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Bugatti Type 35 Tyres
The best early, pre 1925 Type 35 Bugatti tyres are the 710X90 Ensign, if you have beaded edge rims.
On 19” wheels the 450-19 Ensign 3 Stud is the best tyre, by far.
Bugatti Type 35 1924–1930
- The early Vintage Type 35 Bugatti originally fitted 710 - 90 beaded edge tyres. If you do still have beaded edge rim we would suggest the 710 x 90 Ensign Chevron Cord fitted with Michelin Central Valve 710X90 tubes.
- From 1925 onward Type 35 Bugatti's fitted 450 - 19 crossply tyres on a 57mm rim. For racing the 4.50x19 3-Stud Ensign Racing, is the perfect racing tyre using a genuine Dunlop mould and the 204 Dunlop Racing compound.
- For road use you might enjoy the 400/450-19 Longstone Tyre. It will give lovely light, fast , precise steering, and predictable progressive handling. This thin tyre also looks more like they did in period.
- Type 35 Bugatti did not fit 475 or 500X19 tyres in the 1920s, however people do like to fit a larger tyre, and by far the best in this case is the 5.00 x 19 5-Stud Blue Streak.
- Though people today like fatter tyres because they think they want extra grip, it certainly isn’t what was done in the day. they certainly would not have fitted these big tyres on a 57mm wide wheel!
- Type 35's with the fabulous alloy wheels require Central Valve 475-550X19/20 tubes.
- A Type 35 with wire wheels is better off with the Michelin 18/19CD RET Offset Valve innertube.
- For more information regarding innertubes, see our innertube guide.
Bugatti Type 35C
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Obsolete Tyres
These historical tyres are discontinued
Bugatti Type 35 1924
History of the Bugatti Type 35
The Type 35 was Bugatti's most successful racing car. Its version of the Bugatti arch-shaped radiator, which had evolved from the more architectural one of the Bugatti Type 13 Brescia, would become the one for which the brand is best known, while variants on the subject could be seen in the ranks of the many Type 35s.
The Type 35 was a great success, winning over 1,000 races throughout its lifetime. After winning 351 races and establishing 47 records in the previous two years, it won the Grand Prix World Championship in 1926. At their peak, Type 35s won 14 races each week on average. Bugatti won the Targa Florio five years in a row, from 1925 to 1929, using the Type 35.
