Author Topic: Solved - als_051 - Fiat-Alfa by Gino Motors (Read 2316 times)

als15 · « **on:** March 14, 2011, 04:37:53 PM »

I know very little about this car, but to give you a point I need at least who made it and using which engine.

araknid · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2011, 06:43:38 PM »

Well, it's clearly based on a Fiat 850 Coupe.

als15 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2011, 04:01:07 AM »

I agree

and in fact it doesn't worth the point...
But the engine is not the original Fiat one.

als15 · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2011, 05:51:45 AM »

Time to promote.

araknid · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2011, 12:00:05 PM »

My guess is that it has the twin-cam transplant.

als15 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2011, 12:04:33 PM »

I agree, but I need something more...

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2011, 07:09:15 PM »

It looks like South Africa. So, is it Jody Scheckter driving?

als15 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 06, 2011, 03:07:02 AM »

I don't know...

als15 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:10:26 AM »

Let's give a chance to Professionals.

woodinsight · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:23:47 AM »

Fiat 850 base with an Alfa Romeo TC 1600 engine?
I don't know who built it yet.

als15 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2011, 10:42:07 AM »

For sure a Fiat 850 and for sure Alfa engine: in the original pictures there is written "FIAT ALFA" on the tail.
But who built it? I still don't know...

Wendax · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2011, 09:31:11 AM »

I don't know who built it, but I'm pretty sure that the picture was not taken in South Africa, but in Ghana.

faksta · « **Reply #12 on:** September 26, 2011, 02:31:15 PM »

A tiny detail I could find. Duncan's Whisky advertised on Anglia behind was apparently produced in Tanzania (http://konyagi.co.tz/about.html). So maybe there are some links with Tanzania for Fiat as well?

D-type · « **Reply #13 on:** September 26, 2011, 04:09:14 PM »

To the best of my knowledge there has been no racing in Tanzania since the country gained its independence in 1961. And I'm 95% certain that isn't either of the tracks in Kenya.

faksta · « **Reply #14 on:** September 27, 2011, 01:35:25 AM »

Probably you're right about racing in Tanzania, as I've also never heard about it.
I'm also very curious about Ghana supposition - was there indeed a circuit back then? I've only heard of a current go-kart track and some bigger project (but still a project).

I was thinking about South African tin-top racing in fact...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #15 on:** January 11, 2012, 04:46:46 AM »

I've found this pictures where appears as Fiat-Alfa by Gino Motors

als15 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 11, 2012, 04:53:42 AM »

Great job!

The point is your. But can you, please, tell us something more about its history? I only have had the first picture by a friend and actually don't know anything else about it. And I think we all are very curious...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #17 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:15:55 AM »

I've found these pictures in an italian forum where they talked about Fiat 500 and 850 parts. They talked about brakes, stibilizers struts, and among other stuff about these cars for racing. They didn't mentioned anything about the car just that is based on Fiat 850 coupe.

als15 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:17:56 AM »

So, it's still a mistery. We not even know where it was built and raced...

Oguerrerob · « **Reply #19 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:29:11 AM »

I'm still searching, but I think with that name must be South America instead of Africa, some country like Argentina or perhaps Uruguay.

als15 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:36:53 AM »

But they are (also the Anglia) right-hand-drive.

Perhaps does it mean something that "BCL" written on the tail?

Wendax · « **Reply #21 on:** January 11, 2012, 06:50:05 AM »

Duncan's Whisky was distilled in Tanzania, but I also found a connection of it to Ghana. And the license plates in the background look like the ones from the Eastern Region of Ghana and are definitely not from Tanzania.

Ghana license plate prefixes:
EP - Eastern (Koforidua)
ER - Eastern (Koforidua)
ERA - Eastern (Koforidua)
EW - Eastern (Koforidua)

Carnut · « **Reply #22 on:** January 11, 2012, 07:41:50 AM »

I would actually be a bit surprised if this was Ghana (where I've been).
The background looks far more like Tanzania (where I haven't been!)

faksta · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2012, 06:52:16 AM »

There was some Costa from Mozambique, active in mid-sixties.

And by the way, there's a place called Gino in Mozambique.

als15 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2012, 07:04:17 AM »

This piece of magazine is in English. In Mozambique they speak Portoguese, but in Tanzania English is the official language.
Perhaps a race in Mozambique reported by a Tanzanian magazine, or a Mozambique driver racing in Tanzania...

But this is far from Ghana...

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