Topic: OP's Puzzle #1502 - Justicialista Gran Sport V8

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge what this is, and who built it
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[Otto Puzzell]

Easy expert point.

[studhamsmudger]

Justicialista Gran Sport

[Otto Puzzell]

Just about right - the rest of the name is front and center. 

[studhamsmudger]

V8!!!

[Otto Puzzell]

That's the ticket!

[sixtee5cuda]

And what is lurking under the hood?

4 solex carbs on top of an air-cooled V8, which may be 1500cc in displacement.

[Otto Puzzell]

An aircraft engine? Or from a boat?

[sixtee5cuda]

Custom-built by IAME, "in the style of the TATRA".  Some have called it a TATRA engine, but it may just be a close copy.  They may have only made 2 of them.  The one in the convertible was found in a pile of scrap and restored, if I read correctly.

I first saw the engine in a video of the convertible running, and thought "what kind of supercharger is that?".  Further reading disclosed it is an air-cooled engine.