Technical characteristics

Displacement: 221 '(3621 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: 6.12 / 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 the 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

The coupe Ford de Gálvez

 When the desired activities of the war are restarted, in Juan Manuel Fangio's Double Tour of Sierra dela Ventana, Juan Gálvez starts running the first car armed only for him, a standard 1939 coupe. Although in 1953 he assembled another cupe to use in asphalted floor races on a model '37, that of 1939 will accompany him throughout his career, unique in TC.

Although modified and lower, he still used it in 1960, one of his best years, when he won the championship for the last time. However, at the end of the season with the traditional GP, while traveling without lights from the game in Buenos Aires behind Marcos Ciani, he crashed in Pergamino. After two hard impacts to160 km / hen those who lose the trunk, the car falls forward, crushes the radiator, breaks the carburetors and the dynamo, breaks the steering wheel and the back of the chassis is bent up. Juan, on the other hand, hurt himself by damaging a vertebra and a clavicle, so he takes a year of forced rest.

It reappears the following year in the GP of 1961 with the cupe with a new look. Although the bodywork had not been too damaged in the accident (until the doors were healthy) the interval was used to update their lines according to current trends. The works carried out in the workshops of Lozano and Pato, plasterers who collaborated with Juan from long ago, resulted in an almost flat roof to reduce the frontal section and a new trunk that also looked for a better aerodynamic performance, the tail also reformed and did not respect the original lines. The colors of the cupe would no longer be the traditional blue that he used throughout most of his campaign, now his main sponsor blends blue with red.

In the tragic career of Olavaria in 1963 in which he died after an accident the coupe had new modifications in the engine to have higher performance and a new gearbox. The faithful cupe had already been sold to David Cetra, who destroyed it in an accident some time later, Juan had planned to continue with the modified '37, a car that Cetra also resorted to, which together with the parts that could be rescued from the '39 It turned out to be a hybrid, a car that also destroys a year later in the Sea & Sierras, finding death.

Juan Gálvez triumphed in 59 races en route. He was nine times Argentine Road Tourism Champion, a record never surpassed. He lost his life at age 47, in Vueltade Olavarría, on March 3, 1963, when he was fired from the machine. He had not worn a seatbelt since the day he saw another pilot burn down.

Your titles in TC

He is nine times champion of TC, titles that eloquently credited the extraordinary position he holds in the concert of the Argentine automotive sport, he was born in the Federal Capital on February 14, 1916. After acting as co-pilot of his brother Oscar, he became a pilot and 1941 debuted as a midfielder in the "Thousand Argentine Miles", being 2nd of Juan Manuel Fangio.

He is the TC Champion in 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1960

Some of his triumphs

 YEAR 1949: Achieves his first victory as a driver and at the same time the first title of TC Champion. Run seven tests, winning five, which were, the "Vuelta de Santa Fe"; "Tourism Circuit"; "Vuelta de la Pampa", "Vuelta de Entre Ríos" and "Grand Prize of the Republic".

YEAR 1950: Run nine races winning in the "Tourism Circuit"; "Viña y Sierras" and in the "Gran Premio Argentino de Carreteras". He retained his title of TC Champion.

YEAR 1951: Repeats his participation in nine races, winning in "La Tablada"; "Vuelta de Rojas"; the Grand Prize and the "One Thousand Argentine Miles". Repeats TC Champion.

YEAR 1952: Always in TC wins in "La Tablada", "Mar y Sierras", "Viña y Sierras", "Casilda" and "Vuelta de Tandil". It is the fourth consecutive year that it conquers the championship.

YEAR 1953: Run fourteen races winning seven, which were: the "Vendimia Award"; "Viña y Sierras"; "City of Rafaela Award"; "Vuelta de Rojas", "Vuelta Valle del Chubut" and two races held at the Autodromo Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

YEAR 1954: With less participation, achieved significant victories in the "Vuelta de Olavarría", "Vuelta de Santa Fe", "Vuelta de Rojas" and in the Autodromo.

YEAR 1955: Win two times in the Autodromo, in the "Grand Prize of Rafaela City." He seals his triumph in Tres Arroyos, to then win the "Thousand Argentine Miles" and the Cups "Víctor Irureta" and "José N. Dibur "Champion of TC is consecrated.

YEAR 1956 - He ran four races winning in "Premio Laboulaye" and in the "Gran Premio Argentino". He is a TC Champion

YEAR 1957 - Participates in nine competitions with triumph in the "Grand Prix of Santa Fe", in the Sea and Sierras, in the "Vuelta de Río Cuarto", in the "Vuelta de Hugues", in the "Ciudad de Tres Arroyos Award "And in the" 500 Mercedinas Miles ". He is a TC Champion

YEAR 1958 - He ran twelve races triumphing in the "Vuelta de Santa Fe", the "Mar y Sierras", the "Vuelta del Oeste de Junín" and in the "Gran Premio Argentino".

YEAR 1959 - Has nine participations and two victories, in the "Vuelta Sierras de Córdoba" and in the "Vuelta 9 de Julio".

YEAR 1960 - Participates in thirteen TC tests winning in the "Sea and Sierras", in the "Vuelta de La Pampa", in the "Vuelta de Arrecifes", in the "Vuelta de Rojas", in the "Vuelta de Hugues" , in the "Thousand Miles", in the "500 Mercedinas Miles" and in the "Vuelta de Pehuajó". He scores in history with his last title of TC Champion.

YEAR 1962 - Run twelve races and win in the "Vuelta Sur de Córdoba-Laboulaye".

Of fine handling, polished, exact, never mistreated to the car that the same had armed, nor lost time locking it in the curves. He argued that "running in cars means walking slowly enough to get there before others" and often caused the disenchantment of the crowd that was crowding behind a dangerous curve. Other competitors passed by skidding, crossing the car, spinning ... Of course, people were delirious about the visual spectacle they offered, and when they saw Juan pass by with the blue Ford number one affirmed and without a hint of spectacularity, they asked disenchanted; "Is this the famous champion?" But the clocks at the end of the race, established their raw and unappealable truth: first, and comfortable.

JOURNALISM

When they asked Juan Gálvez what was his secret to winning so many races. Sketching a shy smile replied: - "Running at the lowest speed possible." Missing his interlocutors, they asked him again: - "How ...? What is the lowest possible speed ...?" To which the multiple champion with his proverbial calm responded: - "That is fixed by my rivals". He stressed wisely: - "I never try to win by much difference. So I'm going to waste the car if it's not necessary. I am the enemy of splurging what I find hard to put together. Setting up a motor means many hours of work in the workshop for me. So ... why am I going to win for an hour when I can do it for two minutes ...? "

HIS DEATH

 New names appear that adhere to modern concepts. Young strong and with ample capacity, such as Emiliozzi, Marcos Ciani, Rodolfo de Alzaga, Carlos Menditeguy, Juan C. Navone, Armando J. Rios and many others who put more and more in trouble the multiple champion.

But his temper and competitive spirit, made him overcome. After the rollover in Pergamino during the dispute of the '60 Grand Prix, which made him practically inactive during a season, and despite the fatigue of years of tireless battle, he continued on his own and picked up the glove launched by the new generation, accepting the challenge once more.

With 47 years on his back, began the bell of '63 in the classic Olavarría, place of origin of his most bitter rival and the man to win at that time, Dante Emiliozzi, who was accompanied by his brother Torcuato.

Due to the rains of the previous day, the road was as Juan liked it - complicated. He started with No. 5 painted on its doors, and in the initial "top" given by the plane, it was already installed at the top for net time. At the first step by the control of arrival, Angel Meunier, Santiago Lujan Saigós and Armando J. Ríos had been left behind in the way, only the Emiliozzi resisted their advance. The route began to dry and the speed of "La Galera" began to discount land. Galvez, put everything and far from loosening, also increased the pace.

Third round. An easy "S" on the Road of the Chileans, the car that gets out of control and the turn that becomes an inevitable consequence, Juan Gálvez, who never tied himself for fear of fire, was dismissed from the car and the country's routes no longer They would know more of their exploits, they would not see the blue Ford with the invariable number one painted on the sides.