Remembering the old days

With the season-opening Australian Formula One race today, it seems only appropriate to celebrate the ‘business end’ of some 80 years ago, in the shape of the dash and wheel on a classic Bugatti.

5D, 100mm Macro, ring flash, 1/200, f/11, ISO 160

Made back in the days when men were men …. and women were men!

The brakes were no less refined and just as beautiful:

5D, 100mm Macro, ring flash, 1/200, f/9.5, ISO 160

And in case you thought pre-selector gearboxes were the latest and greatest in racing technology, Bugatti had that down in 1930 ….

Gear ‘lever’ on Bugatti’s pre-selector gearbox