[jhery]

Richard I tend to confuse a lot of people including myself at times. I will try to explain what happened. The chassis number is 57314 which was built for a Mr. Dettwiler in 1935. He drove the car until 1951 with the original Stelvio body as in the attached photos. In 1951 Bugatti had completed their Type 101 prototype and Mr Dettwiler requested that he get a new 101 chassis, however they only produced 6 chassis and all were sold. Trying to appease Mr. Dettwiler they had more Type 57 chassis's so they built him a 101 on the new 57 chassis as they had done with the prototype and stamped it with his old chassis number. The old body and chassis was then titled by the body number which was 57555 and that car exists as a Type 57 and the original body built in 1935. Jean Bugatti, Ettorie's son designed the type 57 Stelvio bodies in the late 30's and had Gangloff build them. Jean was killed in mid 1939 and his design carried over after the WWII. The body which is on the car I have is of that design. It is regarded as one of the 10 best designs in automotive history. If you are still confused I will have to try to explain when I come to Dan's.