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The
car was built on the first carbon chassis,
numbered C6 (or #39005). This prototype is the first
with Benedini style, in an undefinitive version
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back spoiler is coming from the 110 prototype (painted
in blue first,
then black painted and at last,
modified with a definitive spoiler)
- 6 vents on both sides of the air wing (shorter than
the definitive wing)
- a round fuel door at both side (better integrated
than the future system),
- a different lateral air intake, close to the rear
wheel, longer and less high
- side mirrors higher and rounder
- rims were different during the early stage of the
car development (flatter rims) replaced by the definitive
GT model rim later.
#39005
was fully completed for the official model presentation
in Paris in september, 1991.
The
construction of the #39005 car was running during
the 1991 summer, and discreetly during a night,
within the walls of the Campogalliano's plant,
Romano Artioli was seen driving the unfinished
prototype # 39005, yet without doors and paint.
The car was fitted with the five spoke 110 prototype
rims. |
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After
the lifted veil at the La Defense square in Paris,
the hundred meters traveled on Champs Elysees
with Alain Delon as passenger and JP Vittecoq
as driver, the car was exhibited in front of the
Orangery of the Palais of Versailles, during the
gala dinner. One of the first photo session was
organized in the Versailles garden. |
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The
next day, the car was shiped to Molsheim (France)
and then to the Schlumpf Collection of Mulhouse,
probably the greatest Bugatti museum in the world.
It was just the beginning of successive travels
for the #39005 car, which became the Bugatti brand
ambassador for press and public. |
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Mulhouse
(France),
Schlumpf collection |
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Velizi
(France), Messier exhibition |
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Campogalliano
(Italy),
Bugatti factory |
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Mantova
(Italy) |
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Paris,
Cartier Fundation |
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After the return to Campogalliano, #39005 was used
for numerous press pictures, near the Bugatti plant
or on the local roads.. |
The
rear bumper was then painted in black (visual
simplification of the back side of the car?),
new photoshoots were done. |
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The
EB110 is still under development and changes appear
gradually on #39005. Electric extractors located
in the rear bumper, seen since the first running
110 prototype are abandoned, and a new simplified
design is proposed for this body part, black colored
too. |
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Early
1992 : new modifications for #39005.
A new opening system appeared for side windows,
called "window in window", very popular
on sports cars in the late 80-early 90's. More,
the rims changed a little bit, with a surface
less flat and a domed central part. The rims color
changed from a very flashy chromed to a more discrete
silver (definitive definition, used for production
later). In january 1992, the car was shown at
the North American International Auto Show in
Detroit (USA) and in march 1992, at the Geneva
Motorshow (next to the Supersport prototype, chassis
39008).
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A nice
motion photoshoot was realized on road mountains,
with #39008, for the Bugatti magazine. The
6 vents on both sides of the rear wing has disapppeared
and the wing is longer. |
In
may 1992, #39005 was used for the opening of the
F1 GP in Monaco (with #39008) and for an official
presentation to the Prince Rainier and his son
Albert, by JM Borel. The rims color changed one
more time, with a darker titanium color. |
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After
1992, the prototype #39005 has disappeared from
the public audience, was stored in the factory
and by chance, escaped to crash tests. Today,
the car still exists and is stored in Italy, in
the workshops of B-Engineering in Modena. |
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