Ouch, 89year old £250,000 Bugatti gets trashed.

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:24 pm

Lucky bugger in an open top...

So he reckons he'll be running again later this summer? Good man! I bet his wife doesn't see him much till September though

Post by **Lude-dude** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:10 pm

oh well could have been worse... like that kebab in the USA, who drove his Veyron into a lake

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:14 pm

true. true.

jobby happens but i love the style of racing an 89yo car and hooning it hard enough to roll it. good man!

Post by **paul bristol uk** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:17 pm

Well he drove it for the purpose it was built(hope its back as soon as posible)

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:25 pm

paul bristol uk wrote:Well he drove it for the purpose it was built(hope its back as soon as posible)

What she said^. He drove it. Better than being in a showroom. I rekon it will get rebuilt. A car like that is worth it.

Supermarine Blues · Post by **Supermarine Blues** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 6:05 pm

RattyMcClelland wrote:
paul bristol uk wrote:Well he drove it for the purpose it was built(hope its back as soon as posible)
What she said^. He drove it. Better than being in a showroom. I rekon it will get rebuilt. A car like that is worth it.

Me three - I'll wager it's experienced worse in its past life.

Unlike heavy modern rubbish, it looks like it can be mostly sorted out with heat & a (big) hammer.

Still, he was fortunate to escape unscathed.

YouTube · Post by **Sailor** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:17 pm

A chap I know used to race a 1920s Talbot. The VSCC was full of people who raced properly and shrugged off prangs like this as just one of those things. You simply need to be a blacksmith at heart.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:37 pm

guys got balls you gotta love the old racing cars

Post by **rob quilter** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:40 pm

I read about this on another site, apparently he shrugged it off and went to the pub afterwards.

Post by **Gayno** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 9:45 pm

Love that the distributor is in the cockpit!!