"GOLDEN BUGS"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 284, 26 July 1932, Page 2

"GOLDEN BUGS"

DELIVERY OF WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIYE CAR. The first of the "Golden Bugs" — tha most expensive car in the world, on which Ettore Bugatti has been at work for several years — is about to be delivered, and others will follow at close intervals. The car, which' has a two-seater sports body, is to be supplied to M. Henri Esders, a wealthy French clothier. The second car, now in the body works at Molsheim, is to the order of a famous German surgeon. Among those said to be waiting delivery are the ex-King of Spain and M. Andre Citroen. This big Bugatti has a straighi eight eng:ine of 14,000 c.c. and a threespeed gear set in the rear axle. Direct drive is on second, the third being a geared-up drive. The cars are most limiriously equipped throughout. The tyres have heen built specially by ths Dunlop Co. The series will be limited to twenty-five cars The first model has heen on the roac for nearly three years, driven by M Bugatti. Despite the size, the. car is wonderfully proportioned, and does not at all give the impressioii of being unwieldy. On most old cars and on certaix bearings on new cars, grease-cup lubri cators are fitted. To overeome th( bother of filling these, it is a simph matter to drill, tap, and fit to eacl one a greasing nipple, by means 0: which the cap can be charged witl frease from the pressure libricatioi gun. In the event of the nipple be coming ehoked the cup can be un screwed and cleaned out.