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To complete the swap, Mr. Mann restored the Franay cabriolet coachwork to the 145.

His 1932 Bugatti Type 49 Berline and 1937 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet each feature custom coachwork, as was the practice of the day.

Sebastian Faulks wrote, “Reading a Fitzgerald novel is like being taken for a ride in a peculiar kind of car. Everything is of top quality—the engine, the coachwork and the interior all fill you with confidence. Then, after a mile or so, someone throws the steering-wheel out of the window.”

By 1958, with Europe prosperous again, Chapron developed the La Croisette for Citroën, which pitched it to upper-middle-class buyers who “preferred the exclusivity and prestige of bespoke coachwork.”

As an informational panel explains, the “riveted flanges that join portions of the coachwork pay homage to aviation engineering and emphasize the all-metal construction of the body.”