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1920
Adrien Paul near 1920, with French Air Army dress unifrorm
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July 1928
Jean Bugatti at the wheel of a Type 43,
probably chassis #43280 according to its registration, unknown location but maybe at Obernai in front of the Paul’s house
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January 1929
Molsheim - Bugatti factory courtyard
These four exceptional documents, never seen before, show the delivery by Ettore Bugatti himself of the Type 40 to Lieutenant Loiseau
for his speed record test through the Sahara desert
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January 1929
Molsheim - Bugatti factory courtyard
Ettore Bugatti wears a raincoat and one of his numerous bowler hat, as usual !
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janvier 1929
Molsheim - Bugatti factory courtyard
We distinguish easaly the four Type 40 of the expedition with their special bodies studied by Ettore and the factory
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January 1929
Molsheim - Bugatti factory courtyard.
Lieutenant Loiseau is second from left on this picture, with a leather helmet. Ettore Bugatti at the center with bowler hat and
raincoat. Other people are members of the expedition, unidentified
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March 1929
Back from hunting in Molsheim, from left to
right side : Jean Bugatti, Ettore Bugatti, unknown, Adrien Paul. The car is a ... Citroën C 6 Saloon !!!
Photo taken in the garden of the “Hostellerie du Pur Sang” in Molsheim (thanks to P. Kestler)
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April 4th 1929
Montlhery race track - a Type 44 seems
to paticipate to running tests or to a record test ? Jean Bugatti a hat on his head and golf trousers (pants for our American friends ...)
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April 4th 1929
Montlhery race track - a Type 44 seems
to paticipate to running tests or to a record test ? Jean Bugatti a hat on his head and golf trousers (pants for our American friends ...)
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1929
At Meudon (Paris suburb), in Paul’s family
property : Villebon. The 3 children are those of Adrien Paul born with his first wife. The car on right seems to be a Bugatti with
garage temporary registration
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1929
Identical to the previous one, Adrien Paul is sitting on the Bugatti’s rear bumper
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1929
Unknown date, the scene is in Spa (Belgium), in front of the Casino.
We can see a Type 43 in the foreground
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1929
Unknown date, the scene is in Spa (Belgium), in
front of the Casino. The Bugatti in the foreground (Type 44 ?) seems to have a Belgian registration ? To be confirmed by our
well-informed visitors ...
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Februrary 23rd 1930
Adrien Paul’s second wife, Gudrun
Paul, at Villebon in front of a Bugatti Type 40. Its registration is corresponding to chassis #40663, the personal car of Lydia Bugatti
who can be seen in a reflection on this picture probably shot through a window
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February 23rd 1930
Adrien Paul poses in Villebon’ park, Paul’s family property at Meudon (Paris suburb)
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April 1930
Milano (Italy)
Adrien Paul in front of
the Bugatti Type 46 coach registered 5517 NV, chassis #46128 according to its registration, lent by the factory for this journey
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April 1930
Milano (Italy)
Bugatti Type 46 coach registered 5517 NV, chassis #46128, lent by the factory for this journey
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September 1930
Château Saint Jean in Molsheim
This
picture has been often published in several books. The caption indicated that it was for the 500° Type 46 chassis produced, even if
only 462 were built. See next picture ...
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September 1930
Château Saint Jean in Molsheim
Caption from Adrien Paul’s own hand, it was for the 300° Type 46 chassis produced, #46421 delivered in London on September 17th 1930.
Name of near all participants are noted here ... A very interesting document
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October 1930
Paris - Salon de l’Auto
Ettore Bugatti
speaking with the French President Gaston Doumergue. The Bugatti exposed here seems to be a Type 46
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December 1930
At Meudon, in the family property :
Villebon. The Type 44 (second car from left) should be #44713, but it is not sure. Mrs Paul leans on the car
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1930 - 1931 ?
The Bugatti is a Type 44, chassis #44745
according to its registration. It was Adrien Paul’s company car. The man near the
Bugatti is Adrien Paul’s uncle (brother of the first wife of his father Hermen Paul) named Charles
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1930 - 1931 ?
Unknown date and location. We can see
from left to right side : Jean Bugatti, unknown, unknown, Robert Aumaître and Pierre Veyron
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March 8th 1931
Jean Bugatti (white cap) and Mrs Paul (on right) to winter sports at Schirmeck, with unknown friends
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March 15th 1931
Jean Bugatti waxing his skis, always
with his curious white cap. Mrs Paul, of Norwegian origin, liked a lot winter sports
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June 28th 1931
Mrs Paul, Jean Bugatti and Adrien Paul at Nancy for a car race which name is unknown
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June 28th 1931
Car race in Nancy
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June 28th 1931
Car race in Nancy
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1931
In the courtyard of the Bugatti factory at Molsheim
From left to right : Adrien Paul, Ettore Bugatti, Jean Bugatti and 2 unknown :
maybe customers visiting the factory ?
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June 1931
Precise date and location unknown. The Bugatti is not identified ?
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June 1931
Two of the Type 50 for Le Mans 1931, in the garden of the “Hostellerie du Pur Sang” in Molsheim
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1931
The Bugatti’s villa inside the factory’s limits at Molsheim. It always exists today with some minors modification
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1931 - 1932 ?
Adrien Paul and a wonderful Bugatti Type
44 Fiacre style bodied in front of the Château Saint Jean at Molsheim. Very nice picture with exceptional quality !
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September 15th 1932
Molsheim
This picture were
often published with this caption : 50th anniversary of Ettore in Molsheim. But the real reason of this reception is related by Adrien
Paul’s caption at the back of this picture : Ettore receives a high French distinction, the “Croix d’Officier de la Légion d’Honneur”
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September 1933
In front of the Hotel Heim, near Molsheim station, where all the Bugattists lived during the 30’s.
From left to right side : Adrien Paul, René Dreyfus, Pierre Veyron, Robert Aumaître
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September 1933
Molsheim, near the railway station
From left to right side : René Dreyfus, Robert Aumaître, Adrien Paul, Pierre Veyron
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April 15th 1934
Chavigny hill-climb race, near Nancy
René Dreyfus with a Bugatti Type 57 coach Ventoux of the first series
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April 15th 1934
After the Chavigny hill-climb race, near Nancy
From left to right side : René Dreyfus, Pierre Veyron (hidden), Jean-Pierre Wimille
near a very nice Type 49 drophead coupe unidentified
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January 20th 1935
Mrs Paul and Jean Bugatti to winter sports, at Kaelberhühle
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
Very rare picture of the famous
Type 57 Torpedo Tourist Trophy chassis #57222T, engaged under the race number 87
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
Another very rare picture of #57222T
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
Mrs Paul speaking with Ettore Bugatti
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
From left to right side : Mrs Paul, Ettore Bugatti, unknown, Adrien Paul and 2 unknowns
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
Mrs Paul speaking with Ettore Bugatti
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June 1935
Grand Circuit des Vosges, in Strasbourg, “place de la Bourse” today “place de Lattre de Tassigny”.
Robert Benoist in front of a Bugatti Type 57 coach Ventoux of the first series. Behind, #57222T
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1935 - 1936 ?
Adrien Paul and his bicycle in front of
the “Hostellerie du Pur Sang” in Molsheim, in the foreground is the Restaurant de la Commanderie, now destroyed, and in the far
foreground is the wall of the Bugatti factory
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1935 - 1936 ?
Unknown location but very probably in
Alsace, a nice and fine lot of Type 57. Registrations are unreadable, so it’s very hard to give their chassis numbers !
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1935 - 1936 ?
On the stairs of the Hostellerie du Pur Sang in Molsheim, Jean Bugatti and Adrien Paul
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1935 - 1936 ?
The young Olaf Paul, 3 or 4 years old,
on the running board of a very nice coach Ventoux Type 57 firts series, with garage temporary registration that is very hard to identify
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August 26th 1936
Letter sent to Adrien Paul at the
Bugatti factory in Molsheim by the Prince Guillaume of Sweden. Adrien Paul being probably on holidays in august, the factory sent back
the letter to his personal address at Obernai, 9 rue de Paris
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August 26th 1936
The other side of the envelope shows
the Prince’s waxed seal, and indicate that the letter started from Switzerland on August 26th, where the Prince was probably on
holidays, and that the letter was sent from Molsheim to Obernai on August 29th, a very short delay for the time ! Not really
better today ...
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August 26th 1936
First side of the letter. Sorry, it’s in French, if someone can translate in good English, I will publish it here
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August 26th 1936
Other side. This letter is a real piece of humour and quite incredible !
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1936 - 1937 ?
The famous Type 57 Aerolithe on chassis
57S, in London, in front the Bugatti Owner’s Club head-office. This is the second prototype built, chassis #57103. Behind it, we can
see the famous Type 18 chassis #474, known as “Black Bess” and owned at the time by Colonel G.M. Giles, BOC’s president. Behind it, the
Type 46 (#46531) owned by Colonel Sorel, London Bugatti agent of the time (thanks to H. Conway for his help)
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1936 - 1937 ?
The famous Type 57 Aerolithe on chassis
57S, in London, in front the Bugatti Owner’s Club head-office. Registration 5265 NV2 indicates the chassis #57103 registered on
November 19th 1933, consequently that car built in 1936 used an old registration and chassis number
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January 1938
Bugatti stand at Bruxelles Motorshow
exhibition. Mr Margeton, France ambassador in Bruxelles (center, with a cane) speaking with Mister D’Ieteren (Belgian coachbuilder, on
right) and Adrien Paul (right). The Bugatti is a Type 57 coach Ventoux with the factory option “transparent roof”, unidentified
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August 31st 1939
Letter from Bugatti Owner’s Club sent to Adrien Paul at the Bugatti factory, 20 days after Jean’s death
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1939
Bordeaux exhibition
The famous Bugatti Type
57C with special body “Galibier Coupe” by Jean Bugatti, chassis number #57335, today in USA. This unique Bugatti has a fascinating
history
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1939
Bordeaux exhibition
The famous Bugatti Type
57C with special body “Galibier Coupe” by Jean Bugatti, chassis number #57335, today in USA, we can see the factory option “toit
transparent” in only two parts
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193? ?
At Rome (Italy), rare roadster Type 55 belonging to Mrs Kalberer, from Switzerland
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193? ?
Unknown location, a rare picture of a Type 53 4 wheel-drive (3 cars only built)
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193? ?
Unknown location, maybe in Switzerland ? Adrien Paul is foreground, with the bowler hat
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193? ?
Unknown location, maybe in Switzerland ?
Foreground : Fiat Balilla 6CV registered in Switzerland FR-10411, in the door : Bugatti Type 35 registered in Switzerland VD-16927 ou
VD-16937 ? People on right have armbands, as race-cars commissioners
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193? ?
Bugatti factory courtyard in Molsheim
The
Type 57 Atalante dedicated to Jean Bugatti personal use, chassis #57333. This registration was originaly linked with chassis
#57333, but it was used later on other Bugattis
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193? ?
Bugatti factory courtyard in Molsheim
The
Type 57 Atalante dedicated to Jean Bugatti personal use, chassis #57333. This registration was originaly linked with chassis
#57333, but it was used later on other Bugattis
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Bugatti factory courtyard in Molsheim
The Type 57
Atalante dedicated to Jean Bugatti personal use, chassis #57333. This registration was originaly linked with chassis #57333, but
it was used later on other Bugattis
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Bugatti factory courtyard in Molsheim
The Type 57
Atalante dedicated to Jean Bugatti personal use, chassis #57333. This registration was originaly linked with chassis #57333, but
it was used later on other Bugattis
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193? ?
Unknown location, Adrien Paul posing near an astonishing Type 44 coupe chauffeur bodied, un-identified
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1989
International Bugatti Meeting at Molsheim
Olaf
Paul, Adrien Paul’s son, comes back on his youth’s location and find again the noise and smell of the Bugattis as every year in Molsheim
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1989
International Bugatti Meeting at Molsheim
Olaf Paul chatting with Michel Bugatti, son that Ettore had in 1945 with his second spouse
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