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[dbw]

wow! i was spellbound by hans etzrodt's hillclimb winners opus!..i was very interested to note the campaign of von morgan's T-35-B bugatti [4948] in 1931...i thought he had switched to a T-51 that year...hugh conway's "bugatti magnum" lists his 1931 season as so...

eifelrennen gp....2ed
avus gp....2ed
czech gp...3rd
bordino gp[alexandria]...3rd
and these rather basic results list his car as a T-51...

now i'm not exactly a conway fan,nor do i trust everything he had to say...but hey the book is big,heavy and very expensive..so how could he be wrong???
with the hillclimb results firmly in hand[a big thank you to the eminent dr etzrodt] can anyone help me clear up the conway misstep?


thanks in advance.



[btw] just was browsing thru etandelin's wonderful book..he lists von morgan as finishing 5th [3:30'21"] at the IIIe grand prix de tunisie [carthage] 29 mars 1931...but no mention of his car...

[Hans Etzrodt]

Incomplete racing record of Heinrich Joachim von Morgen

· 1928, Apr 29, Lückendorf Climb: in Amilcar 1st in sports cars up to 1100 cc in 3m10.2s (source = Burggaller/Stuck)
· 1928, Aug 5, Schauinsland (Freiburg) : in Amilcar 1st in sports cars up to 1100 cc
· 1929, May 26, Lückendorf Climb: in Amilcar 1st
· 1929, Aug 4, Schauinsland (Freiburg) : in Amilcar 2nd in racing cars up to 1100 cc
· 1929, Sep 14, Semmering, one day before the event training [AAZ (A) 1929, #19, p6] he had a crash, totaling the Amilcar. Morgen received contusion of the chest, a knee injury and several skin-abrasions.
At the 1930 Monaco GP, Guy Bouriat drove a 2-liter Bugatti T35C, chassis number 4948, which the factory converted after the race into a 2.3-liter T35tc or (more commonly) T35B. H. J. von Morgen went to Molsheim and bought this T35B, chassis number 4948. His known 1930 racing record with this car:
· 1930 – May 11, Zbraslav-Jiloviste: 5th in racing cars, 2nd in class after Laszlo Hartmann
· 1930 – May 25, Rome GP: 3rd after Arcangeli in 1st, Bouriat/Chiron 2nd
· 1930 – Jun 15, Lyon GP: 2nd after Chiron's T35B
· 1930 – July, 20, Eifelrennen: 1st
· 1930 – Aug 10, Klausen: 5th in racing cars, 2nd in class after Bouriat
· 1930 – Aug 17, Schauinsland (Freiburg) : 1st (fastest time of the day) beating favorites like Caracciola, Stuck and Stuber
· 1930 – Aug 24, Bernina Climb: 2nd in racing cars behind Chiron in 16-cylinder, 3.8-liter Bugatti T45
· 1930 – Aug 31, Gaisberg: 1st (fastest time of the day)
· 1930 – Sep 7, Monza GP Heat 1: 2nd after Etancelin
· 1930 – Sep 7, Monza GP Final: DNF (tire defect)
· 1930 – Sep 14, Abbazia-Monte Maggiore Climb: 1st
· 1930 – Sep 28, Masaryk Circuit: DNF (mechanical) car was taken over by Hermann Prinz zu Leiningen; von Morgen won the race in Leiningen's T35B (chassis number unknown)
· 1931 – Feb ?, Eibsee Bergstraße (Garmisch) : 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
· 1931 – May 17, Lückendorf Climb: FTD and 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948 in 2m06.7s (new record)
· 1931 – Jun 28, Baden-Baden Climb, (Bühler Höhe) : 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
· 1931 – Jul 26, Schauinsland (Freiburg) : 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
· 1931 – Aug 9, Gaisberg: 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
· 1931 – Aug 23, Sudeten Climb (Ober-Schreiberhau) : 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
· 1931 – Sep 13, Ploskovice-Ober-Rzepsch Climb (Litomerice) : 1st in Bugatti T35B 4948.
H. J. von Morgen went to Molsheim, where he traded his T35B, chassis number 4948, against a T51, at the end of 1931. At that time, Paul Pietsch went to Molsheim and bought the formerly von Morgen Bugatti T35B, chassis number 4948.
· 1932 – Apr 3: Tunis GP in Bugatti T54 54201, DNF after 11 laps from 37 with brake problem
· 1932 – Apr 24: Rome GP Heat 3 in Bugatti T35B, 3rd behind Varzi (Bugatti T51) and Taruffi (Alfa 8C-2300).
· 1932 – Apr 24: Rome GP Final in Bugatti T35B, 3rd behind Fagioli (Maserati V5) and Taruffi (Alfa 8C-2300).
· 1932 – May 22: Avusrennen in Bugatti T51 51139 (source = Sheldon) DNF after 5 of 15 laps with engine problem.
· 1932 – May 27: Eifelrennen in Bugatti T51 51139 (source = Sheldon). Fatal crash during Friday practice.