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companies of Buenos Aires for public transport. Nevertheless, the company reached its peak through the powerful imputus by Carlos
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Argentina. The deal ruled that vehicles would be initially imported and later built domestically. In order to achieve that goal, Ballester associated to his brother-in-law, engineer Eugenio Molina, to build a plant for the production of automatic weaponry. To unify production, a 5,000 m2
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engine led him to build a vehicle prototype developed from a lightened truck chassis. With this prototype, Molina reached, in 1939, a record by traveling 1,200 kilometers at an average speed of 135 km/h, reaching 183 km/h in some sections. Encouraged by this success, Ballester Molina
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with the 2-speed motor. The air-cooled engine had aluminum pistons, connecting rods mounted on rollers and a crankshaft on bearings. The expected price of the PBT was $ 2,000, making it highly accessible. Although some units were manufactured and sold (around 20), its manufacture was abruptly
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caliber pistol that made it famous, Ballester Molina also produced .22 caliber pistols and rifles in various calibers. Exact figures do not exist, but it is estimated that
Hafdasa produced more than 100,000 arms, and between 80,000 and 90,000 .45 caliber pistols.
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was developed, a 3-axle heavy vehicle with 6 driving wheels, all its vital parts were built in Buenos Aires: chassis, wheels, tires, cameras, transmission, cylinder block, pistons, crankshaft, connecting rods, with the exception of the injection pump. The
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experimented in the field of high-end vehicles aimed at a public with greater purchasing power. From the chassis of
Hispano Suiza models from 1932 and 1937, adaptation work began in order to be able to equip them with the own-developed
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6x6 (150 hp engine) truck models. The latter were used as tractors for 155 mm artillery pieces. In addition, the factory supplied the same institution with armored vehicles.
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diesel engines. As a result, two prototypes (both four-door luxury sedans) were developed, one with a 75 HP 4-cylinder engine (D1) and the other with a 150 HP 6-cylinder engine (D3).
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