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Solved - MJW #131 - Fuerza Limitada T-Series Ford monoposto racecar
« on: November 29, 2010, 01:01:51 PM »
This car is a mystery for me - the photos were sent to me in 2008 by a friend who was on business in that country at the time. He was not able to tell me any details on the car.

All I know is the nationality - one point on offer for that.

The following two photos show the car's profile and a shot of the engine.
Do you know which engine this is? I don't, but I suspect that it is relatively well-known.

I haven't posted these photos on any other site yet as I thought that there may be an AutoPuzzler who knows the details.
Anyway, I have to post it in the Experts first before I move it up to the Pros in a couple of days.
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 06:35:54 PM »
The steering linkage looks typical of US track cars in the 40's and 50's but that engine is no Offy.  So I'll guess at the car being Australian

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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 08:52:55 PM »
Yes, I think this engine may be American.
But the car is not Australian.
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2010, 12:27:29 PM »
Putting it up for Professional perusing
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2010, 12:36:09 PM »
Somewhere from Africa?
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2010, 12:41:04 PM »
Not Africa - wrong continent
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2010, 12:43:33 PM »
Argentina?
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2010, 12:48:54 PM »
Aha - that's correct!
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2010, 01:11:12 PM »
Maybe he has told you something about the place he took the photos or something else?
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2010, 01:36:17 PM »
Photos were taken in an art dealer/auctioneers showroom in Punte del Este in 2008
I have another two photos that I will post soon
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #10 on: December 01, 2010, 02:31:13 PM »
Argentinians have extensively raced Ford T specials - in Fuerza Limitada and, I think, there was even a category for them called Ford T Semipreparados (may be mistaken about the latter). I think it might have been one of them.

Also note the car in the background. Has some similarity, I think.
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #11 on: December 01, 2010, 02:38:03 PM »
faksta - I think you are right there.
Another two photos are shown below.
The script on the radiator appears to say Ford but it's not quite clear enough to confirm.
I did find a couple of single seaters from Argentina that are similar but can't say which one for certain.
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #12 on: December 01, 2010, 02:39:18 PM »
It says Ford for sure  :)
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #13 on: December 01, 2010, 02:41:37 PM »
I thought so!
Difficult to identify the exact car though
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #14 on: December 01, 2010, 03:03:27 PM »
A couple of things to get into account: 1. Ford T's have had their own category indeed (1954-1960) 2. In Fuerza Limitada T's were used up to early 1970s!
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #15 on: December 01, 2010, 03:05:32 PM »
That's amazing as I'd thought of this car as dating from the late 1940s.
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #16 on: January 29, 2011, 02:25:56 AM »
Placing this one in the Black Hole until further notice
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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2011, 07:52:13 AM »
That engine looks like a Ford V8-60 to me.  In America, it was offered from 1937-1940 as a smaller offering to the 221 cubic inch flathead.

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Re: MJW #131
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2011, 08:05:02 AM »
I think I can call this puzzle solved after Faksta pinpointing the country and the race series it would have raced in.
So a point there.
Aaron65 has confirmed the engine and I'll award him a point too.
If anyone has more information (with proof) of who raced the car, when and in which races there will be another point up for grabs.
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