1928 Bugatti Type 35-A, Built for Edsel Ford, May 1930

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Artifact Overview

Bugatti's Type 35 was its most successful competition car of the 1920s. The automaker introduced its Type 35A in 1925 as a less powerful, though no less well built, version intended more for road use than racing. It featured an eight-cylinder engine rated at 80 horsepower. Edsel Ford purchased this Bugatti Type 35A, one of 139 made, in 1928.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

06 May 1930

Subject Date

06 May 1930

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.188.P.2269

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

1928 Bugatti Type 35-A, Built for Edsel Ford, May 1930