The weirdest Amilcar ever

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Yes, the car on the main picture is an Amilcar, we haven't gone mad. Specifically this vehicle was born as a regular 1920s C4, probably wearing a sporting body. Later, in the 1950s it was converted into this nice "Giardinetta", with the particular purpose of being a beach car. And despite its italian appearance, this body was handmade by an amateur body maker called Francisco Ejarque, who owned his own workshop in Barcelona and later produced other very original bodies, always on his daily driver cars. The discovery of this truly unusual Amilcar was made by Spanish automotive Historian Javier Rucabado, in whose blog you can see the other creations of this little workshop.  The rebodied Amilcar received "La Monda" as name, and although being the first creation of Ejarque the outcome seems of a very good overall quality. We suppose that the engine had to be relocated to the front, so the mechanic work should be also hard. Unfortunately the car dissapeared many years ago and this sole photo has been preserved. And yes, probably was one of the very last Amilcar bodied as a "modern" car and not with collector purposes.

(Text by Francisco Carrión)

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