1936 Bugatti Type 57 Stelvio Cabriolet (Gangloff body)
- Engine
- Straight-eight, original to chassis
- Colour
- Ivory over midnight blue (two-tone)
Bugatti Type 57 chassis 57431, bodied by Gangloff of Colmar as a four-seat Stelvio cabriolet in September 1936, was delivered new to Algerian lawyer and motorsport official Etienne Muracciole. After passing through Algerian hands, including a 'Pasha' who raced stock cars in Algiers, the car was rediscovered in 1962 and eventually made its way to Belgium, where it remained in the care of several distinguished collectors over subsequent decades. The chassis, engine, gearbox, and Gangloff coachwork are all confirmed original by expert analysis.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold €308,750 (≈ $340K)
- 1936-09-16 →Factory deliveryEtienne Muracciolefull documentation
Lawyer and General Counsel based in Algeria, with known involvement in local automobile and aviation clubs. Believed to be the first registered owner based on factory delivery records.
- → 1963Private salePasha (Algiers stock car racer)partial documentation
Known only by the name Pasha; kept the car among a collection including Delahayes and Delages in Algeria.
- 1963 → 1963Private saleDavid Mizepartial documentation
American who discovered the car in Algeria and purchased it in summer 1963, then shipped it to Marseille.
- 1964 →Acquisition unknownRob Noorlanderpartial documentation
Dutch owner who stored the car at his garage in Pijnacker in 1964, among other Bugattis awaiting onward shipment. The car subsequently went missing at the port of Antwerp after Guy Huet delivered it there.
- → 1976-06-29Acquisition unknownJacques Antoine de Biolleypartial documentation
Brussels-based aristocrat and sculptor who acquired the car in the early 1970s.
- 1976-06-29 → 1994Private saleEdmond Perrypartial documentation
Founder of APAL, a Belgian manufacturer of VW-Porsche specials; purchased the car for 70,000 Belgian francs.
- 1994 →Private saleEnnio Gianarolipartial documentation
Italian-born Liège-based collector of Ferraris and Bugattis; acquired the car for 500,000 Belgian francs.
- 2016-11-01 →Private saleThe Curated Collectionpartial documentation
Purchased from Pascale Vander Stappen in November 2016; consignor for this auction.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownEmile Knechtpartial documentation
Algerian importer of Terrot motorcycles; operated a garage in Algiers.
- Date unknownPrivate saleJos Vander Stappenpartial documentation
Acquired from Gianaroli; his son Pascale subsequently sold the car onward.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Service
The car has been on static display for an extended period and will need recommissioning before it can be driven.
No specific workshop or date given; noted as a requirement for the next owner.
- —Bodywork
The current two-tone paintwork was applied at some point after the 1970s, when the car was recorded as all blue; period photographs from 1964 confirm the car was originally two-tone before any restoration work.
Paint described as recent at the time of cataloguing.
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