H ore than a month Top Slot had one of the most anticipated models for collectors of Pegasus Collection, the Pegaso Spyder Competition Touring - ST C, c classified nder wisely by Carlos Enrique Mosquera and Cros in Coma Work, essential, Pegasus and The Personalities Cars - who took part in the Carrera Panamericana V with Joaquín Palacio to wheel aided by Celso Fernandez ... and I hope Top Slot has in his "blue book " the same model version Joaquin driving and Celso on your right. The chassis number -ever thanks to the aforementioned work-was 151-0142.
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When Pegasus Collection of Top Slot I did not hesitate when it would be my priority follow when buying strollers for the little slot, and increasingly nourished, library good Pegasos "fast" library was not going to stop sharing illustrating this blog to take photographs of each new model with some history, the particular model, brand and car racing in Spain, why today I load this new member of my collection, so I started with the first of the collection, Pegaso Berlinetta Touring ( 0143 ), Pegaso Berlinetta Touring MM ( 0143 ), Pegaso Cúpula o Rosa de Thé ( 0121 ), Pegaso Spider Serra ( 0141 ), Pegaso Berlinetta Touring 1º y 2º ( 0162 ) y Pegaso Spyder ENASA Pedralbes ( index blog entries by brand: Click ) ... and the idea is to continue , identifying each model by sharing some of the history of each of them and adding some history ... and the end ... a little book summary ( in * pdf) of all items of the members of the Pegasus Collection , including family photo.
A utomóvil in Spain is Barreiros, is SEAT is the Hispano Suiza and of course, the Pegaso , the heiress of the trademark brand founded in the nineteenth century by Emilio de la Cuadra and that redenominaría J. Soc Castro in LP, Automobile Factory Hispano Suiza, Hispano Suiza known as that of silver stork , the Hispanic brand that was, until 1936, the only English car company can develop a serious industrial project with a world reputation, beyond the countless brands that were born and then disappear. With the Civil War halted any inventive step and industrial stalled dreams, projects and the very future, a people without hope and too hunger.
One of the objectives of Institute for National Reconstruction , and Spain, is the reconstruction of roads and reconstruction of basic industry to serve a population without even the services basic. Private enterprise per se did not have enough financial support to undertake projects of a certain size. The government is not to have much more leeway, a government that in its early years did not receive more aid than they pay Germany and Italy, nations at war and that from 41 could offer little help. It was necessary to get ahead, is not sustainable a country that does not sell out, do not have to buy but do not you come with what is inside ... a country without resources, without allies, isolated and ruined .
As it is created, under the command of General of Engineers of the English Armada Juan Antonio Suanzes - one of the men who really need the development of Spain - the Institute Nacional de Industria (INI ) to literally " Propel and finance, service to the Nation, the creation and revival of our industries, especially they intend as their principal aim the resolution of the problems posed by the demands of defending the country or going to the development of our economic autarky . "
Thus born the National Business ( IN ). National Hydrocarbons Company (now Repsol); ENDESA, SEAT (Today VW Group), ..., and of course, ENASA ( E ompany N ational A utocamiones , S ociety nónima A), our beloved Pegaso ( IVECO today). All of them have marked the recent history of our country, when they were criticized and criticized privatization arrivals, conversions and other changes of the '80s. With ENASA up, start the work from scratch, at first looking for foreign licenses to start manufacturing the first trucks and buses. Of all the proposals are the best in Alfa Romeo , thanks among others to Wilfredo P. Ricart - who dedicate some well deserved lines in future articles on the Top Slot Pegasus - former Chief Engineer of the Department Projects Alfa Romeo, brand that Enzo Ferrari himself ousted.
In January 1946, under sponsorship of the INI , Ricart directs the direction of the Technical Research Centre Automotive (-Z- CETA), which first role would be to update and streamline the production of the Hispano Suiza 66G and 66D. In October 1946 he is ENASA who purchase licenses, facilities and tools of the Hispanic. In the absence of specialized engineers and civilian personnel to join the CETA, reach to get it going, former employees of Ricart in Sport Division and Project Management of Alfa Romeo ( Among them, the brilliant Ettore Pagani and his brother Aldo , Benetti, Ugo Fava ...). Spectacular-looking facade and really aggressive, thanks in part to the profile of the fairing of the headlamps, the cross bar that extends under the lights cast in the body, the cross shape with the central vertical bar and thin they are .. ., a fine machine, really beautiful.
Goal " The Sagrera " was to make the product reliable, trucks had to be number one, at any cost ... sometimes too. Although it was hard got Pegaso trucks manufactured in his factory had no rival in Spain, and Pegasus ( since 1947 and until today ) has been synonymous with quality, economy and reliability , to which today we should add ECOlogy . Production was up, and with it the need for specialized personnel, which is why establishing the fabulous ENASA Apprentice School , also talk about in depth in future articles , national benchmark teaching Training professional. A school where apprentices came in shorts and became laborers, mechanics, engineers of the highest quality. Simple but effective straps closure, something would be perfect finest.
The CETA , having started from scratch in a English economy "of absolute misery," became the leading company worldwide in terms of research and development of engines, including highlighted for automotive history, and purposes we are concerned, the Z-102 (CETA one hundred and two - The Z-100 were reserved for Touring the Z-200 trucks, agricultural vehicles Z-700 ... -). Snout long, air inlet port modified for better admission, extra air vents and note, which will be felt, in the space under the doors, which is that the body did not change and that space was reserved for side exhausts and mufflers. The two openings that are (painted matt black) are not more than two openings also responsible for the escape of the hot air produced by the propeller.
The Z-102 is the name given to the project Ricart an engine for automotive use - term racing car - that is, sports. Perhaps Ricart was faster than the autarkic state policy and bureaucratic, perhaps too much, perhaps Spain was not prepared for a project like this, too expensive, far, far away from our chances ... Perhaps from the moment Ricart dreamed Suanzes provide the commission of a sports car was image, rather than brand , of Spain externally, perhaps more than a picture brand really dreamed of creating the great brand. The Z 102 were a great propaganda tool ... and it worked, if it worked go ... ( continue into next article ...).
E l model protagonist of these lines is the PEGASO TOURING SPYDER RACING , the only of its type left hand drive, with chassis number 151-0142 made '53 the goal of winning the Le Mans and 24 hour home and white longitudinal flag of Spain on the bonnet and upholstered in blue Touring bodywork ( Milan) from a Spyder known Tibidabo - in fact its original name Pegasus was the Superleggera Spyder Competizione Gran Tibidabo - in terms of measures and benchmarks though logically, taking into account your destination, with the scepter of gravity lower due to the reduction of ground clearance tanks, radiators ... A 3.2 with a compressor and two Weber carburetors.
Someone says it has no light ..., which does not. That little dot under the main optical - embedded and faired in its original, thanks to a dome made of polymethylmethacrylate - outlined in chrome are intermittent, items location that changed countless times over the short life of this "Dominican" . chassis specially reinforced to prevent twisting and special anchors, as described Coma Cros and Mosquera, to groups mounted rear right or left. A view zenith helps ensure the quality of some small components.
and to enter the cockpit ... rode home two small windshield rather than a large one. Both were retractable or folding, having dispensed with the lack of copy, of the small windshield on its side, which did find the fabric, secured by chrome rivets, all perfectly emulated. Is added to the Run, a small deflector for protection, rather than Zopilotes , dirty air coming out of a vent in the engine compartment, protecting the main deflector and the pilot ... Small chrome parts located closest to the cockpit are hinges.
these parts in detail.
... Pilot that as the hood itself, thanks to a high quality decal is indicated, Joaquin Palacio was ; pilot will encounter more often during the collection, though hopefully not with the same figure ...
Undisputed quality and finish of the Pegasus ... impressive the "hump" of the bonnet, bump exaggerated for the compressor housing.
And a close, the flag of the Dominican Republic and car brand - played so great thanks to the characteristics typical of Top Slot stickers - As in the case of Mexican ..., and that the area is actually extended to the view ..
Celso Fernandez and co-pilot, but for practical reasons and to gain competitiveness Celso not accompany him and another will be waiting at the points for the purpose for changing rim and tire work between both would be about three four minutes. The next photograph shows the inlet - that perhaps should have been a finer mesh, but for reasons of scale is perfectly understandable - which allows entry to carburetor mounted dynamo on the rear of the engine compartment.
And finally Mr. Palacio de fence, Joaquín Palacio co-driven by Celso Fernandez and accompanying mechanical experts Admirable Oriol Salvador and Urban , the mechanics who became, let me , the Saviors admirable test for Pegasus Trujillo, adapting the engine settings to Mexican gasoline. At this point remember that Regulation required that the gasoline used by participants was the music of Mexican stations (80 octane). However someone not saturated in this detail and not read the rules before competing , concho ..., on a test as the American is a crime, and engine "The Dominican" had been prepared in Spain for use in testing blended fuel to 15% methanol, 10% benzene, 75% of 100-octane gasoline and castor oil. Yes, we were sighted, as we left Spain with the mixture made in sufficient quantity for the entire test, or bottled in containers of 20 liters.
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the international press would ask how could monopolize the Pegasus success in national tests and abroad their roles were always merely the stooge ... simple, beyond our borders we were facing very good teams prepared, professional and dedicated, but the Pegasus attending international events, as if in the case of the American V no time, trotacaballo, so tad sloppy and always improvising, as boasting that character disorganized , though presumably brilliant improviser typical English ..., well, that following a series of bungling and improvisations book "The Dominican " comes to Tuxtla-Gutierrez only four days before the test so it's not like they had much time to train in a field in which most pilots or had run in previous years or had time to train, if only because many chose to go the Pan American highway from California to his departure to the South in Chiapas.
And building on that hill above picture, two notes with respect thereto, the lack of enrollment , normal, once it arrived and checked the vehicle Tuxtla was removed. As a curiosity about the plate ... the serial number was 81702 Barcelona , enrollment corresponded to the first Z 102, Sedan Enasa with chassis number 150-0101 (now defunct). So it will be normal to find pictures in the Mexican airports and London with registration and one of the "train" with registration. The rest, as in competition, we will find no front license plate. The two openings on either side of which was the registration plate located under the main air inlet had the primary task of cooling the oil radiator.
And almost to end, and as always, came to the rear , trunk lid secured by their corresponding straps and hinges - was located within a larger deposit than usual to give greater autonomy to the Pegasus in the Mexican long stages where it was essential to save time-. The taillights are the same type-horizontal-who rode the first series Touring Berlinetta.
License Plate perfectly reproduced, rivets included-leather straps, a bit thick ", the" E "of Spain - mandatory once ... and not so long ago I I have I'm born and very young - visor protects portal and registration light bulb, the horse Pegasus and under the "V", yes, I know, motor "V " but I still say is much more poetic the "V" for Victoria.
The trunk lid ... simply beautiful, reproducing the Plate V Carrera Panamericana, the pseudonym by which he was known General Trujillo "The Dominican" , the dorsal granted upon arrival in Tuxtla and two red Pegasos ; eye, two winged Pegasus, the symbol of Mobil Oil - those who did not allow the Pegasus Pegasus ENASA Mobil Oil has wings because I had it registered -.
In their hindquarters the name of General , and as well has a sponsor, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina . Although here ... a paragraph, but the money put it "Dad", say who wanted more than anything to take part in the race, and who proposed the involvement of Pegasus, was his son Ramfis ( In the stack Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Martínez ), well-known lover motorist and who maintained a close friendship with Francisco Franco, in fact his daughter was goddaughter of Generalissimo . Here they disagree of Coma Cros and Mosquera, because the idea of \u200b\u200bparticipation in this Pegaso left themselves Trujillo - who already had a home Pegaso (click ) - , like himself would be recorded Ricart. In fact the very Ricart had better plans for the Carrera Panamericana, and had no interest in continuing to participate in competitions in haste and improvisation, in fact planned to engage a vehicle which was called American Berlineta that would bodied by Touring. In fact this unit was designed for participation in Le Mans.
in detail air intake located high in the rear wheelhouse and whose function would be to cool the rear brakes group.
wheel and tire : And the detailed playback, horse included in the center of the thumb three ears, which makes the Borrani Top Slot ... logically with tire "national" Pirelli.
I love that effect low pressure wheel "in the area that makes contact with the asphalt ...
And a detail ... the media front for the transportation of the body - without chassis - also reproduced.
And finally ... the carrier .
Nardi Beautiful three-arm, after he watches, key in the middle and temperature gauge and levels to the left of the pilot.
and seat covering Celso Fernandez ...
I just need to sit down to "control" of this fabulous reproduction of Top Slot to remember, in our circuit, the Carrera Panamericana V ... article I will share in the coming days with vehicle history and brief summary of the V Carrera Panamericana.
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PS: I think the Carrera Panamericana so far I've only written a blog post, and for more than three years, it's Ninco Porsche 550 Spyder ( click ) .
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