To earn a point, specify the name, chassis brand, engine brand, and country of origin of this sleek race car.
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Italian?
Not Italian
Looks very American with transverse springs, front and rear.
Also seems as though it could have an Offenhauser engine.
The engine is not an Offy, and you are in the right time zone.
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 ?
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.
Is it from Argentina with Ford engine with Miller head?
It is not from Argentina.
It has a Ford engine with a Miller head. Supposed to produce over 140HP.
Is it from Brazil?
Not from Brazil.
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?
Not from Chile
Probably only three more possibilities, Colombia, Venezuela and Uruguay.
How about Uruguay?
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
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".
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"