Bugatti Royale 41121 - Cabriolet Weinberger

Sold in 1932 to German obstetrician Joseph Fuchs, who specified coach builder Ludwig Weinberger of Munich to build him an open cabriolet. Painted black with yellow, the car was delivered to Dr Fuchs in May, 1932.
As political tensions rose in pre-war Germany, Fuchs relocated to Switzerland, then Shanghai, before permanently relocating to New York around 1937, bringing the Royale with him.
Admired in Dr Fuchs' ownership by Charles Chayne, later vice-president of Corporate Engineering at General Motors. Chayne later found the car in a scrap yard in New York, buying it in 1946 for US$75. Chayne would amass an impressive collection of classic cars in the 1940s and 1950s.
Chayne first had the car running again, then he modified the car to make it more road usable and is said to have spent over US$10,000 doing so, with the completed car featuring from 1947 onwards: a brand-new intake manifold with four carburetors, instead of the original single carb setup; a new paint scheme of oyster white with a dark green trim and convertible roof
In 1957, after running the car for ten years, Chayne donated the car to the Henry Ford Museum

Some of you may remember I started a project a couple of months ago to attempt to recreate the original yellow/black color scheme. Unfortunately it is just a 'repaint'. it includes the four carburetor intake manifold rather than what it should be, the original single carb setup. One day I'll get around to redoing it with the correct engine.   

with the Chayne version 

and this is one of, I believe, the only photos of the car in its original color scheme. The other pic is of a superb 1/15 scratchbuilt model.

Next up is a long term project to try and create a Coupé de ville Binder from a Coupe Napoleon kit. Special thanks to Charles for his suggestions with all this. I'll post this in the handicrafts forum in case Charles misses it here. And thanks Tony for your post and pics on viewing the Coupé de ville Binder.