argentina stuff - road cars

ERRATA:
In previous post, the Yenko Nova was from GMP instead of ERLT.
I already corrected post.



We must understand that GMP (no ERLT; ERLT will follow later) is at least 20 years older than PW.
Besides, GMP features opening hood and good details in the base.
Anyway, also the mix of white+black is more likeable than the grey+black.


Bingo! you are fan of Yenko or you are fan of GMP?
offtopic: I have seen 1/18 trucks of GMP with working cardan, differential and rear axes!


Sí Señor!
Very good pictures!
(I see you have been very close to my office)

This is a Chevy Serie 2, a special version of the original, let me tell you:
At the begin of the seventies, we have a petrol crisis worldwide and an economical crisis locally.
GM sales were very low, and their only product was the Nova (named Chevy).
They had no money to modify by developing metal ornaments, so they decided to retire all the ornaments, leaving a body almost nude of additional metals.
No vinil, no chromes.
The only distintive was a lateral lenght long stripe with the name .
This was enough to pop up the sales, the spirit of the Nova exposed to the world!
One year later, there was another version of the Serie 2, known as "oar" because the lateral stripes reminded of an oar, this is your photo.


Chevrolet Chevy Coupe Series 2. B's A's Argentina by Michael, on Flickr


Ford Falcon Futura 1970-72 by Michael, on Flickr
This is a Falcon, very similar to the one of my father.

And still without reproduction in diecast, only the familiar model based on this one.


Ford Falcon Standard 1973-77 by Michael, on Flickr
Also without reproduction in diecast.
The partwork made the ranchero and furgon versions, based on this model, I guess you have both.


Ford Falcon Standard 1978-81 by Michael, on Flickr
Another model without reproduction 


Ford Falcon Futura 1978-81 by Michael, on Flickr
This is the last Falcon, trying to make the same family feeling as the Taunus/Cortina.
There is a very nice model from PW.

Thanks a lot for likes and comments!
Gaucho Man

Despite the proportions being off it’s still a nice model.

Yep, we must admit that it was a very nice design,
I never understood why wasn´t it as famous as other musclecars of the same time.

Gaucho Man

Torino R40

The lack of bets on my previous post confirms that nobody knows the car, so let's go.



During the seventies, Renault started thinking of a sucesor to replace the Torino.
On this background, Renault France sent a Renault 40 to Renault Argentina, with the instructions to adapt as many Torino components to the R40 body.
The job was finished by 1975, at the moment of the oil crisis that sentenced all the big cars.
The only testimony of the project is this prototype, may be it is not even functional.



Remember the Torino was an american car with european touches. The R40 project was an european car with american touches. Same concept but a different perspective.

Obviously, it is not as beautiful as a Pininfarina creation, just think the instruction to fuse two tendences on a same design.

Anyway, it was the ultimate Torino, the last chapter, the story that was never written.
I have to do it.



Checking the available photos, I understood the body as an enlarged R18 with only two doors ad a different front.
Working with the body, I found the family feeling between R18 and R12.



From some angles, my model resembles a R12.
Moreover, it is said that the windscreen is made with a rear R12 window, but I cannot confirm this myth.



I know it is not much nice, I did my best and I am happy with the only reproduction of the only attempt to replace the Torino, the last page of the last chapter.

That's All Folks!

Gaucho Man

That's a very interesting piece of history. I've never heard of a Renault 40, over here the numbers didn't go any higher than 30. The shape of the rear end still looks like a Renault 12 to me.

I cannot say if it is nice of ugly, but I can assure that it mixes European profile with American front, not bad!


I guess Renault switched numbers per names, but this R40 Project is much before the new name system.
So it had a number R40 but it was never known.
Indeed, some anngles looks like an upgraded R12.


Thank you very much.
I see you are a Nova fan, I got a surprise for you, just keep on tuned.

I believe a four door Nova was available in the USA throughout the entire run, so the body shell, etc. tooling existed from when that generation was made here. Two doors were always more popular. Did they make a Nova wagon in Argentina?