1925 Bugatti Type 35A / 35T Grand Prix Two-Seater

Wife of American businessman Frank Jay Gould, resident in Paris; took delivery of the car new from the factory.

Car was imported to the UK by London Bugatti agent Col. Sorel and registered under the British plate PG 3731; used by Wilkins.

Canadian-born Brooklands racing driver celebrated for lap records and Le Mans appearances; held the car until 1936.

Ulster-born lady racing driver and friend of Kay Petre; used the car in speed trials and hillclimbs before it passed to a London dealer.

London-based dealer who handled the onward sale of the car to Foyster.

Acquired the car from dealer Jack Lemon Burton; subsequently passed it to Captain Edward Pool.

Pre-war ERA Club figure and postwar PR representative for BRM; resold the car around 1953.

Shared ownership arrangement; the engine was rebuilt to 2.3-litre Type 35T configuration in 1958, and the car was advertised in 1955 as having undergone substantial restoration.

Bugatti Owners' Club and VSCC figure who raced the car regularly alongside his son Richard, accumulating over 10,500 miles; the car was tested during this period by both John Bolster and Stirling Moss.

Eminent engineer, Bugatti historian and club benefactor; purchased the car in damaged condition after a Silverstone incident and oversaw a full restoration by late 1979, after which he accumulated nearly 10,500 miles and kept detailed handwritten records of use and maintenance.

Son of Hugh G Conway and Chairman of the Bugatti Trust until 2023; continued the detailed mileage and event log begun by his father.

Son of Hugh R G Conway; formal transfer of ownership in 2010; handwritten log entries continue through April 2019.

Aspiring Brooklands competitor who drove the car at the circuit in 1931 and 1932 before passing it on.

Parachute regiment officer who had lost a limb in Normandy; introduced to the car via Sheila Darbishire and Bugatti preparer Louis Giron; campaigned it in 1947 and suffered a crash at Prescott.

Car was driven at Brooklands by Fothringham across the 1931 and 1932 seasons.

Continued use at Brooklands in the second season before the car changed hands.

Kay Petre raced the car at Brooklands during her ownership period of 1933 to 1935.

One of two speed trial events in which Darbishire used this Bugatti that year.

Second speed trial entered by Darbishire in 1937 with this car.

Darbishire also competed in both racing and hillclimbing at Donington Park and Shelsley Walsh during her tenure.

Part of Darbishire's active competition programme with the car in 1937.

Pool suffered an accident at Prescott; a photograph documenting the incident is held in the car's file.

First event for the car following Conway's restoration; recorded in the handwritten log.

Second recorded outing post-rebuild, by which point the car had covered 480 miles since restoration.

HRH Prince Michael of Kent was photographed alongside the car at a Donington Park meeting in April 1983.

A photograph dated July 1995 shows Michel Bugatti in the car on the Mont Ventoux hillclimb road in southern France.

Final entry in the handwritten event log; recorded as a return visit to Prescott.

Richard Bergel lost control at the first corner during a qualifying session, leaving the car in a damaged state that prompted its sale to Hugh G Conway.

Engine converted and rebuilt to 2.3-litre Type 35T specification during the Allington and Waters ownership period.

Following acquisition in damaged post-crash condition, Hugh G Conway stripped the chassis to trestles and fully dismantled the engine; handwritten notes document work carried out through 1979–80, with the car returning to use in July 1980.

Photographic evidence of the damaged condition retained on file; first post-rebuild outing recorded 27 July 1980.

Described in a 1955 advertisement as having undergone substantial restoration over the preceding 18 months while in the shared ownership of Allington and Waters.

Work carried out approximately 1953–55.