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Offered from 47 years of private ownership 1927 Bugatti T35 B Chassis no. 4888 Engine no. 127 TC• Delivered new to the Netherlands • Matching numbers • Highly original • Known ownership history • Present ownership since 1975 • Excellent history FootnotesThe magnificent car we are privileged to offer here is an early Bugatti Type 35B. The 2.3-litre Type 35T engine, number '127', was modified at the factory on 15th April 1927 as a Type 35B unit with a supercharger added, "pistons 26mm, assembled like engine N° 114". It is one of the very early proper Type 35TC/B engines, the first one being '94TC/4814' for Kracht, then '113TC/4806', '114TC/4845', '120TC/4848' for Eyston, '126TC/4817' for Chiron, '131TC/4849' for Keiller and '132TC/4868' for Junek. First owner Dr Johannes Last (1873-1942) was born in The Hague on 26th March 1873. His father was the artist Johannes Anthony Last (1837-1901), whose father Carel Christian Last (1808-1876) was a lithographer and intermediary draughtsman working in Amsterdam and The Hague. As far as we know, Dr Last always lived with his parents on Hugo de Grootstraat 75 in The Hague. He worked as a lawyer and prosecutor, as recorded in his death certificate dated 6th January 1942. He never married and bought his first Bugatti Type 35, chassis '4490/39', in May 1925. His personal mechanic was J F Branse. Dr Last's second racing Bugatti, the Type 35B chassis '4888' was delivered by road from Molsheim to La Haye, with temporary plates '1641 WW 5' issued between 14th and 19th May 1927. A little later it was sent again from Molsheim to the border at Kehl, probably after a mechanical service, with temporary plates '1765 WW 5' issued between 9th and 14th July 1927. Dr Last kept the Bugatti for four years and sold it back to the factory when he bought the ex-Prince Leopold Type 43A roadster, chassis '43306', in 1931. A fascinating note from the factory 'used cars' book reads: "4888 (4797) Dr Last sold to M Anguenot for 13.000 fr when bought 43306 for 50.000fr." As the Type 49 cars sold new on the same page are chassis '49300'-'49302' and '49308', all delivered around July 1931, we may deduce the second delivery of '4888' to Anguenot is in that same period. That note indicates that the car was supposed to get chassis number '4797', described as 'not delivered' in factory records. The frame number of '4888' is very near to that of chassis '4796', delivered in Germany and preserved in a collection. Dr Last had ordered chassis '4797' on 10th November 1926 and got a bill for 125.000.ff, paid in January 1927. However, in April 1927 the car was delivered in supercharged configuration with a new chassis number, '4888'. There is no mention of an invoice for '4888' in April 1927 as it had already been paid as '4797' in January. Chassis '4817' was likewise ordered on 10th November 1926 for 100.000ff (not paid) and delivered as a 35B, no longer 35T, to Hoffmann for Chiron. 135.000ff were paid, which is more consistent for a blown car. Next owner Maurice Marcellin Anguenot was born on 31st January 1907 in the village of Villers le Lac where his grandfather Ulysse Anguenot (1849-1937) whose watch-making company, Fabrique d'Horlogerie Anguenot Frêres, built its first factory that very same year. Marius Anguenot (1876-1938) built a new factory in 1924-1925, and after his death his widow and Maurice ran the company, which was consisted of six different watch factories. Maurice's father Marius had bought a new Type 44 in November 1929 and would keep it until December 1935. Maurice Anguenot probably sold the Type 35B when he bought second-hand in October 1935 an amazing Bugatti Type 46S with a Million-Guiet aluminium body. Just before the war, in 1939, M Anguenot had bought another second-hand Bugatti, Ventoux chassis '57372', from the Charbonnier family in Jura. We know the 35B was then taken back by the factory. It received a new sump numbered '202B' from one of the two Type 51 prototype engines assembled on 19th September 19