Bugatti Type 35C

I photographed this car in the paddock at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.

It's Hubert Fabri's 1928 2 litre Straight-8 supercharged Bugatti T35C, chassis #4871. I always have trouble remembering the difference between the different types of pre-war Bugattis and I came across this list on an 8w.forix.com site that is a great help:

The T35C was a supercharged 2-litre model equipped with a Roots compressor to give some 125 bhp. Here is a list of the various Bugatti variants:

The original 1924 model:                                  Type 35: 60*88 mm = 1991cc

The 1925-'26 model:                                         Type 35: 52*88 mm = 1495cc

The voiturette model:                                        Type 35: 51.3*66 mm = 1091cc

The detuned production model, the "Tecla":     Type 35A: 60*88 mm = 1991cc

The long stroke 2.3 litre 'Targa Florio' model:   Type 35T: 60*100 mm = 2262cc

The supercharged variant of the 35T model:    Type 35B: 60*100 mm = 2262cc supercharged

The 2-litre supercharged model:                       Type 35C: 60*88 mm = 1991cc supercharged

The 4-cylinder engine model:                            Type 37: 69*100 mm = 1496cc 4 cylinder

The supercharged variant of 4-cylinder T37:    Type 37A: 69*100 mm = 1496cc supercharged

The short-stroke model:                                    Type 39: 60*66 mm = 1493cc

The supercharged variant of T39:                     Type 39A: 60*66 mm = 1493cc supercharged

The d.o.c. 2 valves/cyl model:                           Type 51: 60*88 mm = 1991cc supercharged

The long-stroke variant of the d.o.c. T51:         Type 51-1: 60*100 mm = 2262cc supercharged

The short-stroke variant of the d.o.c. T51:        Type 51A: 60*66 mm = 1493cc supercharged

(All with 8-cylinder engines unless noted otherwise)

On 8 June 2017 I showed a photograph of this car at the Silverstone Historic Tribute meeting in 2004.