Comments on: And How! The Eager Bearders Bugatti https://velocetoday.com/and-how-the-eager-bearders-bugatti/ The Online Magazine for Italian and French Classic Car Enthusiasts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:51:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Philippe Defechereux https://velocetoday.com/and-how-the-eager-bearders-bugatti/comment-page-1/#comment-84015 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 02:56:58 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=99107#comment-84015 Hello Bill:

I am Philippe Defechereux – nowadays of Denville, NJ – and a contributor to VT. I first noticed your name when Pete sent me your recent email on the terrific Philadelphia Fiat 500 Abarth slot car racing feature. Pete sent it to me because I’m now working with David Beattie’s Slot Mods Raceways and – rightly – thought I might be interested. This next led me to your wonderful story above, also NJ-based. And by the way, my last VT article was on the fastest Fiat Abarth 500 in America (Dover, NJ) last October 31. How many happy VT-caused coincidences does this make? Email coming soon.

]]> By: Bill Gilltzow https://velocetoday.com/and-how-the-eager-bearders-bugatti/comment-page-1/#comment-83998 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 18:11:37 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=99107#comment-83998 This is why I contribute to Veloce today. I have wondered all my life where that car went, even though I never saw it. Thanks Sandy!

]]> By: Sandy Leith https://velocetoday.com/and-how-the-eager-bearders-bugatti/comment-page-1/#comment-83995 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 16:35:57 +0000 https://velocetoday.com/?p=99107#comment-83995 The Bearder car is a T44 frame with a T38 engine. The car raced prewar with Louis McMillan in the ARCA with a Peerless marine engine once or twice. Hudson Mills installed the T38 engine. The car survives in private ownership in Connecticut in restored condition, but still, more or less, as Howard Bearder had it.

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