Please identify this car for a point:
Experts?
Pros?
Is this car an american one-off?
Quote from: kwgibbs on October 30, 2024, 02:50:44 AM
Is this car an american one-off?
One-off, but not from the U.S.
European one-off?
Asian?
South American?
Argentina?
Marcovecchio?
Fimta?
Mithiaux?
Was the base for this car a well-known car?
Quote from: kwgibbs on October 31, 2024, 12:17:33 AM
Was the base for this car a well-known car?
It wasn't based on another car. The builder constructed the chassis from scratch. The engine may have been purchased new, or taken from another vehicle. I know what type of engine it was (brand and size), but not the source.
Was the car given a name?
So far nothing found yet,but maybe somebody else can find something.,I,ll still try though.
Does it bear the name of an insect ?
Is it a two-seater?
Quote from: kwgibbs on October 31, 2024, 10:56:58 PM
Is it a two-seater?
I'm pretty sure it was intended to be a two-seater, but there are three occupants in the puzzle photo. :)
IT was given a name,but was it the builder,s name?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 01, 2024, 04:45:26 AM
IT was given a name,but was it the builder,s name?
The car had its own name, not that of the builder.
Do you know if the builder was a mechanic or designer?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 01, 2024, 07:02:57 AM
Do you know if the builder was a mechanic or designer?
I think a mechanic/builder, not a designer.
Was the builder from a major city in argentina?
Sorry, but I don't know in which city it was built.
can this car be found on the web?
Do you happen to have a different angle of the car?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 02, 2024, 06:30:00 AM
Do you happen to have a different angle of the car?
I do.
Was the builder a well known person or rather obscure?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 02, 2024, 10:51:25 AM
Was the builder a well known person or rather obscure?
Completely obscure.
Was it built from 1955-1960?
1957?
It looks like it could be a convertible?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 03, 2024, 07:31:32 AM
It looks like it could be a convertible?
It was an open car/roadster, but I don't know if it had any top to be closed.
Was the name of the car in spanish or english?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 03, 2024, 10:31:38 PM
Was the name of the car in spanish or english?
Neither; it was a female name.
Is it Carmen?
Juanita ?
Maria?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 04, 2024, 06:33:35 AM
Is it Carmen?
No
Quote from: pguillem on November 04, 2024, 10:38:58 AM
Juanita ?
No
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 04, 2024, 10:40:55 AM
Maria?
No
The car can be found online with the right information. I don't think the 'name game' is going to be an effective way to solve this one.
would the right information be about the engine and where it was built?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 04, 2024, 01:37:49 PM
would the right information be about the engine and where it was built?
It shows up with a Google search containing information about the engine plus other information already revealed in this thread.
was it a ford engine used in the two-seater roadster?
Quote from: kwgibbs on November 04, 2024, 03:35:25 PM
was it a ford engine used in the two-seater roadster?
Not a Ford engine
Fiat engine?
Vw engine?
was it a GM engine brand used?
Mercury engine ?
european engine brand?
DKW?
was it a british engine used?
French?
Italian engine?
spanish?
what about a scandinavian engine ?
Dutch?
Is the engine used come from a slavic country?
Swiss?
Hungarian?
German?
BMW engine used?
mercedes?
was it an engine from a borgward?
Gutbrod?
NSU?
1957/58 Elvira with a 175cc Sach engine.
Quote from: ropat53 on November 07, 2024, 01:02:32 PM
1957/58 Elvira with a 175cc Sach engine.
Correct! LOCKED for you to identify the builder.
Pascual Benvenuto La Rocca.
By the way, the story is told by Mario Benvenuto La Rocca, son of the builder. I'd assumed 'La Rocca' was the son's apellido materno, and so the father's/builder's name would have been simply Pascual Benvenuto. Would this be correct?
Thank you for the point.
Quote from: gte4289 on November 07, 2024, 03:41:00 PM
By the way, the story is told by Mario Benvenuto La Rocca, son of the builder. I'd assumed 'La Rocca' was the son's apellido materno, and so the father's/builder's name would have been simply Pascual Benvenuto. Would this be correct?
Maybe you're right, but as a rule in Argentina we do not use our mother's surname.
Quote from: ropat53 on November 07, 2024, 04:15:36 PM
...as a rule in Argentina we do not use our mother's surname.
Thank you. I've changed the thread title accordingly.