1933 Bugatti Type 59 Boattail Grand Prix Racer

This Type 59 was assigned to Robert Benoist for the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix but an accident during practice left it unable to start the race. It is believed that the car's best finish was at the Spa-Francorchamps where René Benoist finished fourth.

Aristocratic amateur racer Brian Lewis became the car's custodian in 1935, and he continued its racing exploits, running the car at Brooklands, the Isle of Man, Reims and Dieppe. Jack Lemon Burton purchased the car in 1937 before selling it to Ian Craig, who drove the car, painted in a striking combination of cream and black, at the Prescott Hill Climb as well as at British speed events at Brighton and Poole. During the early postwar years, this Type 59 was owned by Rodney Clarke, who drove it at Prescott and achieved several class wins. In 1952 Clarke sold the car to Francis Ludington in New York, who retained the car for 15 years before passing it to fellow American Dieter Holterbosch.