Running parallel to the Atlantic Type 57S build is a full restoration of an original 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux that was discovered in a barn in France in 2014.
Follow the restoration story, step by step, in chronological order with the most recent update appearing at the top.
The 1937 Bugatti Type 57 that was bought new from the factory by Jean Lanez was reintroduced to the world in February 2025 at the Art Deco Festival in Napier, New Zealand. The Bugatti Type… Read More »Remembering Jean Lanez – Update #4
The Type 57 Bugatti engine, No. 417, was stripped and fully rebuilt. Paint preparation work began on the body panels, and the original upholstery was used as a pattern to restore the car’s interior. The… Read More »The Ventoux engine, upholstery and paint – Update #3
The Classics team worked at restoring and reassembling the Type 57 chassis, while Kingwood Furniture set about recreating the Ventoux timber frame. Jean Lanez’s beloved Bugatti, no. 57579, was finally getting the attention and restoration… Read More »The Ventoux body and chassis – Update #2
The disassembly of the 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Ventoux began in 2016. One of the Classics Museum restoration team members, Gordon White, was fully involved in this phase of the restoration. The Bugatti Type 57… Read More »The Ventoux disassembly – Update # 1
In late 2014, approximately one hundred original, rare and sought-after cars were discovered on a property in Western France. The fascinating collection had been inherited by Jacques Baillon in 1996 following his father’s death. When… Read More »Pt 2: The Baillon Barn Find
On 8th September 1937, a Bugatti Type 57 rolling chassis, numbered 57579, was driven out of the factory at Molsheim and delivered to a coachbuilder in Colmar, France. Instead of the Ventoux body that sits… Read More »Pt 1: The Bugatti Type 57 No. 57579-417