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The engine in the Pronello Ford is a small-block Windsor Ford with Weber carburetors . . .
. . . which many, including Carroll Shelby, used in Cobras for road racing. The less-seen Ford road-racing induction system was their own Autolite inline four-barrel mounted on a cross-ram manifold.
This set-up was made for Cleveland heads, so they wouldn't fit on engines with Windsor heads.
Art
Huayra Pronello Ford
Here’s a surprise I’ve never seen or heard of - a restored Argentinian race car that appeared at Goodwood this year, built for Sport Prototipo Argentino, which ran from 1969-’73. Look out Renault Alpine! Photos from Classic & Sports Car ...
Fascinating design from the era …
Carlos Reutemann with the Huayra Pronello Ford … ...
Great shot you bring here dear Captain! Mr Reutemann was a great pilot and his most famous race was aboard IKA/Torino cars in Nurburgring in 1969 and later with a car built...
... by Oreste Berta in 1970´s. Please see my answer to Mike below. Cheers! Abel
Thank you Abel …
I particularly like this photo of Carlos with Gilles Villeneuve. ...
Hello dear Mike! Wow! How nice to view this car and to know it was exhibited in Goodwood. Heriberto Pronello is an engineer presently 87 years old and still connected with making...
... race cars. Here in Argentina we are very fond of "irons". "Irons" meaning "cars" "fierros" in Spanish and "Fierreros" the fans of cars and specially race cars. The different official categories of racing cars are very different to those of Europe or U...
Thank you so much for the corrections and expanded discussion
That was a great contribution Abel. I was hoping you would chime in with a comment but you really expanded the conversation! Mike
Ha ha ha!! This car never raced outside our country but it was an important part of our local car racing history. Some Superb shots brought by Mike here.
I wonder how it ended being exhibited at Goodwood! Abrazos amigo mio! Abel
Wow dear Mike! What a beautiful article!! It brought me so many fond memories! And I can see the connection with Goodwood now. It also tells about the deep fondness and ...
... love for car racing here in my Country and specially for the pilots and cars of that Golden Age of racing and these local categories: TC and SP. Thank you for the link to this superb article! Best cordial regards, Abel
The engine in the Pronello Ford is a small-block Windsor Ford with Weber carburetors . . .
. . . which many, including Carroll Shelby, used in Cobras for road racing. The less-seen Ford road-racing induction system was their own Autolite inline four-barrel mounted on a cross-ram manifold. This set-up was made for Cleveland heads, so they wouldn...
Hello dear Art: interesting information you are adding here about Pronello´s choice of engines for these cars. I´m happy that Mike brought this car to our attention here! They are an important...
... part of the history of our race cars history. Have a nice week ahead! Best, Abel