@johnny-mallonee12 years ago
That #6 could very well fit in in the 60s along the east coast
@luiz-vicente-aulerpassos-miranda12 years ago
Hi Johnny,That #6 came from a 1940 Ford Coupe, which chassis was modified, supposed to have the rear modified to allow the rear axle be placed above tre chassis members. Engine, the Y-block Ford 292 came from the trucks Ford used to manufacture in Brazil in the late 50's to rhe early 70's. Please observe the car was chopped alongside, I mean, in the bottom part of the body, I think because it was less difficult than chop the top. Domentic tunning, based on poor resources, but as well as many race car drivers in Brazil they made our races very fun, completely different from the current days, manytimes single marque races or, at least, single chassis or single engine competitions. I miss those days.There are more pictures of Aires Bueno Vidal racing his "Carretera Ford", but this one is the funniest, after he spinned round in front of the #95 car seen in the background. I hope you enjoy them.The car that is seen on the background is a fiberglass bodied GT (prototype) called Malzoni-GT, a car that was produced only 35 units, equiped a DKW 1080 cm3 (1 liter) 3 cylinder engine and front wheel drive. The driver is the late Norman Casari, 1966 and 1967 Rio de Janeiro Champion. The race is the "1967 Mil MIlhas Brasileiras", in Interlagos speedway, So Paulo city. The youngster Emerson Fittipaldi almost won the 1996 Mil Milhas Brasileiras driving a Malzoni.Luiz VicentePS: Malzonis became very rare cars in such a way the board of the Audi Museum, in Germany, came to Brazil to buy one of the surviving Malzonis paying a bucket of money.
That #6 could very well fit in in the 60s along the east coast
Hi Johnny,That #6 came from a 1940 Ford Coupe, which chassis was modified, supposed to have the rear modified to allow the rear axle be placed above tre chassis members. Engine, the Y-block Ford 292 came from the trucks Ford used to manufacture in Brazil in the late 50's to rhe early 70's. Please observe the car was chopped alongside, I mean, in the bottom part of the body, I think because it was less difficult than chop the top. Domentic tunning, based on poor resources, but as well as many race car drivers in Brazil they made our races very fun, completely different from the current days, manytimes single marque races or, at least, single chassis or single engine competitions. I miss those days.There are more pictures of Aires Bueno Vidal racing his "Carretera Ford", but this one is the funniest, after he spinned round in front of the #95 car seen in the background. I hope you enjoy them.The car that is seen on the background is a fiberglass bodied GT (prototype) called Malzoni-GT, a car that was produced only 35 units, equiped a DKW 1080 cm3 (1 liter) 3 cylinder engine and front wheel drive. The driver is the late Norman Casari, 1966 and 1967 Rio de Janeiro Champion. The race is the "1967 Mil MIlhas Brasileiras", in Interlagos speedway, So Paulo city. The youngster Emerson Fittipaldi almost won the 1996 Mil Milhas Brasileiras driving a Malzoni.Luiz VicentePS: Malzonis became very rare cars in such a way the board of the Audi Museum, in Germany, came to Brazil to buy one of the surviving Malzonis paying a bucket of money.
Great story Luiz