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1995, the complete collection went to his son Julian, who had the car being sprayed
black again and had the upholstery being renewed by the ‘Horne recovery service’. He
sold the car via the Bugatti specialist Ivan Dutton on Nov 23, 1999 to Bert Janssens
Bert Janssens (1999- 2001)
The next owner was the Belgian Bert Janssens. He is a descendant from the family that
made fame with ‘t IJsboerke’. They make Ice for the local market that beat ‘Ben and
Jerry’s and ‘Haagen-Dazs’. His father Staf Janssens started the business in 1935 with a
little ice car and a bicycle, and his imperia based on house-to-house delivery grew to a
staff of 340 employees.
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After his death his two sons ran the company, but during a downfall in profits it was
taken over by the NPM (Nationale Portefeuille Maatschappij) of the Wallonian financer
‘Frère’ in 1997.
Bert received a large sum of money, under stipulation that he would refrain from ice
making for a number of years. Part of his newly acquired wealth was first spent on
racehorses, then on vintage cars, amongst which a number of Bugattis. He used 44266
to visit meeting such as the August 2000 meeting at Prescott.
Bert had the car made roadworthy by Ivan Dutton and acquired FIVA and FIA papers for
it. The registration now had become SL 9983, a special plate licences for pre-1931 cars
in 1999. Bert Janssens has not kept the car for long: 2 years later he sold all his
Bugattis again.
Fig: 44266 in June 1999 at Ivan Dutton’s
premises (second from the right). On the wheel
is Bert’s friend Frans Thijs who comes to have
a look at the car with Bert Janssens
Picture: The Godfather of ‘t IJsboerke’-
Staf Janssens with his first ice car and his
mode of transportation)