{"id":991,"date":"2018-06-17T22:49:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T01:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=991"},"modified":"2019-12-18T12:38:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T15:38:46","slug":"gordini-t15-sport-coupe-33-pw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/gordini-t15-sport-coupe-33-pw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordini T15 Sport Coupe #33 &#8211; pw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gordini_t15_33_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1950 Gordini T15 Sport Coupe<\/strong>\nPilots: J. M. Fangio, J. F. Gonzalez\nTeam: <em>Automobiles Gordini<\/em>\nRace: DNF (S 1.5 class) at Le Mans in 1950\npw (Atlas) - ? (diecast)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #919191;\">Published 01\/19\/18<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Am\u00e9d\u00e9e (<em>&#8220;Le Sorcier de la Mechanique&#8221;<\/em>) Gordini started making cars with his name in 1946, initially with Fiat engines. By 1949 business was booming and he already had a F1 and sports car racing program. At that time he switched to Simca as his engine supplier and developed the T15 primarily as a monoposto for Grand Prix racing. But in 1950 Gordini had some older spare F2 chassis so he had the idea of adding a new \u201cconventional\u201d body to those chassis. With the new body the <strong>T15S <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1950_SimcaGordini_Type15SCoupe1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"coupe (opens in a new tab)\">coupe<\/a> and barchetta) was ready for sports car racing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The engine of all the T15 was a SIMCA inline-4 with 1390 cm\u00b3 of displacement and hemispherical combustion chambers, good enough to produce 130 horses. Since the T15S was very light, the small engine could take it up to 200 km\/h. With a good final speed like that, Gordini thought it could be raced at Le Mans. And race it did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gordini_t15_33_02.jpg\" alt=\"Gordini T15\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gordini had 6 (!) cars at La Sarthe in 1950, four T15S barchette and two coupes. Unfortunately none finished the race, but #33 here (chassis #0020S) was the penultimate to retire. Fangio started out last because he was already having starter troubles. By the 95th lap the ignition coil finally gave up the ghost and he had to abandon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gordini_t15_33_03.jpg\" alt=\"Gordini T15\"\/><figcaption>The T15 with Gordini&#8217;s old ride, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/simca-gordini-type-8-39-ixo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SIMCA Type 8 (opens in a new tab)\">SIMCA Type 8<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This\u00a0<strong>Gordini T15<\/strong> is just a pw car from the <em>\u201cGordini Collection\u201d<\/em> by Atlas. However, for a pw, it\u2019s at least okay. Specifically, as with all pw models, the weak link are the wheels (and the wipers, and chrome trim, and\u2026). But the overall shape is pretty good compared to photos of the real deal. Since an alternative model of this car is basically made of unobtanium, you pretty much can&#8217;t escape this pw version. Therefor, not exactly a successful racer but quirky cool (enough) + piloted by <em>Il Maestro<\/em> + good price (I paid locally less than current eBay prices) = good buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1950 Gordini T15 Sport Coupe Pilots: J. M. Fangio, J. F. Gonzalez Team: Automobiles Gordini Race: DNF (S 1.5 class) at Le Mans in 1950 pw (Atlas) &#8211; ? (diecast) Published 01\/19\/18 Am\u00e9d\u00e9e (&#8220;Le Sorcier de la Mechanique&#8221;) Gordini started making cars with his name in 1946, initially with Fiat engines. By 1949 business was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/gordini-t15-sport-coupe-33-pw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gordini T15 Sport Coupe #33 &#8211; pw&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-991","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8852,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/991\/revisions\/8852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}