OP's Puzzle #1502 - Justicialista Gran Sport V8

Otto Puzzell · January 18, 2010, 06:10:16 AM

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and share your knowledge what this is, and who built it
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Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2010, 05:30:34 AM

Easy expert point.

studhamsmudger · January 25, 2010, 06:08:42 AM

Justicialista Gran Sport

Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2010, 08:12:37 AM

Just about right - the rest of the name is front and center.

studhamsmudger · January 25, 2010, 10:08:32 AM

V8!!!

Otto Puzzell · January 25, 2010, 10:23:05 AM

That's the ticket!

sixtee5cuda · June 11, 2012, 11:33:41 PM

And what is lurking under the hood?

4 solex carbs on top of an air-cooled V8, which may be 1500cc in displacement.

Otto Puzzell · June 12, 2012, 03:57:34 AM

An aircraft engine? Or from a boat?

sixtee5cuda · June 12, 2012, 07:54:42 AM

Custom-built by IAME, "in the style of the TATRA". Some have called it a TATRA engine, but it may just be a close copy. They may have only made 2 of them. The one in the convertible was found in a pile of scrap and restored, if I read correctly.

I first saw the engine in a video of the convertible running, and thought "what kind of supercharger is that?". Further reading disclosed it is an air-cooled engine.

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OP's Puzzle #1502 - Justicialista Gran Sport V8