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The unique Bugatti 49 with Beutler bodywork

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Created in 2012

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Simon Baumann (Vectura)

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Bugatti 49 (1931) - Beutler-Karosserie, entstanden nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg, auf Bugatti-Fahrgestell

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - mit dem berühmten Bugatti-Kühler

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - tropfenförmiges Heck

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - modernisiertes Interieur

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - die Gebrüder Beutler karossierten den Wagen nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg neu

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - der Kühler blieb natürlich auch bei der Umkarossierung typisch-Bugatti

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - der legendäre Markenzeichen

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - der Karossier deutlich gekennzeichnet

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - mit dem Beutler-Schriftzug

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - der elegante Bug mit freistehenden Kotflügeln

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - der Reihen-Achtzylindermotor

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Bugatti Type 49 Cabriolet Beutler (1931) - versteigert als Lot 68 an der Dolder Classics Car Auction der Oldtimergalerie Toffen am 8. Juni 2013

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - genussvolle Ausfahrt (aufgenommen um 1953)

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Bugatti 49 Beutler (1931) - auf einer Passfahrt über den Susten in den Fünfzigerjahren

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Bugatti Type 49 (1934) - als zweitüriger Tourer, Jahrgang geschätzt

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Bugatti Type 49 (1936) - fotografiert in den Siebzigerjahren (Baujahr geschätzt)

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Bugatti 49 (1931) - der Bugatti, wie er Beroun bei Prag am Strassenrand stand

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Bugatti 49 (1931) - ein Blick in den Motorraum - acht Zylinder in Reihe, Doppelzündung

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Bugatti Typ 49 (1929) - am Klausenrennen 2013 in der Gleichmässigkeitswertung

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Bugatti Typ 49 (1929) - am Klausenrennen 2013 in der Gleichmässigkeitswertung

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Cockpit des Bugatti 49 Grand Sport 1929 beim Boxenstopp @ Meylenstein Juli 2011

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Summary

The Beutler brothers are unlikely to have had the opportunity to dress up a Bugatti very often. But after the Second World War, the opportunity arose to body a Type 49 and the result was an elegant convertible with an aluminum body. This report tells the story of the unique Bugatti and shows it in some historical and modern pictures.

This article contains the following chapters

Bodywork with a passion for quality
One of 470 examples
New clothes make the man (or car)
Comfort instead of sport
Multiple changes of ownership
Thoroughly restored

Estimated reading time: 3min

Preview (beginning of the article)

"Gebr. Beutler & Co Carrosserie Thun" is written on the sides of the long hood. The small badge is a source of delight among experts, as Beutler was once one of the better sheet metal virtuosos in Switzerland. Founded in 1943 by brothers Ernst and Fritz, the company emulated the model of Carrosserie Graber, which had existed since 1927 and also in the canton of Bern. The Beutlers now also dressed individual chassis or even small series with timelessly elegant bodies. The quality of their craftsmanship was beyond reproach, but with the advent of self-supporting cars, the era of the sheet metal artists inevitably came to an end in the 1960s: despite an increasing shift to repairs and paintwork, things also went downhill at Beutler - at least they lasted until the fall of 1987.

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