Based on the earlier Bugatti Type 13 race car, the Bugatti Type 22 was built on a 94.5-inch wheelbase but with a larger road-going body.
This car, with its 1.4-liter, single overhead camshaft, 4-cylinder engine, features a great deal of original brass work beneath its hood and on its dashboard. The engine features a rare Ettore Bugatti-stamped, overhead-cam cylinder head. Instead of the more common single or dual carburetors, this example is fitted with an American-made Miller-Winfield carburetor. This Type 22 is the earliest production Bugatti left in North America and possibly the earliest Bugatti in the world that is still registered for the road. The car has never been modified and, after its original owners sold the car in the 1950s, it was then owned by the well-known Bugatti collector and author of many Bugatti books, Uwe Hucke. After living in Germany and then Sweden for its entire life, the car was brought to the United States for restoration by its current owner in 2016.
