Pic-A-Day (912) Albert Mach Fine Art

Baby Bugatti with a 1925 Bugatti Type 35A/51 Grand Prix at the Greenwich Concours site. Photo by Bearded Mug Media.

The other image of Baby Bugatti was taken by me at the Seal Cove Auto Museum.

2017 will be the 22nd Greenwich Concours! Recognized as one of the premier concours in the country, Greenwich is unique in that it is two concours back to back. Saturday is the Concours Americana for American cars and motorcycles, while Sunday is the Concours International for imported marques.

Saturday features a circle of supercars, both American and foreign. There will also be the first ever Hot Rod Class and a sure-to-please display of children’s cars. Saturday’s ticket also allows you to preview all of the cars in the Bonhams auction tent. At 11:30 there will be a special presentation on hot rods and custom cars by Wayne Carini, Ken Gross, Rick Dore and Rob Ida. Be sure to join us Saturday night for the gala party at the Greenwich Delamar Hotel, with a sumptuous buffet and luxurious yachts.

On Sunday, we welcome the American Bugatti Club, with more than 20 Bugattis scheduled for the show. Sunday will also feature racecars from the Lime Rock Historic Festival. The Bonhams auction begins at noon and requires a separate admission – or you can watch through the open side of the tent.

On both days there will be displays of new cars including BMW, Cadillac, Lincoln, Tesla, Jaguar, Land Rover, Miller Motorcars – with Ferrari, Bugatti, Pagani, Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, McLaren, Bentley and Maserati, and Manhattan Motorcars – with Lamborghini, Rimac and Koenigsegg. There are even opportunities to test drive some of these amazing new vehicles. We will also have incredible yachts from Castaways Yacht Sales, Louis Marine, Comitti and Destino displayed at the Delamar Hotel docks.

The 2017 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance  will be held June 3^rd and 4^th 2017.

For information see:

http://www.greenwichconcours.com/

Only 2 days away!

1928 Bugatti Baby

At only about six feet long, this mini-Bugatti looks just like the pedal cars around it in its temporary location in Seal Cove, not accounting for its bright blue color and Bugatti styling. However this little race car isn't a pedal car at all, but is powered by a 60 amp electric engine, and can reach top speeds of up to 20 mph.

This 1928 Bugatti Baby Chassis, or Type 52, was designed as an exact half-model of the famous Type 35 Bugatti. The Baby was originally built for Ettore Bugatti's son, Roland. An extended version proved quite popular when displayed on the Bugatti stand at the 1927 Milan Auto Show, generating production of a small-scale series.

Nearly 500 were built, mostly between 1927 and 1930. At a price of 3,900 francs this was a mini-car for the wealthy. Famous owners included the Prince of Monaco, and a very young Giovanni Agnelli of Fiat. The Buenos Aries Zoo had a fleet of 23 Babies.

This Baby Bugatti is on kind loan from the Rheault family. It has been with the family since 1985, driven by the son of the family until he outgrew it around age 10.

This was seen at the Seal Cove Auto Museum in Maine

http://www.sealcoveautomuseum.org/