1931 Bugatti Royale Engine, 1943-1947
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When Charles Chayne purchased the 1931 Bugatti Royale from a salvage yard in 1943, its engine block had been bulged and cracked by improperly drained water and winter cold. Chayne milled the bulged areas flat and patched the cracks with steel plates on each side of the block. One of Chayne's patch plates is visible in this photo.
When Charles Chayne purchased the 1931 Bugatti Royale from a salvage yard in 1943, its engine block had been bulged and cracked by improperly drained water and winter cold. Chayne milled the bulged areas flat and patched the cracks with steel plates on each side of the block. One of Chayne's patch plates is visible in this photo.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1943-1947
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2018.0.4.P.B.70526
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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