Bugatti Type 57 Coupe Ventoux

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A 1st Series Ventoux , chassis number , 57345 remains outstandingly original . The car was ordered new in December 1935 by its first owner , André , Charles Chauvenet , a prominent surgeon from Sévres and one of Bugatti's most favoured clients . In 1960 , the car was sold to J.W. Harrison of Arlington , Virginia and shipped to the USA and then was registered with the American Bugatti club . In 1967 Harrison sold the Ventoux to collector David Uihlein of Wisconsin , who rather than treat the car as a , museum piece ' . For more than 40 years Mr. Uihlein enjoyed the Type 57 , which when sold after his death was essentially the same as when it had been delivered new . Today it is one of the very few of its type left in un - restored condition , and accordingly is highly valued .