Dan Woods - Essence of Bucciali

The Museum of American Speed's curator, Tim Matthews interviews the west coast custom car builder, Dan Woods as he shares the detailed history of the Essence of Bucciali luxury car. Woods' remarkable creation came to life during the mid-1980s as one of the first highly engineered luxury car builds in American history.

[@phoenixborealis3453]

I have been a fan of Dan's work since I was about 12 years old in the 70's. His C-cabs were incredible. I'm pleased that most (or all?) of them are still around.

[@martinharris5017]

I'm a HUGE fan of Dan's work. Still have a 1970 issue of Rod & Custom magazine with the Ice Truck build feature.

[@younasdar4183]

Magnificent work of art

[@BlackPete...]

Wow... What a fascinating talk and a truly amazing car.

[@SmithCollection]

Thanks, Pete we're glad you enjoyed Mr. Wood's history.

[@fatihadjouadou3206]

I have been fan’s dan Wood cars . I go with him and friends to carmel in 1989 th …

[@puppygadget3189]

Dan is a friend of mine and back then his car was an old Honda Civic that he prefered driving.Hilarious .Then he hit the big time again building metal stuff in Billionaires homes.

[@slvrktman7824]

Dan, you should build some opposed coil-over rolling chassis, for sale. Just your basic “T” bucket design…

[@sergeleblanc804]

Dan mentions the Bucciali as having been built in Italy. Bucciali cars were actually built in France and the car he refers to (probably the Bucciali-TAV 16 Double-Huit in the photo) was front-wheel-drive, not all-wheel-drive.

[@georgeredlewgit6891]

I think the Bucciali brothers were Italian but the cars were built in France.

[@sergeleblanc804]

@@georgeredlewgit6891 I found this on "Auto Veterans Company" website concerning the Bucciali brothers' origins: "The son of the Corsican organist and composer, Angelo Bucciali (1887-1946) and his younger brother Paul-Albert (1889-1981)...". (www.auto-veteran.com/index.php/en/latest-news/item/272-famous-constructers-story-of-bucciali)

[@brunocolin5612]

@@georgeredlewgit6891 Bucciali est une marque automobile française fondée en 1922 à Courbevoie par les frères Angelo et Paul-Albert Bucciali (fils de l'organiste et compositeur Joseph Bucciali) qui se démarquait par son audace technique1.
Jusqu'en 1933, Bucciali a créé de très gros modèles à moteur Continental ou Lycoming à six, huit et seize cylindres toutes à traction avant. D'où les appellations TAV 6, TAV 8, TAV 16 (ou Double Huit), TAV 30... pour les quelques exemplaires fabriqués.
Au Salon de Paris 1931, la marque présente une spectaculaire berline surbaissée TAV 8-32 (ou TAV 12) produite par Saoutchik et équipée d'un moteur V12 Voisin.
En 1933, les frères Bucciali font le projet d'une petite sportive à quatre roues motrices animée par un huit cylindres suralimenté, dans le but de participer aux 24 Heures du Mans, mais le manque de moyens et la crise des années 1930 y mettent fin, et l'usine ferme ses portes.
Peu de modèles ont été construits et seuls quatre auraient survécu

[@anthonyxuereb792]

Is the dark car next to it in the photo another Bucciali and Is it a four door?

[@brucedoxey5815]

The Bucciali brothers were a shady pair, from Corsica. They made some race cars but when they found out how much money was being made with luxury cars they switched over, in the twenties, to high-end cars. The car that Tishman first saw pictures of was shown at the 1929 Paris Auto Salon. There were a few others built. I saw one at the Peterson Museum that was a black four-door. The original cars used an American Continental engine, and front-wheel drive.

[@donnajones1603]

Hard to believe this is the 6600th view in 3 years.....and only the 15th comment

[@josephconsoli4128]

My father always said - "all it takes is money....."

[@davidsnyder2000]

Golly that’s one expensive vehicle. 1,300,000 was a lot of money back in the day. Ouch!