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IN THE TIMES OF<br />

“GREASE”<br />

A CUSTOMIZATION WORKSHOP<br />

TRANSFORMED A 1929 FORD PICKUP<br />

TRUCK INTO A HOT ROD INSPIRED BY<br />

THE BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE<br />

C<br />

omo transformar um veículo da Revolução<br />

Industrial em um automóvel moderno, mas<br />

com ares vintage? Para Idini Gamballi, dono<br />

da AC3 Cars responsável por quase 50 carros customizados<br />

e restaurações, o desafio era imenso. Foram<br />

cerca de 3.500 horas trabalhando apenas na cabine<br />

do Ford Pick Up 1929, com conceito na primeira metade<br />

do Século XX, inspirado na 1ª Guerra Mundial e<br />

os baby boomers (período dos recém-nascidos da 2ª<br />

Guerra Mundial). “Comecei o projeto em 2009, para<br />

terminar apenas em 2015”, relembra Gamballi. “Ele<br />

ficou pronto há cerca de oito meses. No início, havia<br />

apenas a cabine do Ford, sequer portas. Era o que nós<br />

do meio chamamos de torpedo. As portas, parte traseira,<br />

assoalho, caçamba, chassi e todo o resto foi desenhado<br />

e fabricado por mim.”<br />

Engenheiro civil de formação, ele se define como<br />

um aficionado pelos anos 40 e 50 e toda a cultura pop<br />

que remete aos ídolos daquela época, como James<br />

Dean, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley e Marlon Brando, entre<br />

outros. “Os Hot Rods foram carros feitos por jovens que<br />

voltaram aos EUA (Estados Unidos da América) após a<br />

guerra”, conta. “Com a recessão da indústria automotiva,<br />

que passou a produzir artigos bélicos durante estes<br />

H<br />

ow to turn a vehicle from the Industrial Revolution<br />

into a modern car, but with a vintage<br />

air? For Idini Gamballi, owner of AC3 Cars responsible<br />

for nearly 50 customized and restored cars, the<br />

challenge was immense. About 3,500 hours were spent<br />

just working on the 1929 Ford Pick Up, with a concept<br />

taken from the first half of the 20th century, inspired<br />

by the World War I and the Baby Boomers (those born<br />

just after the Second World War). “I started the project<br />

in 2009, which only ended in 2015,” recalls Gamballi.<br />

“It has been ready for about eight months, now. In the<br />

beginning, there was only the Ford cab, no doors. That’s<br />

what we in the business call a torpedo. The doors, rear,<br />

floor, bucket, chassis and all the rest were designed and<br />

built by myself.”<br />

A civil engineer by training, he has a passion for cars<br />

from the 40’s and 50’s, and all the pop culture which<br />

refers to the idols of that time, such as James Dean, Johnny<br />

Cash, Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando, amongst<br />

others. “The Hot Rods were cars made by young people<br />

who had returned to the United States after the war,”<br />

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