Bugatti Manifolds

Who is Graham Smart?

Who is Graham Smart…musician, blacksmith and manifold builder “par excellence”

Brooklands Silencers & Exhaust Fishtails

Brooklands silencers and exhaust fishtails, Graham Smart, classic car

Types of Exhaust Manifolds

Graham Smart, has custom built Bugatti manifolds for more years than he cares to remember. Here he explains the different types of exhaust manifolds.

1926-1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale

1926-1932 Bugatti Type 41 Royale
How can one explain the mammoth 1926-1932 Type 41 Royale? The answer lies in the man himself.
Ettore Bugatti died in 1947 after 66 years “full of frenzy and creation,” to use journalist Ken Purdy’s words. Thirty of those years he spent building some 7,800 cars-mostly lithe racers and sportstourers unrivalled for [...]

A Potted History of Bugatti

Bugatti was founded in Molsheim, France, as a manufacturer of high performance automobiles by Ettore Bugatti, an Italian man described as an eccentric genius.
The original company is legendary for producing some of the most exclusive cars in the world as well as some of the fastest. The original Bugatti brand failed with the coming of World War II, like many high-end marques of [...]