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Felton’s determination to prove his 8C was faster than a rival Bugatti Type 51 led to a performance test against his friend Geoffrey St John which featured in Classic & Sports Car magazine (April 1987) and Automobiles Classique (June/July 1987). Ran out of fuel in the third hour and retired. 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 student Tomas … It was rediscovered in the early 1960s – then in a parlous state and minus its engine – by the Bugatti Trust founder and noted historian Hugh Conway, who helped to effect its export to England, where it was bought by marque expert Geoffrey St John. This car, the Bugatti Type 55, is the world’s very first supercar: the nec plus ultra automobile of the 1930s. I hope this unique Billeter & Cartier cabriolet doesn’t become another concours queen and that future owners use it as Dr Kocher did in the 1930s. It was discovered in the early ’60s and saved by Geoffrey Stuart St John, one of the most respected English Bugatti connoisseurs. 56 years in the ownership of Geoffrey St John and his Estate The 1932 ex-Le Comte Guy Bouriat/Louis Chiron Le Mans 24-Hours 1931 Bugatti Type 55 Two-Seat SupersportCoachwork by Carrosserie Figoni, Paris,Chassis no. Once rebuilt, the seductive 110mph roadster was driven all over Europe covering thousands of miles each year, more than any other of the 38 twin-cam exotics built. Once rebuilt, the seductive 110mph roadster was driven all over Europe covering thousands of miles each year, more than any other of the 38 twin-cam exotics built. 55221Engine no. There is no doubt in their minds that this is one of the finest surviving examples of a Type 51 Grand Prix Bugatti. He is a member of King Acorn's Secret Service. Geoffrey St. John is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He must have paid a lot more than that for the 5,000-hour restoration that was needed after a drunk and uninsured driver in France in 1994 crashed into it… Eventually sold to Geoffrey St. John in the United Kingdom in 1963, by whom it was restored with the current engine (from 55223). He paid £750 for the car in 1963. He is a mobian skunk with light blue eyes, white and black hair, and his weapon of choice is a wrist-mounted crossbow. Hidden away during WW2, it was discovered in the early ’60s and saved by Geoffrey Stuart St John, one of the most respected English Bugatti connoisseurs. Since 2006, #51132 has been examined by Bugatti experts Pierre Yves Laugier, Malcolm Gentry, Geoffrey St. John, Julius Kruta and of course David Sewell. 26 (ex-car 55223) 56 ans aux mains de Geoffrey St John et de sa succession ex-comte Guy Bouriat/Louis Chiron des 24 Heures du Mans 1932 Bugatti Type In 1931 Jean Bugatti, the prodigious son of Ettore Bugatti, founder of the eponymous, legendary, automobile manufacturer, penciled the design of a street going race car’ for the most prestigious (and wealthy) of Bugatti’s customers. For 56 years until his death the Bugatti was owned and enthusiastically driven by Britain’s leading Bugatti enthusiast and racer, Geoffrey St John. Rebodied by Joseph Figoni for the next owner, Jacques Dupuy, who won the Paris-Nice Rally with it in 1933. The Type 55 is a car to be driven, as such respected marque aficionados Geoffrey St John and Corner continue to prove. The rare example (one of only 29 surviving) of a early French supercar was the subject of much pre-sale attention, being its very first appearance at auction, following an incredible 56 years in the ownership of renowned British Bugatti connoisseur, the late Geoffrey St John… He is most grateful to Richard Day of the Bugatti Trust for help, advice and access to drawings and to Geoffrey St John for additional details of the surviving unit on loan to the Trust.