Friday 2 January 2009

Why Does Something Like This Never Happen To Me?

relatives of Harold Carr who died at the age of 89,

Dr Carr in his younger days
have spent 18 months looking through his estate, in life he was a doctor, Dr Carr, an orthopaedic surgeon who served as an army doctor during World War Two and also became a keen flier, his nephew described his uncle as 'a very eccentric old gent', adding: 'I suppose you could call him a mad doctor, people who saw him in the street thought he was a tramp, he would wear two pairs of trousers at the same time, he was it appears an eccentric doctor and compulsive hoarder, well they hit pay dirt when they opened up one of the garages and found this car pictured above, inside it was 1 of only 17 built 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, the historic automobile with only 26,284 miles on the clock still has 99 per cent of its original parts, it will be sold in Paris next month and is strongly tipped to surpass the £4.7million world record for a car at auction,
the remaining family have agreed to split the proceeds from the auction, this is a restored Bugatti Type 57S Atalante, the good news is that of the 17 known to be made 2 are still missing, damm! I wish I had some uncles left alive!

No comments: