The Effeffe Berlinetta "cafe racer" - legendary 50's car

An Italian dream made true

Today completely hand made, according to the standards of the legendary 50's, it is a car that will appeal to those audiences, who lived or dream the myth of those racing cars that ran on the streets of the "Mille Miglia", the "Targa Florio" or the "Carrera Panamericana" and at the meantime they were used in the weekend to go to the theater. A made in Italy masterpiece of design and engineering.

 

Passion and experience come together in the creation of this model, thanks to its design, recalls the “dream car” of many fans bringing them back a long time ago.

 

 

The tubular frame is designed with the help of CAD systems and innovative programs for the checking of the successive stages of cutting and automatic resistance control.
The result is a very rigid but at the same time considerably light frame.
All aluminum body, hand-hammered. The details of the body , grids, frame strips, door and bonnet handles are entirely hand-made.

 

The Effeffe Berlinetta "cafe racer" do not leave anything to chance, his whole "being" goes straight to the point and leaves no time to get lost in unnecessary frills.
Built and finished trying to guess and satisfy not only the aesthetic taste of his driver and immediately expressing his great personality.

 

 

 

 

Technical features

Engine

Engine deriving from Alfa Romeo entirely in aluminium
Engine : front central, straight four
Cubic capacity : 1962 cmc.
Maximum power : 180 HP DIN a 6500 rpm
Distribution :  by twin overhead camshaft driven by double chains
Feed : 2 horizontal Weber 45 DCOE double choke

Drive train

Rear-wheel drive
Clutch : single dry-plate
Gearbox : 5 gear all synchronized, plus reverse, floor shift
Gear ratios : I°, 1:3,30 – II° , 1:1,99 – III° , 1:1,35 – IV° , 1:1 – V° , 0,79 , RM , 3,01
Axle ration  :   9/41
Wire Wheel : classic centre lock, centre cap and splined hubs, rims in steel,  15x6.00”
Tyres : Dunlop Racing M5.00x15” or M 5.50x15” or M 6.00x15”, radial 205 VR15

Chassis & body

Chassis : frame work in welded steel tubes
Body : 2 seat coupè, 2 doors, in aluminium hand made

Front suspension : independent with wishbones. The adjustable pull stiffener liner is joined to hight and length adjustable bush upper swineing arm. Stabilizer bar. Strut bar. Push-rod coil spring and coaxially double acting shock-absorber.

Rear suspension : rigid axle. Lower trailing arms, with adjustable upper trailing arms, live axle on adjustable T-joint. Watt’s linkage to prevent relative sideways motion between the axle and frame work. Stabilizer bar. Coil spring and coaxially double-acting shock-absorber
Brakes : disc front and rear with brake pump lightweight Ate.
The two rear brakes have the cylinder separate from the caliper.
Steering : rack
Dry weight : 790 Kg
Power/weight ratio : 4,38 kg/HP
 

 

The driver's seat

Everything at the service of the pilot. The Jaeger tachometer with 10,000 full scale, a true legend in the world of racing many years ago, tachometer, oil pressure and temperature, water temperature, voltmeter. These are indicators for the monitoring of all the important parameters when the gait is at limit, and the pilot has to get these information at a glance. All information that we have probably forgotten over the time. Nardi steering wheel with mahogany rim and spokes in aluminum, diameter 360 mm. The knob of the gear lever, another must. The faithful reproduction of what the velocissine Alfa Romeo GTA and GTAm that both won on circuits throughout the world. The adjustable pedals in aluminum derived from the Sport.

 

The interiors

The bucket seats, a "baquets" with legs raised support, made of a soft leather, the lining of the upper part of the dashboard in matt leather and the rest enameled in the same finish as the rest of the body, the secondary controls in chrome lever, the central tunnel, the door panels and the inner lining of the boot in the finest leather with diamond stitching and all 'English, floor carpets of pure wool to report sensations and scents of the past.

Source: http://www.effeffecars.com/