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34 BARRETT-JACKSON EXPERIENCE WINTER 2024The Bugatti preserves its authenticity with its original No. 286 engine, the No. 68C transmission sourced from a supercharged Stelvio, the original No. 427 rear axle and the No. 50 internal frame. The dashboard features what appear to be the original gauges, except for a new Jaeger tachometer. “Don had the car for a long time and it’s absolutely gorgeous,” Jackson said. “He loved this car. We are truly honored that his wife Janet has entrusted us with selling it at the Scottsdale Auction with No Reserve.” Additionally offered from the collection are three remarkable Packards: a Kellner-bodied oneof-a-kind 1938 Packard Twelve Torpedo-Cabriolet, a 1933 Packard 1001 Standard Eight Coupe Roadster and a 1920 Packard Twin 6 Transformable Town Car.The 1938 Packard 12 TorpedoCabriolet by Kellner boasts a unique history, having been custom-built with the rear body section of a 1930 Renault Reinstella Torpedo Scaphandrier, reportedly by its original owner, believed to be George “Geordie” Hormel II, heir to Hormel Foods. In the early 1950s, the car underwent restoration at Joy Brothers Motor Car Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, and by the late 1950s, it found a new owner in J.B Nethercutt. In 1961, casino mogul William F. Harrah acquired the