2003 LIMITED FORMULA REMAKE PROJECT
SHARING EMOTIONS DEATH MEN SPIRITS WITH
IN URUGUAY ,RACING CARS WAS NO POPULAR SPORT, SO VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN RACE, AND HAVE NO MONEY REFUND.
IT WAS AND STILL IS A VERY AMATEUR SPORT.
OFTEN , THE RACE DRIVER IS THE PROJECTIST, THE MECHANIC,THE SPONSOR,THAT MAKE, PAINT, AND PROMOTE HIS TEAM, ONE CAR TEAM.
AT THE BEGINING , THERE SOME FORMULA RACING CARS FROM EUROPE, FERRARI, MASERATI 250,OLD CARS,THAT WERE THE START FOR NATIONAL CATEGORIES .
SO PEOPLE TAKES MODEL T CHASSIS, MAKE BODIES, WITH SOME FERRARI, CORVETTE AND OTHERS ENGINES AND GO FAST.
ANOTHER KIND OF CARS WERE LIMITED THE CI`S TO 190 AND THESE CARS WERE FREE DESIGN CHASSIS
THOSE WERE CALLED FORMULA LIMITADA, AND THE CAR MOTIVE THIS SECTION WAS ONE OF THOSE.
1968 OSCAR FOCONE LTD FORMULA RACE CAR
THIS IS ONE OF THE WONDERFULL EXPERIENCES I LIVED
I THINK I WAS IN CONTACT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THAT CAR BUILDER, AND FEEL LIKE THOSE MEN,HAVE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THEY HAD,WHILE MAKING THE CAR.
THIS EXPERIENCE WAS SO RICH,AND ALSO I KNEW HOW THEY LIVED THOSE RACING DAYS BECAUSE THE RISK DUE TO THE HIGH SPEED, AND LITTLE SAFETY,ONLY ONE WORD, COURAGE!
SOME DRIVERS TELLS ME HOW THE TIRES BECAME BIGGER BECAUSE THE SPEED, LIKE DRAGSTERS. THERE WERE ONLY NYLON TIRES, NOT RADIALS AND WAS SO DANGEROUS,ALSO THEY WEAR NO SEAT BELTS LIKE NOW, AND THE HELMETS WERE LEATHER ONES!!!
THE FEELING PERHAPS IS NEAR TO DRIVE A COBRA, OR A LOTUS SEVEN, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS YOU GO SEATING ABOVE THE DIFFERENTIAL, BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS, WITH THE ESCAPE REALLY NEAR YOU
THE MIXTURE OF BRUTE SOUND,GAS SMILE,VIBRATIONS,MOVEMENTES,THE WIND AND PARTICLES KNOCKING YOUR FACE, ALL THESE MADE EARLY RACES VERY PURE SPORTS FOR RUDE -GENTLEMEN DRIVERS
TECHNICAL DATA
CHASSIS- NARROW TUBES SPACE FRAME
ENGINE-OPEL 3 LITER BASED
ENGINE IMPROVEMENTS-3 DOBLE WEBER 45-45CARBS
-DOUBLE OIL PUMP
6 TO 1 EXAUST HEADER
-INTERIOR WORKS,BALANCED AND LIGTHENED
-RE-WORKED HEAD AND CAMSHAFT
GERABOX-1920`S LANCIA, STRAIGTH TOOTH TYPE
DIFFERENTIAL - LIMITED SLIP,HALLIBRAN BRIDGE, BUILT IN HOUSE
REAR AXLE - DE DION BUILT IN HOUSE
FRONT SUSPENSION - UP AND DOWN TUBULAR TRIANGLES
COIL SPRINGS,WITH DIFFERENTIAL SECTION,
HARDNESS AND HEIGTH ADJUSTABLES
REAR SUSPENSION - IDENTICAL FRONT
STEERING - RACK AND PINION
BRAKES - DOUBLE PUMP,4 DISC BUILT IN HOUSE
FUEL TANK - ALUMINIUM, ABOVE REAR AXLE
MY WORK HERE WAS DESIGN AND MAKE A NEW BODY ABOVE THE OLD CHASSIS,KEEPING THE STLYE OF THAT 60`S RACING CARS.
ALSO , I MUST DO ALL MECHANICAL ASSEMBLIES FROM NEW,BECAUSE OLD ENGINE WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AND A MORE ACTUAL FORD 188CI IN LINE 6 WERE REINSTALLED.SO I HAD TO MAKE NEW SUPPORTS,SPEEDBOX MOVEMENTS,PEDAL COMMANDS,STEERING COMMANDS, ETC.
AFTER ALL THIS WAS DONE , I HAD TO TEST TO SEE HOW IT WORKS,AND LATER DO THE PAINTINGS.
THE DAY THE RACE CAR RETURN TO THE TRACK BECOME. LIKE IT SEEMS NEVER LEFT RACING, IT WENT AROUND THE CIRCUIT. NEW OWNER AND FRIENDS ENJOY THE LIMITED FORMULA VERY MUCH . SOME PEOPLE EARS THAT SOUND,UNEXPECTED RUGGED SOUND,PEOPLE WHO LIVES NEAR THE TRACK CAME TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENED.
THE SPIRITS WERE THERE,THEY COME BACK, AND FEELS THE EMOTIONS FOREVER ALIVE.
