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<\/a><\/p>\nNumbered 4631, this wonderful 1925 Bugatti Type 35A is an exceptionally pure example, blessed with fascinating history from new, all carefully documented in the pages of the American Bugatti Club Register and by internationally renowned Bugatti consultant David Sewell. It was built with engine 43A \u2013 the unit it retains today \u2013 and was 1 of 10 Type 35As (Chassis 4625 \u2013 4632, 4634 and 4635) constructed during September 1925. Type 35A was essentially a two-litre Type 35 intended for fast touring with body and chassis identical to the racing Type 35 while offering relative ease of maintenance and operation with the Type 38 engine a simpler ball bearing crankshaft, battery-and-distributor ignition in lieu of a magneto, and wire-spoked wheels. Internally designated a \u201cCourse Imitation\u201d and often nicknamed \u2018Tecla\u2019 after a well-known line of cultured pearls, the T35A was certainly a formidable performer for the era\u2019s rudimentary roads, capable of approaching 100 mph at 4,500 rpm in top gear. This example, however, is an interesting and unusual hybrid of the roadgoing T35A and all-out T35. According to Mr. Sewell, \u201cUnusually for a Type 35A this car has evidently been fitted from new with Bosch magneto ignition and an under-seat oil tank and transfer pump as on a Type 35, the chassis top rail even having the correct small plate riveted under the pump to stiffen its mounting. The front axle is of a larger diameter than a standard Type 35A beam and is not numbered so is probably a Type 35 hollow axle. The front springs have an extra sixth top leaf as featured on most Type 35B and 35C models with their larger 330mm diameter brakes.”<\/p>\n