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    Bentoboxx, My Tank is full of it: So if it was "found" and they didn't pay anything for it...they could technically use this in the 24 hours of lemons! Bring it on, Brits! more »
    bdon: quoted from yahoo: "Harold Carr, a surgeon, apparently abandoned the rare Bugatti in his lock-up in northeastern Newcastle after buying it in the 1950... more »
    Elhigh: Nice price or crack pipe? I dunno, even at $4M, it sounds pretty good... more »
    B1663R: can we do a special edition of "nice price or crack pipe" on this one? oh please, pretty please? more »
    philibuster: Shame that they only found it now. If they had found it say 3 years ago before the financial mess we're in they could probably fetch a much higher ask... more »
    Rust-MyEnemy: I guess first I need to find a barn. more »
    CopterBob: It spent 50 years, unseen, gathering dust in an old barn, and is quite probably destined to see the next 50 years, unseen, in the equivalent of a much... more »
    DoctorNine: I think the important thing about restoring something this old, after being stored in a damp garage for 50 years, is that you really CAN'T just buff i... more »
    Novaload: I just saw this on BBC and knew it had to be here already. And here it is. The guy also had an Aston and one or two other classics in there. Damn. It ... more »
    TheDanMan,Prefers Kilowatts to Horsepower: I'd even have a molested one. Whatever that means. more »
    Rican5.0: It's gonna be a damned shame once the over-restoring-over-correcting psychotics get done molesting it. They SHOULD just buff it out and get it running... more »
    tenbeers: That will almost certainly buff right out. /super bad hangover more »
    Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: Wait, don't tell me... The Bugatti was discovered by Britain's dustrag-wielding darlings Kim and Aggie whilst shooting an episode for the upcoming ser... more »
    crxtra: Now all it needs is a Cobra front, a Daytona rear, and a big ol' wing on the back and all the Jalopniks will just go cuh-RAZY!!! more »
    Himelfarbinator: That car looks like it needs the ShamWoW applied to it! more »
  • #barnfind

    £3 Million 1937 Bugatti Found In British Garage After Almost 50 Years

    An unmolested 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, one of only 17 built, was discovered in a garage in the UK after gathering dust for almost 50 years. The estimated value? At least $4.35 million!