Presentation of 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale Convertible at Old Car Festival in Greenfield Village, September 1959

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Artifact Overview

Charles and Esther Chayne gifted their 1931 Bugatti Type 41 Royale to The Henry Ford in 1958. They made the formal presentation during ceremonies at the following year's Old Car Festival. The Chaynes bought the car in 1943. Its original owner, German physician Joseph Fuchs, had turned the Bugatti over to a salvage yard after its engine block was damaged.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Slide (Photograph)

Date Made

20 September 1959

Subject Date

20 September 1959

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

EI.1929.T.3682.D

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in
Width: 2 in