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A Lifetime of Bugatti Achievements
Jim Stranberg and his wife, Sharon, are well known in
the worldwide Bugatti community. Over five decades,
Jim has restored an untold number of Bugs, judged
in all the significant concours, and competed in
vintage races and rallies in many states and on several
continents.
Jim's Type 40A Jean Bugatti Roadster with dickie seat
demonstrates less is more under quality guidance. Jim
acquired the Type 40 in 2002 — in pieces, partially
restored, and with some worn or missing parts — and
showed the car successfully at Pebble Beach in 2010.
After the 2018 Saratoga Springs international Bugatti
rally, Jim and Sharon organized a post-rally, 3,000-mile
transcontinental Bugatti tour. ey led the month-
long tour in their T 40A followed by seven pre-war
open cars from England, France, the Netherlands,
Switzerland, New Zealand, and Australia. ey
navigated weather, occasional mechanical breakdowns,
and personalities so well that everyone wanted more,
so the Stranbergs have now scheduled an Alaska trip
for the summer of 2023.
Jim Stranberg will receive a Lifetime Achievement
Award at the La Jolla Concours d'Elegance on
April 24.
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Jean Bugatti
on a 1927
Bugatti Type
40 bumper. (c)
and courtesy of
The Bugatti Trust
Lilane McCain's Type 57 Graber Cabriolet Bugatti.
Photo courtesy of Adams / Hansen Photos
Young Liliane McCain with young Jay Leno and her Type
57 at a Los Angeles concours shortly after the Stranberg
restoration. Photo courtesy of Liliane McCain
Young Liliane McCain with young Jay Leno and her Type
57 at a Los Angeles concours shortly after the Stranberg
restoration. Photo courtesy of Liliane McCain
Young Liliane McCain with young Jay Leno and her Type
57 at a Los Angeles concours shortly after the Stranberg
restoration. Photo courtesy of Liliane McCain
