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Case Studies
Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff
The most beautiful car in the world?
A well known European restorer (and old customer)
came to QuickSilver Exhaust Systems knowing that we
could reproduce an original design exhaust system
for his unique Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff which was
nearing completion.
The brief was to supply a system as Bugatti would
have manufactured it. The client was able to supply
detail drawings of his requirement.
These drawings were taken by the QuickSilver
engineering team and translated into product designs
for manufacture. Fairly straightforward apart from
the specification of the material, 2mm to 2.5mm
thick (most exhaust systems are 1.2 to 1.5mm).
Sourcing the material and then forming it correctly
were the challenges.
The finished product, made from annealed T304
stainless steel, weighed in at over 35 kilos but
should last until the next ice-age.
Classic Cars magazine featured this gorgeous car
in their January 2006 edition.
"Hello Paul,
As promised (already a while ago), here are a couple
of photographs of the Bugatti Type 57 Gangloff Coupé
which we recreated/restored over the last years. In
total more than 5,000 hours of labour! Well
described in the Classic Cars magazine of jan. 2006.
I hope the pictures are suitable for your new
brochure.
All the best,
Bernard
www.marreyt-classics.com
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