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On one foot and a hoof!
A few years ago we wrote a review of ‘Fuerza Libre’, a book about Argentinian racing history that contains wonderful period photos. For instance the one shown here of Martín Alzaga Unzué with his Ballot 2LS taken in Buenos Aires in 1923. But it’s not only the magnificent racing car that attracted our attention, it was a small detail behind Martín's back. If you look closely, you’ll notice that there’s a mascot of a devil mounted on the tail. Not only that, the little devil is cooking its snoot at the cars that have just been overtaken. Too bad we don’t have a clearer picture of Martín’s devil, but it could very well be the one shown here. Note that it has one foot and one hoof!
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samedi juillet 28th, 2012
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Inconnu
29 Juillet 2012, 23:13
What happened to this most interesting car? Did it survive and is still with us? I fear it's not...
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Inconnu
29 Juillet 2012, 10:45
This was a fairly well known mascot in the vintage and later period and I have seen different versions of it. As on the Ballot, the "Offensive Devil" was mounted on the tail of the car, cocking a snook at those who had just been overtaken !
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Inconnu
29 Juillet 2012, 01:40
It seems a strange location. It does not appear to be on the tail of the car !
Martin appears to have "the Devil on his back"
Is this a 'prank' by his friend, very much as we would waggle our fingers behind somones head ?
It could of course be an incredible 'smudge' on the photo plate.
Stuart
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Martin appears to have "the Devil on his back"
Is this a 'prank' by his friend, very much as we would waggle our fingers behind somones head ?
It could of course be an incredible 'smudge' on the photo plate.
Stuart