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At the BOC Lewes Speed Trial with Kenneth Bear on June 11, 1932 which was won by a Delage in
22.7 seconds; here still as a 4 seater (Photo WJ Brunell, courtesy of Moyra James- Bear)
Maurice Sowman (1927- 1931)
The car was bought by Maurice Sowman in London, and its first license plate, UV 28
was issued by the London city council in June 1929. During the 19 months between the
delivery of the chassis and the completed car being road registered it could have been
used as the agency’s demonstrator before 44787 took over that duty. During the
following two years he used it regularly and covered about 17.000 miles (almost 28.000
km), after which he sold the car to Colonel G.M. Giles.
Colonel Geoffrey Giles (1931)
The famous Bugattist Colonel Geoffrey M. Giles- the chairman of the Bugatti Owners
Club- bought this car in 1931. It was his eighth Bugatti. He had the habit of naming all
his cars; this one he called ‘Blackbird’. He owned it for a short time: he bought it on July
18, 1931, and sold it on Sept 2, 1931 to Kenneth Bear, having driven 1293 Miles on it
meanwhile
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. He sold it as he wanted to downsize: he also had two other 3 litres and a
2.3 litre Bugatti.