User Manual

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Kenneth
Bear in full
swing after
having
shortened
the car but
before
having
changed the
tail. Date
unknown.
(Courtesy of
the Bugatti
Trust)
Kenneth Bear (1931- 1938)
Kenneth Wilfried Bear was just 24 years of age, when he bought the car second-hand in
1931. He made his living in an insurance company with Lionel Sage & Co (now Marsh
Brokers Ltd) specialising in the aviation insurance business that he had entered as an
office boy at the age of 19; he was appointed director at the age of 25 and chairman at
30 years. He also became an underwriting member (a so called ‘name’) at Lloyd’s of
London at the age of 36- in those days a certified guarantee of a good income. He also
was a keen rugby player and tennis player and he also owned and flew his private
airplane.
Pic: The chassis
is shortened 19
inch; the rear
doors have been
removed, here
pictured at the
BOC Chalfont St
Giles Hillclimb in
1934 where it
became the
fastest sports
car (Photo W.J.
Brunell courtesy
of Moyra James-
Bear)