 Every year the Club de Automoviles Clasicos de la Republica Argentina organises an event remembering the very first open road race of Argentina. It was in 1906 that the first Recoleta Tigre took place. Every year the club relives the event by inviting all veteran cars built before 1918 to cover the same road as 1906, with their drivers dressed in period clothes. Some 60 odd cars show up, some more important than others. A regular guest is this lovely Adler(32) that if I remember well it is from 1912. Anyway, Sunday the 'starting grid' is swamped by onlookers, enthusiasts and tourists. Of course at this crucial moment the owner finds the belt is slipping on the pully due to a small oil leak. But now what what to do with no spare belt around and so little time before the flag drops? Well, the issue was solved by adding some cloth wrapped round the pully tied with a wire and thereby increasing the diameter of the pulley, in order to stretch the belt and to solve the problem. You probably will nopt believe who solved this mechanical problem? Of course..!, the grandson of the Adler representative for Bulgaria. Very small world this is, I think this a wonderfull story. Text and photo's: Charles Walmsley |
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Recoleta Tigre: very first open road race of Argentina.
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