Re: [HSS] Murphy Body Pics

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Paul, it's hard to say much about the Bugatti body without knowing what

chassis it goes with. In 1928 Bugatti were making the Type 38 (2 litre),

Type 40 (1.5 litre), Type 44 (3 litre), all of which were touring cars you

could buy as a chassis or with a factory body. And of course people quite

often re-bodied their cars to maintain a current appearance. Bugatti also

were building a range of very fierce grand prix and racing cars, but you

wouldn't put a roadster body on them - too small.



I'd be interested to know what lives under that body! I'd expect a Type 44,

but who knows....



And is that an Isetta (the bubble car) in the background?



Cheers.............Peter R.

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Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:25 AM

Subject: [HSS] Murphy Body Pics





> A few weeks ago, I visited the restoration shop of Randy Ema, a local

old

> car guru and all around good guy. He had a 1928 Buggatti in for a complete

> resto. That itself might not be very interesting to Hudson folk, but the

body

> was designed and built for this car by Murphy of Pasadena.

> During 1928, Frank Spring was still with Murphy, but was doing work

for

> Hudson as well. Some of his drawings were passed on from Hudson in Detroit

to

> Biddle and Smart in Amesbury, and it has been said that the "look" of

those

> cars was his. It is POSSIBLE that he had a hand in both this Buggatti body

> and in the 1928 Biddle and Smart Roadster. To view the pics, go to:

>

> http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/1928HudsonRdstr/files/

>

> an click on the Murphy Body folder.

>

>

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

> Fullerton, California USA

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