Type 57S Atlantic Type 57SC Atlantic

A car produced by Bugatti.  Thirteen were produced for model years 1937-1938.

Designed by Jean Bugatti, the bodywork is based on the Aérolithe show car.

The Aérolithe was built from aluminum and magnesium, two metals that could not be welded or brazed.  The result was the external rivets along a seam down the middle of the body.  The production versions were all aluminum, but the rivets were retained for aesthetics.

Awards and acknowledgements include:

Among "The 25 Most Beautiful Cars of All Time" by Automobile, September 2006

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Photographs

	1938 Type 57SC "Rivet"-ing Photo by Joe Cheng Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts June 29, 2005 View photo of 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic - 90KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
	1938 Type 57SC Partial desaturation applied. Sorry about the blur, I didn't bring a tripod. Photo by Joe Cheng Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts June 29, 2005 View photo of 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic - 104KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.
	1938 Type 57SC Partial desaturation applied. Sorry about the blur, I didn't bring a tripod. Photo by Joe Cheng Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts June 29, 2005 View photo of 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic - 97KB This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License.

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