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LOT 79 Ω◊

An impressive 1:8 scale scratch-built model of the 1937 Le Mans winning Bugatti Type 57G "Tank" by Sean McKenna, 1990s,

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Lot 79Ω,◊

An impressive 1:8 scale scratch-built model of the 1937 Le Mans winning Bugatti Type 57G "Tank" by Sean McKenna, 1990s,

An impressive 1:8 scale scratch-built model of the 1937 Le Mans winning Bugatti Type 57G "Tank" by Sean McKenna, 1990s,

finely detailed model constructed from mainly metal parts, one of a limited series of believed 10 proposed models, with model-maker's plaque to underside inscribed with facsimile signature and numbered 10/57, depicting the car as driven to victory by Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist under the Roger Labric race team at the 1937 Le Mans endurance event, finished in two-tone blue race livery and wearing race number 2, with detailed cockpit, opening bonnet revealing detailed engine, wire-spoked rolling wheels and rear-mounted spare wheel with solid rubber tyres, turning front wheels and rear wheels with removable spats (one fitted, one detached but present), the model measuring 58cm long, several small parts detached but present and requiring re-fitting, offered with plywood transport case.
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