy cars available in the US are faster and safer than that beast, but none of them have the style or class that jumbo wopmobile does.

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Haha a Roadster the size of a 3/4 ton pickup.

I would love to have lived in those days.

You realize that even some of today's economy cars are faster and safer than that, right?

Pretty much all economy cars available in the US are faster and safer than that beast, but none of them have the style or class that jumbo wopmobile does.

I rost.

Posted: 7/1/2015 1:27:04 PM EDT

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If he was driving an Accord (or similar econobox), it wouldn't have made any difference - He would have died of boredom anyway.

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I wonder how bad the actual crash was that killed him? I wonder if he was in say, a modern Honda Accord if he would've been able to survive the crash

If he was driving an Accord (or similar econobox), it wouldn't have made any difference - He would have died of boredom anyway.

Well to be fair a modern Honda Accord v6 is putting down almost 300 hp and probably weighs a lot less and has much better handling characteristics then his Bugatti. The guy would probably think he was in and advanced alien car or something! So I doubt he would die of boredom because the accord would be blowing his mind! Now for you and I it would be the exact opposite Ha ha!

Posted: 7/1/2015 1:40:34 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/1/2015 7:33:29 PM EDT

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http://gizmodo.com/the-500-mph-superplane-that-buggati-had-to-hide-from-th-1535579524

Posted: 7/1/2015 7:48:48 PM EDT

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Love those 30's cars. Cords, Duesenbergs, Auburn Speedsters, some beautiful automotive works of art.

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:12:50 PM EDT

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That's puuuurty. For those of you that have not driven a truly OLD car, you are missing out. It's a whole other experience than cars from the 60's and up.
You have to talk to them and shit to get them on your side so they don't try and kill you.

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:18:08 PM EDT

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Yeah, on the sticker for the 2500's, they show N/A as the estimated MPG.

Thinking about getting a Power Wagon. I'm budgeting for 10 MPG (3-5 off-road) @ $5.00/gallon.

Fully loaded 4.5 tons. 10,000 lbs towing capacity

6.4 liter Hemi; 410 hp; 429 ft-lbs. torque

Comfortable as hell.

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Almost 10 gallons per hour, ouch.

My Dodge Ram is no better.

Yeah, on the sticker for the 2500's, they show N/A as the estimated MPG.

Thinking about getting a Power Wagon. I'm budgeting for 10 MPG (3-5 off-road) @ $5.00/gallon.

Fully loaded 4.5 tons. 10,000 lbs towing capacity

6.4 liter Hemi; 410 hp; 429 ft-lbs. torque

Comfortable as hell.

3/4 and larger aren't rated

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:31:26 PM EDT

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That's puuuurty. For those of you that have not driven a truly OLD car, you are missing out. It's a whole other experience than cars from the 60's and up.
You have to talk to them and shit to get them on your side so they don't try and kill you.

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......and they still did!

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:35:54 PM EDT

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there's a lot of white privilege in that photo.

Triggering initialized....

intensifies.....

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:40:27 PM EDT

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Because fuck gas mileage that's why

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:55:45 PM EDT

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The Royales were BIG cars ! Each of the 15 had different coachwork. They all had the horsehoe Bugatti radiator shell.

Posted: 7/1/2015 8:57:55 PM EDT

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Fred wrote a song for the Cadillac but it fits this one too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spYkoXNB3is

Posted: 7/1/2015 9:17:25 PM EDT

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......and they still did!

https://youtu.be/tizwFMo85Ms

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That's puuuurty. For those of you that have not driven a truly OLD car, you are missing out. It's a whole other experience than cars from the 60's and up.
You have to talk to them and shit to get them on your side so they don't try and kill you.

......and they still did!

https://youtu.be/tizwFMo85Ms

Holy Shit. 1:42... talk about crash and burn.

Posted: 7/1/2015 9:22:07 PM EDT

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Holy crap. When it fires up:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJn7LHE83cc

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Do a search for "Beast of Turin". Epic.

Christ.
Though really...

http://www.topgear.com/uk/assets/cms/ef0abb6c-fa78-4714-84df-f826f7f60e5f/Large%20Image.jpg?p=110711_01%3A39

Holy crap. When it fires up:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJn7LHE83cc

There's a Top Gear episode where they race a couple of those plane engined cars, pretty awesome. Also, check out Thunderguts, Brian Johnson's old Bentley.