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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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