technical characteristics

Displacement: 221 '(3622 c.c.)
Diameter and stroke: 3.06 x 3.75 (77.72 x 95.25 mm)
Power: 85 Hp at 3,800 rpm
Torque: 150 lb / ft at 2,200 rpm
Compression ratio: 6.15 / 1
Drippers: mechanics
Benches: 3
Carburetor: Chandler-Groves 2 inner mouths
Cooling system: 20.8 liters
Electrical system: 6 volts
Embaregue: dry monodisco
Front suspension: rigid axle in L with a longitudinal tensioner in the form of A anchored to the chassis with a spherical, behind the gearbox, which supports the longitudinal and torsional tensions of the axle.
Elastic element: transversal crossbow suspended in front of the axis that also supports the transverse tension.
Rear suspension: In the rear train the crossbow is behind the bridge and the longitudinal and torsional stresses are supported by the tube that surrounds the control rod and anchors it with a ball on the speed box, in turn, reinforced with two converging shots. The leaf spring package also supports transverse stresses.
Shock absorbers: Both trains have double hydraulic shock absorbers.
Address: 18.2: 1
Steering wheel turns: 4.5
Brakes: hydraulic on a 4-wheel hood

BELL

A brief summary indicates the fabulous performance of Oscar Alfredo Gálvez. In 27 years he competed in 177 competitions between Road Tourism and Special Cars. Of these, he won 49, 43 in Road Tourism and 6 in Special Cars.

Inside the T.C. He won 6 Grand Prix, 1939 twice, 1947, 1954, 1960 and 1961 and the second Grand Prix of South America in 1948, when he returned from Lima. He also won in 41 stages of Road Tourism and 12 series. It was placed 29 times second, 16 thirds, 9 fourth and 3 in fifth place.

He was Argentine Champion of T.C. in 5 opportunities:
1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1961

He was the first Argentine to beat in Palermo in 1949, under the rain to the European pilots, to the command of an Alfa Romeo 3800 cm3.

In 1953 he ran a test of the Drivers World Championship at the Autodromo de Buenos Aires, resulting in fifth with Maserati.

Oscar Gálvez's retirement from motorsport took place on October 18, 1964.
His death occurred on December 16, 1989.

YOUR TRIUMPHS IN ROAD TOURISM

YEAR 1939 - He is the one who begins his history of triumphs, with his victory in the "Gran Premio Argentino" (suspended in Concordia), repeating in the "Extraordinary Grand Prize".
YEAR 1947 - It is a victory in the "International Grand Prix to Chile".
YEAR 1948 - With his Ford, wins in "Sea and Sierras", is declassified in the first section of the "GP of South America" ​​and wins the second, between Lima and Buenos Aires.
YEAR 1949 - In TC it wins in the "Thousand Argentine Miles".
YEAR 1950 - Run with more assiduity, winning the "Vta. De Entre Ríos.
YEAR 1951 - In Carretera wins the "Vuelta De Entre Ríos"; in Chile and the "Lujan de Cuyo Award".
YEAR 1952 - Expires three times in a row at the Municipal Autodrome; in the "Premio La Plata, Córdoba and Buenos Aires" and the "Premio Presidente Ibáñez" in Chile
YEAR 1953 - Win in the "Vta. De Entre Ríos"; "Mar y Sierras" and Tres Arroyos
YEAR 1954 - He wins the "Ciudad de Tres Arroyos Award", in the "500 Mercedinas Miles" and in the "Gran Premio Argentino".
YEAR 1955 - Start the year with a victory in the "1000 Kilometers of the City of Buenos Aires" of TC run in the Municipal Autodrome; he is 3rd in the "Vuelta de Olavarria" and abandons in the "Mar y Sierras" General San Martín Prize in the Autodromo.
YEAR 1956 - Win in the "Vuelta de Santa Fe", in the "Ciudad de Mar del Plata" Prize and in the Ciudad de Tres Arroyos Prize.
YEAR 1957 - Triumph in the "City of Casilda Award", in the "S. Ataguile de Mendoza Award" and in the "Ricardo Risatti Award".
YEAR 1958 - Conquest of the "Sierras de Córdoba Prize", the Vuelta de Hugues "and the Ciudad de Tres Arroyos Prize.
YEAR 1959 - "Vuelta al Valle de Chubut" and the Ciudad de Tres Arroyos Prize.
YEAR 1960 - "Vendimia Award", in the "Sierras de Córdoba Prize" in the "Vuelta de Tandil and in the" Gran Premio Argentino ".
YEAR 1961 - "Premio Ciudad de Bahía Blanca", in the "500 Mercedinas Miles and in the" Gran Premio Argentino ".
YEAR 1962 - "Vuelta de Rosario" and in the "Vuelta de Salto".

OSCAR ALFREDO GÁLVEZ

He was born on August 17, 1913, in the Federal Capital. The Gálvez grew up in the workshop of his father Marcelino, on Avenida San Martín 1070. It was natural that they had an inclination for everything that was cars and engines.

First acquired a Ford "T", then a Ford "A" and then a Ford V8 1935 model. They began running in the pitches in the forests of the city of La Plata or Palermo until the police ran them.

With this Ford V8, Oscar Gálvez debuted at the 1937 Grand Prix, surprising for his initial work. He was born a passion that would take him to the forefront of Argentine motoring.

I did all sorts of things with a car. I could overturn it generating small damages. I put the reverse gear with the car