ALCA

At the end of the 40s, when economic conditions were still difficult in Europe after the Second World War, the Company ALCA (Anonima Lombarda Cabotaggio Aereo), located in Milan, Italy, manufactured, or at least tried to produce a small car in series Tandem-cylinder two-stroke, called VOLPE.

Its main features are:

Body: type two-seater cabriolet with a folding hood, monocuerpo veneer filled and sealed with transverse reinforcements, the dvidida Structure is in three parts, the previous accommodation of the battery and a small trunk, the plant is located where the two passengers besides the dashboard and the spare wheel and later we find the petrol tank and engine.

Front suspension: crossbows cross with shock, rear: Average crossbows placed lengthwise with shock.

Engine: cylinder of 124 cc (42x45) and 5500 rpm air-cooled, lit by a magnetic plate of 50W, up by hand or foot, light alloy cylinder head change and four walks in front and one behind.

Dimensions: 2.50 m long, 1.02 m wide, with high canopy closed 1.06 m, 1.50 m wheelbase, turning space of 2.75 m and weighing 135 kg (300 kg up).

Performance: 75 Km / hr maximum speed, maximum gradient 25% surmountable, stopping distance at 60 km / hour: less than 7 meters.

We know that these cars were registered and came to participate in the Mille Miglia in 1947 with a special version equipped with a turbocharger.

As anégdota we mention that the Spanish company Gemicar International Auto, Madrid, back in 1947 decided to manufacture this car in Spain (see story Hispano Volpe), but the adventure turned out to be another of many stories "could have been, but it was not" in the history of Spanish motorsport.

In Spain, this stroller was introduced to fanfare and even the company announced its marketing in Portugal, Tangier (still was not Moroccan sovereignty), Morocco, Spanish and Portuguese colonies and Latin America. The end of history was a failure, or possibly because it came to the series production in Italy and certainly not in Spain.