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You can see that car at the Mullin Museum in Oxnard, CA on the 2-3 days they are open each month, or by appointment. If it's your sole reason for going, call first to be sure it is on exhibit as most museums rotate their collections.

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Guest heftylefty
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Actually, the car was 10 or 12 years old and was dumped in the lake because it had no value

Actually it had value, but less than the duties that weren't paid on it when new, so they "destroyed" it by dumping it in the lake.

I hope it gets restored.

Guest Rob McDonald
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I hope it gets restored.

Probably not. "Patina" is very fashionable now.

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Probably not. "Patina" is very fashionable now.

Yep....a photo of the "GOOD" side of the car. The other side has no patina 'cause there isn't another side.

Guest heftylefty
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Patina is one thing. Massive destruction is another. Use as much as is still usable and fab the rest new and drive it.

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Hefty lefty, you're giving us mixed messages.

On another thread you state not to restore period modified cars to stock, so as not to lose the car's history.

Now you state throw the history of this car away and restore it.

There's nothing there to restore, the story and history IS the car....

Guest heftylefty
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Hefty lefty, you're giving us mixed messages.

On another thread you state not to restore period modified cars to stock, so as not to lose the car's history.

Now you state throw the history of this car away and restore it.

There's nothing there to restore, the story and history IS the car....

I like to wind up with a car you can drive that still tells a story. But I guess you could build a huge fish tank and display it under water in an aquarium...It's a judgment call I will admit.

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Restoring that Bugatti would be like restoring George Washington's famous axe with a new handle and a new head.

There's literally nothing on that car that is salvageable. Sure you could reproduce every single part and stick that Bugatti's serial number on it and claim you "restored" it, but what's the point? I find it far, far more interesting as-is. There are plenty of restored Type 35 Bugattis around, but only one with this particular story to tell. It is where it belongs doing what it now does best.

There are several cases in the Shelby/GT-40 world where a car was wrecked in-period. Two different people acquired parts of that one wrecked car and built entirely new vehicles around them. Now there are two Cobras sharing the same CSX number. Which one is legit? Is either one the "original" car? They both have "numbers matching" parts on them, after all...

Let history stay history.

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Restoring that Bugatti would be like restoring George Washington's famous axe with a new handle and a new head.

There's literally nothing on that car that is salvageable. Sure you could reproduce every single part and stick that Bugatti's serial number on it and claim you "restored" it, but what's the point? I find it far, far more interesting as-is. There are plenty of restored Type 35 Bugattis around, but only one with this particular story to tell. It is where it belongs doing what it now does best.

There are several cases in the Shelby/GT-40 world where a car was wrecked in-period. Two different people acquired parts of that one wrecked car and built entirely new vehicles around them. Now there are two Cobras sharing the same CSX number. Which one is legit? Is either one the "original" car? They both have "numbers matching" parts on them, after all...

Let history stay history.

Well said.

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