Things like this remind me that being financially able to travel to events like Retromobile, Goodwood, Rømø, TROG, Bonneville, the Essen Motor Show (Nov 29-Dec 7) etc, must be superbly rewarding as life events seldom have such incredible level of excitement, speed, unique vehicles, and being among my own kind of like minded wonderful gearheads, auto enthusiasts, and racers
I do not dismiss the fortunate situation I have, to live in San Diego, and have the ability to got to the events in So Cal, like Comic Con, Goodguys, D23, several Concours, CTN Expo, Lightbox Expo, and SEMA, with a press pass.
I do wish to go the others, the list I just mentioned, as what is life but trying to enjoy as much of your hobbies as it's possible to do? And events are finally back to the awesome level they had achieved before covid
I've been a fan of the Bugatti Royale and its story forever, since I was a kid - the anomaly of Bugatti making this monster luxury car just as a gesture, the finding of one in a junkyard, etc. I had known the engines went into rail cars, but had never been aware, first of all that this thing had four of them, and second that one still survives. I'd love to be there to hear it start up, but alas, though indeed also fortunate in all sorts of ways, not that one, so I hope when it goes, they make a nice video, and with luck, I'll see it here!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. This vehicle was called Automatrice when it was used for trips from Beirut, Lebanon to Aleppo, Syria where service started in the late 1930's.
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