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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #25 on: November 22, 2013, 07:31:49 PM »
Alejandro De Tomaso?

(or was he an Italian who ended up in Argentina?)
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2013, 07:40:15 PM »
Alejandro De Tomaso?

(or was he an Italian who ended up in Argentina?)

The other way around - he was an Italy-domiciled Argentinian!
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2013, 04:13:02 AM »
Marimon ?

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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2013, 05:13:33 AM »
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2013, 05:14:26 AM »
I think we are looking for someone who raced in Argentina rather than in Europe.

Oscar Galvez?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #30 on: November 25, 2013, 05:16:39 AM »
I think we are looking for someone who raced in Argentina rather than in Europe.

Oscar Galvez?
Yes, I guess he raced only in Argentina...
Not Oscar Galvarez...
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #31 on: November 25, 2013, 06:24:10 PM »
So to be clear : we are looking for a Argentinian racing driver, living in Italy but racing mainly in Argentina ??

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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #32 on: November 26, 2013, 05:19:33 AM »
So to be clear : we are looking for a Argentinian racing driver, living in Italy but racing mainly in Argentina ??
You are looking for an Argentinian racing driver who was born in Italy, but lived and raced in Argentina...
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #33 on: January 06, 2014, 08:22:08 AM »
Pros?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #34 on: January 06, 2014, 08:33:04 AM »
I've been following this puzzle since it was first posted - I don't know the answer, however. The photo is distorted by shutter speed and possibly an attempt to "pan", but obviously it is clearly a Maserati. What confused me was the size of the air intake, which is unlike any normal Maserati model, but maybe it was enlarged to cope with the extreme heat of South America. The twin exhaust pipes raise a puzzle - all 4CLT models had a 1.5-litre 4-cylinder engine with one exhaust. The following A6GCM 2-litre 6-cylinder cars had twin exhausts, but this car is earlier. I think it could be a car which was owned by Scuderia Achille Varzi who in 1950 fitted an engine from an A6GCS sports car into an old 4CLT. It actually won at Angouleme in 1950 driven by Fangio, but I can find no photo to prove my claim.

The driver is almost impossible to see in the photo - nearly all drivers for the Scuderia were from Argentina or Uruguay, although others such as Toni Branca (Switzerland) and Bira (Siam/Thailand) drove from time to time. That part of South America has a very large ethnic Italian population, and Italian names are commonplace. This is a bit of a guess - Adriano Malusardi?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #35 on: January 06, 2014, 08:52:25 AM »
I've found on the web some informations about this driver, but always with another car...
Indeed he is not famous for this race and this car...
Maybe if you find the location and the year of the race it can help you to identify him...
The engine should be the original 1.5 liters 4CLT without superchargers.
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #36 on: January 06, 2014, 09:47:24 AM »
I don't know what Maserati model it is, but it doesn't look like a 4CLT to me.
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #37 on: January 06, 2014, 09:53:18 AM »
Italo Brizio ?

Before you answer that, I've discovered a name that fits -Victorio Rosa. He came over from Italy in the 30s as a mechanic to Alfa Romeo, and stayed to open a garage and live there. He raced an Hispano-Suiza pre-war.
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #38 on: January 07, 2014, 04:40:23 AM »
Although with some differences the car is a Maserati 4CLT, modified in South America.
The driver is not Victorio Rosa nor Adriano Malusardi.
He was not linked with Alfa Romeo or other italian makes... he rent that Maserati only for that race.
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #39 on: January 07, 2014, 06:12:42 AM »
You have been very helpful with advice. I cannot let this one go without a fight, although I think this driver is so obscure it will probably be solved by one of our South American puzzle members. I will take your hint, and try to solve by elimination.

Is the track Mar del Plata?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #40 on: January 07, 2014, 01:23:37 PM »
Carlo Maria Pintacuda?

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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #41 on: January 07, 2014, 01:41:27 PM »
I know I said I was going to try to find the answer by asking questions, but I may have had a breakthrough. A car dealer by the name of Giuseppe Viannini lived in Buenos Aires, but was born in Italy, and raced a Maserati which was called a "Viannini 4CLT" , presumably because of modifications. It is listed as being chassis #1608, which is missing from Maserati records, but it is known that a third 4CLT was delivered to the ACA for which no official records exist. Could this be that car?

Anyway, is the driver Viannini?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #42 on: January 08, 2014, 10:22:51 AM »
None of the names you posted are right... but I cannot exclude that the puzzle car could be the "Viannini 4CLT"... I never heard about this car...

Another clue...  ;)
The race is quite important... and if you search for it on the web often the puzzle driver is not listed...
Try to find the race and the driver will come soon...
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #43 on: January 08, 2014, 11:33:36 AM »
Pascual Puopolo?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #44 on: January 09, 2014, 11:01:25 AM »
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #45 on: January 09, 2014, 11:11:07 AM »
Is the race in Buenos Aires?
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #46 on: January 09, 2014, 03:17:32 PM »
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #47 on: January 10, 2014, 06:14:03 AM »
I assume the race is in the period 1946/1952. I have checked all race results for Buenos Aires for those years and can find nothing definite. Maybe it was Arialdo Ruggeri? He was born in Italy, but I have no idea where he lived.
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #48 on: January 10, 2014, 09:48:18 AM »
I assume the race is in the period 1946/1952. I have checked all race results for Buenos Aires for those years and can find nothing definite. Maybe it was Arialdo Ruggeri? He was born in Italy, but I have no idea where he lived.
Wrong period!
And not Arialdo Ruggeri...
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Re: MPC#024
« Reply #49 on: January 10, 2014, 10:35:32 AM »
Carlos Fortunati Firpo?

You say that the time period is wrong, and I am assuming that the race is the Buenos Aires GP, a Formula Libre race run alongside the World Championship race. There was no BA GP in 1953, so I reckon this is the 1954 race. That could be an old 4CLT fitted with an A6GCM motor which would answer my problem with the 2 exhausts.

So hold my answer above - could it be Alberto Uria?

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