The T37 Bugatti/Hudson/Corvette special of Australia

The car started life as a 1926 model Type 37 four-cylinder Grand Prix Bugatti car, the fourth T37 built according, and came to Australia to the order of Russell Taylor who, together with former Australian multiple Olympic medallist swimmer, Frank Beaurepaire, had an international tyre business ‘Advanx Tyres’ based in Sydney.

The car raced on New South Wales speedways and in several Phillip Island Australian Grands Prix before the engine blew in 1940, and it was fitted with a Hudson straight-eight engine, having failed in attempts to weld the delicate Bug block which had distorted from extensive competition use and previous repairs. Later a 283cu in Chevy was installed after Earl blew the Hudson motor in 1957.

Speedway racer ‘Stud’ Beasley, who, together with father Arthur or ‘Pop’, and brother Alf acquired the car in 1942, fitting the Willys ‘Winfield’ speedcar motor from his Midget after the Hudson continually boiled using the standard Bugatti radiator.

The fuel tanks started life as water tanks in a Liberator Bomber, the not particularly comfy looking seats are from the same source.

Davey-Milne bought it in January 1943, sans Willys motor and soon re-fitted the Hudson 8 which was fed by Amal carburettors, mating it to a Lancia Lambda gearbox.

After fitting the Chev V8 the car recorded a standing quarter time of 12.06 seconds which won him the Victorian Sprint Championship at Alex in 1964.

In Chev engined form the car achieved 25 fastest times of the day from 34 starts- not bad in 1970 for a car which started its life at Molsheim in 1926.

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