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SOLVED: WTH # 231 - SPC/Alpax El Mono on Essex chassis w Ford B engine equipped w Miller head
« on: April 21, 2013, 09:54:42 AM »
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2013, 04:46:06 PM »
Expert Time!
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2013, 05:43:12 PM »
Italian?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #3 on: April 24, 2013, 06:14:39 PM »
Not Italian
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #4 on: April 24, 2013, 07:36:56 PM »
Looks very American with transverse springs, front and rear.
Also seems as though it could have an Offenhauser engine.
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #5 on: April 24, 2013, 09:01:00 PM »
The engine is not an Offy, and you are in the right time zone.
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2013, 06:31:51 AM »
You say the right time zone and that worries me - it could mean South America.  Still looks like a sprint car to me from about 1946-ish. Maybe one of the last Miller-engined cars ?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2013, 08:06:07 AM »
You add to the complexity, Nicanary.

It is from South America.

The year is rather uncertain.

Not a Miller engine, but there are Miller components involved.
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2013, 09:21:33 AM »
Is it from Argentina with Ford engine with Miller head?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2013, 03:33:05 PM »
It is not from Argentina.

It has a Ford engine with a Miller head.  Supposed to produce over 140HP.
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2013, 04:49:02 PM »
Is it from Brazil?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2013, 04:52:11 PM »
Not from Brazil.
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2013, 06:02:54 PM »
I'll keep on trying, but if my knowledge about Brazilian racing cars is very limited, I can very well say I know absolutely nothing about cars from other South American Countries.
Is it Chile, the next best possibility?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2013, 08:07:58 PM »
Not from Chile
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2013, 08:25:23 PM »
Probably only three more possibilities, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay.
How about Uruguay?
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2013, 08:50:44 PM »
I found it S.P.C "el Mono" (the monkey). It was made in Uruguay by José Suarez, Roberto Pietracarpina and Eitel Cantoni   S.P.C. (Suarez, Pietracaprina y Cantoni) It had an Essex chassis with a Ford B 4 cylinder engine with a DOHC Miller head, 52HP@2800 rpm and 160HP@5000 rpm. I also found it referred to as Alpax el Mono

   
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Re: WTH # 231
« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2013, 08:53:48 PM »
ropat53 gets the point for the complete answer.

I suspect "El Mono" being translated to "the monkey" is incorrect.  From what I can ascertain, the car was called "El Mono", because it was the first single-seat race car from Uruguay.  So maybe they wanted "El Mono" to be taken as "premier", or "first".
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Re: SOLVED: WTH # 231 - SPC/Alpax El Mono on Essex chassis w Ford B engine equipped w Miller head
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2013, 09:20:27 PM »
Apparently "el Mono" a contraction of "el Monoposto" that is Italian, but it is the word we use in Spanish to name a single seater racing car and it also means "the monkey"
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