Well, I certainly don't know how. The reality is that I am utterly hopeless when provided with a tool and told to "fix it yourself."
Give me a laptop and I can get things done. Manual labor? Not so much.
But a skilled craftsman in Canada is putting together one of the "lost" Bugattis from scratch and it is expected to be completed within six months. Here's the catch though: This is all being done through scarce knowledge, 13 pictures and one component blueprint.
That's completely remarkable, especially when this vehicle -- the Bugatti Aerolithe -- was a prototype displayed at the 1935 London Motor Show. According to AutoWeek, the vehicle went to the show, was provided for a couple of Bugatti enthusiasts to road test and then it returned to the factory with its fate really unknown.
Where things get interesting is when you find out the vehicle was manufactured out of magnesium, which is apparently a difficult metal to work with. That means David Grainger, the man bringing the "lost" Bugatti back to life, had to learn how to work with this metal. Fascinating, really.
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