Guide to Art / Antiques + Bricks / House Boats + Land / Water / River Side Real Estate Argentina

Carnival in the City of Buenos Aires 2012

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 21:03:19 -0200

Bob Frassinetti

Carnivals in the City od Buenos Aires 2012

The 2012 Series of the Carnival of the City of Bs. As. will take place from February 4th until February 26th, and it will present more than 120 street bands that will perform throughout the City.........

Barrio x Barrio » Blog Archive » Carnaval Porteño 2012

blogs.buenosaires.gov.ar

La edición 2012 del Carnaval Porteño se llevará a cabo del sábado 4 al domingo 26 de febrero y ofrecerá 120 murgas desfilando por 30 corsos ubicados en distintos puntos de la Ciudad.

Like · · Unfollow post · Share ·

Travel Guide Apps for Android, .....Travel all Argentina

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:19:35 -0200

Travel Buenos Aires and all Argentina

Travel in and around Buenos Aires by the hand of Bob Frassinetti, Enterpreneur in the World of art, art collecting and international antiques trader dealer as well as free lance journalist from Argentina, Buenos Aires, working on the web, writing both for pleasure and work on art, antiques and collectibles, in and on Buenos Aires, Argentina as well are neighboring countries, Chile and Uruguay. "I've written for several Travel Adventure, Art & Antiques Magazines on and off the web and have resea...

See Link below for Mobile App for your Android Phone, ....

So if you are interested in Art or Antiques, and you are travelling to Buenos Aires, or to other parts of Argentina, like Rosario, Entre Rios, Cordoba or Mendoza, please feel free to email me, I can help, from Guided Tours to Exporting Antiques and Art …….. and what about Collectibles and just to mention some like Advertising, Advertising Art, Architectural, Art Deco, Auto Parts, Badges, Banks, Beswick, Bottle, Bottle Openers, Bronze, Button, Calendars, Candy Containers, Carnival Glass, Chandeliers, Christmas, Coca Cola, Corkscrews, Elvis Presley, Ethnic Art, Ethnic Toys, Fans, Fishing, Fishing Reels, Folk Art, Francisco Adaro, Furniture, Harmonica, Lamps and lightning items, the wild 60's and 70's, Garden Furnishing, Girl Scout, Glass Art, Glass Contemporary, Golf, Halloween, Inkwells, Insulators, Ivory, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Jewellery, Judaic, Kitchen, Knife, Lamps, Lighters, Lightning Rod , Majolica, Match Holders, Medical, Motorcycles, Music, Napkin Rings, Nautical, Netsuke’s, Nutcrackers, Paintings, Liberato Spisso, born Buenos Aires, Argentina. 14 March 1903, Portrait Artist, Viski, Jean ( Janos ) 1891 - 1961, Old Car, Paper, Paperweights, Pens, Pencils, Pencil Sharpeners, Pepsi Cola, Perfume Bottles, Pewter, Phonographs, Photography, Postcards, Posters, Prints, Radio, Railroad , Records, Steam Tractor, Scientific Instruments, Sewing, Sheet Music, Silver, Souvenirs, Sports, Stero Cards, Stereoscopes, Telephones, Television, Tools, Toys, "The Buenos Aires Toy Museum. Argentina", or a Tractor, Typewriters, Watch, Weapons, Weather Vanes, Wood Carvings, Wooden, World's Fair, to say Vito Campanella.

Bob Frassinetti: For more information: Email: Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go to Mobile Appsfor A Daily Updates on Travel and Events for Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as information for Buenos Aires,and all Argentina. Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti.

Updated 2012 Copyright Bob Frassinetti, travelling for arts and antiques in the south of South America,.......

Story of the Old Route 40

Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:18:35 -0200

The Old Route 40, started in Kilometer 0 in the heart ......

.. of Mendoza City. I visited this City several Times, since the beginning of the era of the Digital Camera and Internet on the WWW I was there in the year 2006, hunting old tractors, in this case a David Brown 50D 6 cylinder made in England, ....

14.09.2006 - 28.09.2006 -22 °C
View The Old Route 40 Argentina & A trip to the Cottage in the Woods on artdealer's travel map.

Route Ruta 40 Mendoza Argentina

David Brown 50D Tractor, found near the City of Mendoza, Year 2006 Travel Photo Gallery )Bob Frassinetti

Travelling to Mendoza, Argentina in the quest for old and steam tractors along Highway 40, Route 40
Touring around Mendoza with Bob Frassinetti

One of the things I love the most about my job is the fact that I’m always on the move, always hunting for awesome treasures in and around this beautiful country that is Argentina.

This time I’m in Mendoza, a breathtaking city at the bottom of the Andes Mountains; home of the KM 0 of the marvelous Route 40, my favorite place in the whole wide world.

Such was my good luck this time that I managed to find a cozy small hotel on the roadside of Route 40!

The city of Mendoza was founded early in the Colonial times, in 1561. The Incas had reached the region we know today as Cuyo, and more precisely Mendoza in their late expansion years, just before they were conquered by the Spaniards. Therefore, this region was a greatly civilized area, known for its stupendous ecosystem and its great Pre Columbian constructions as well as its refined culture.

Today, more than 400 years after its foundation, Mendoza is a regional metropolis and a melting pot between the Argentine and the Chilean cultures, for it’s in the borderline between this neighboring countries.

Mendoza withholds Argentina’s finest wine production and it’s a precious tourism spot for travelers from around the globe. The brilliant combination of natural resources, winter sports, all year long natural spa facilities and the imponent Aconcagua Mountain –the highest most peak of the American Continent- makes of Mendoza a dream destination for every single one of us who loves to enjoy life’s pleasures and treats.

The city of Mendoza is also the capital of the equally named province. This is a modern and clean, nature friendly capital, features a broad and rich cultural and artistic life.

A stone throw away from downtown Mendoza the visitor finds the ever-growing and improving fine vineyards, wineries and boutique wine producers. Most of these are open all year long for visitation and wine trying. Even better is to enjoy this wonderful option during the month of March, when it’s still summer warm in the region, in the fabulous Wineries Classic and Sports car Rally.

Among the rainbow of urban and ecology friendly tourism that can be found in Mendoza, there are several interesting sights within the city, such as the gorgeous trolleybus transport system.

This transport system was lately installed in Argentina by the late 1940s, specially located in Buenos Aires, but covering other major cities such as Mendoza and Rosario. However the pass of time and the evolution in the automobile industry made it fade away from the rest of the country except for Mendoza, Rosario and the latter addition of Cordoba city in the Mediterranean region of our country.

The first Trolleys of Mendoza were German, made by the famous Mercedes Benz in 1957 in Buenos Aires. Latter on Japanese origin vehicles came to replace the German ones Nissan / Tokyu Car / Toshiba. Most of which were maintained in such proper way that still running by the end of the millennium.

Among the interesting features of the trolley system in Mendoza is the fact that a big commercial shift took place in the mid 1980s when the province exchanged commercially its fine wines for mechanical goods with the USSR by means of the Uritzky, model ZIU 682 that complemented the Japanese fleet.

After the dissolution of the USSR, and together with the growth and development of Mendoza –implying the need of a broadening of their transport system- new imports were made from Germany and Japan to attend the growing demand.

This unique ecology friendly means of transport provides Mendoza with an even more appealing aesthetic to the visitor alike the local. While at the same time, the one of a kind scenario created by Mendoza’s unique features, invites locals and foreigners alike to discover this magic land of beauty and good living.

Map Data - Terms of Use

Map

Satellite

Bob Frassinetti in Mendoza Argentina 2006

Information from Newspapers here in Argentina

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:55:56 -0200

Route 40 Argentina and Information

Thumbnails Detail Map 1 comment

for the Ruta 40,along Ruta and side trips, Information and Research on Route 40, from top to bottom, all along the Andes, deserts and valleys,.news paper clips, photos and books. Travel Guide Research and Notes by Bob Frassinetti

Rout 40 Argentina and Tierra del Fuego.

Ruta 40 Argentina y Tierra del Fuego bibliografia

Libros: Mágica Ruta 40 Federico B. Kirbus

Route 40 Argentina Route 40 Argentina Route 40 Argentina, here on Face Book as well as travel Blog all about Ruta 40 located in Argentina, wants to broaden it's collaborator's, travel opnions, locals or not,.....
We daily receive dozens of inquires about lovely Argetina, its culture and treasures, we contribute with several international magazines with specialized articles on Art & Antiques made or found in Buenos Aires.
So, If you like a travelr along the route, or living along side, either in a City or small town or a Estacia or Farm and feel you have something to say, chip on in!
........., if you enjoy traveling and want to share your experience with worldwide net surfers, we would love for you to collaborate with us!
We do not care about your lack of experience or if you prefer to research or do journalist works. We only ask for enthusiasm and good will to get to know the word out to the world on Route 40 Argentina and to share with our readers and us a bit of your free time. and experience living there!
Route 40 is found on my Flick both as Bob Frassinetti or artdealer ar, as well as this Blog,..........http://route40argentina.t ripod .com/40/
....... is a specialized blog for those traveling, maps, newspaper information for the traveler. By us, our contents are periodically updated in order to open our information and culture to the world, share with all netizens all our knowledge about this Route and others linked to in along the Maintains of the Andes, an Argentinean and Latin American unique road from the south to the North, famous and used even in the Inca Times,.........we offer also and as well as our insider's tips and facts about the landscapes, private and public locations, outstanding cousine and lodging, and all it's hidden treasures............ if you own a business please chip in with that information!
We would like to keep on informing and sharing outstanding facts about this lovely South American country and it's culture, as well as it's fantastic artists, craftsmen, objects and vtravel information on Route 40 so hanks to your input., we cant do it all on our own, and the web is to exchange information as well!
We require:
- Interest on anything on Route 40 or traveling on, crossing it or near by places of any sort as well as culture and no need for any journalist vocation, a photo can do!
We offer:
- part time, once in a while or any help and ideas on a volunteer journalist level, amateur or professional or just because you like taking photos or writing, , your work will be acknowledged and if you write on a regular bases we will give you the code to write and upload information for the blog!
- Respect for your ideas and work input. Freedom of speech.
- Your articles will be daily read by thousands of net-surfers from all over the world.
If you would like to join and chip in or wish to receive further information on this matter contact us through Flickr, Face Book or this Blog, .......http://route40argentina.tripod.co m/40/

17 photos | 53 views | Add a comment?

items are from between 10 Apr 2010 & 21 Sep 2011.

Today's Weather

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:21:48 -0200

Some of my favourit Cities and Vilages, .....

Rosario, SF at 10:01 pm ART

Fair , C
Hi: 29 Lo: 21

View: extended forecast and maps | records & averages

Salta, at 10:01 pm ART

Cloudy , C
Hi: 28 Lo: 18

View: extended forecast and maps | records & averages

Buenos Aires, at 10:01 pm ART

Fair , C
Hi: 32 Lo: 21

View: extended forecast and maps | records & averages

Tulumba, CBA at 10:01 pm ART

Partly Cloudy , C
Hi: 24 Lo: 16

View: extended forecast and maps | records & averages

From Parana to Tigre, Delta Argentina

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:58:55 -0200

About the Paraná Delta, Argentina

The Parana Delta is located in the final part of the Plata River Basin and can be depicted as a wetland macro-system that occupies nearly 17,000 km² in the Argentinean provinces of Buenos Aires (15% of the area), Santa Fe (5%) and Entre Rios (80%). Its complex hydrological regime is characterized by periodic flooding of the Paraná and Uruguay rivers and moon and eolic tides of De La Plata River, sometimes so intense and lasting that it has serious consequences for biota and local people (Kandus et al. 2006).

Great variety of resources & productive activities

The Parana Delta is a heterogeneous region with a great variety of resources and therefore, with a great variety of productive activities related with these resources. The delta supports the livelihoods of around 20,000 people, who mainly depend on the wetlands’ resources and environmental services.

Traditional productive activities in the Delta

Traditional productive activities currently undertaken in the Paraná Delta are hunting and fishing (commercial and subsistence), beekeeping, wicker production for basketry, fruits cultivation, firewood collection (mainly in Entre Ríos province), Salicaceae-afforestation and tourism (mainly in Buenos Aires province). Small-scale cattle ranching was historically performed as a seasonal activity taking place during late winter and spring, when the river is at its lowest stage (Rosato 1988).

Big-scale economic activities

Today forestry plantations of willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus) and livestock farming (involving the use of the herbicide Glifosate) are the two main big-scale economic activities within the Delta. Both activities are responsible for wetland degradation, involving the use of “embankments” as a way to drain-up the wetlands.

From the Parana Delta to Tigre

Water, water, water, .....

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:47:54 -0200

Tuesday, January 31st 2012 - 05:04 UTC

Shallow canals and low water levels obstruct Argentina’s main grains terminal

The grounding of two bulk carriers one in the Parana River and a second in the Martin Garcia access canal are evidence of the frail fluvial communications system between the River Plate and the Atlantic, reports the press from the port of Rosario, Argentina’s second largest city and among the world’s main grain export terminals.

Furthermore the situation is considered critical by shipping agents and the grain business in Argentina and Uruguay since in 2014 the Panama Canal will have completed its expansion and deeper dredging, which means that a new generation of vessels with more draught will be sailing sea lanes.

Last August the bulk carrier “Alexandria” grounded in the Martin Garcia River Plate canal. The vessel 179 metres long and with a draught of 8.68 metres had loaded 19.300 tons of wheat for Brazil in San Lorenzo on the Parana River.

Only a week ago “Aristeas P” another bulk carrier (189 metres long and 9.96 draught) with 30.516 tons of soybean by-products grounded in a bank of sand and mud at kilometre 390 of the Parana River, where it remained stuck for over a week in spite of all the tugs’ efforts.

Over a hundred vessels had to wait for that time, and shipments of wheat and other grains and oilseeds were paralyzed.

The development of Argentina and Uruguay and other countries from the region, producers of grains and oilseeds which are bulk transported in great volumes need of an efficient transport and freight system to remain competitive. Given the low unitary value of the cargo they are most vulnerable to the cost of maritime transport.

“These incidents are evidence of the limitations and challenges that navigation canals in the Parana River and the River Plate represent for the agriculture industry and need to be addressed on time”, said Alberto Tello, an official with the Rosario Maritime Centre.

The Martin Garcia canal is 9.75 metres deep and Argentina and Uruguay have agreed to dredge it to 10.40 metres, which has become the minimum depth for cargo traffic in the River Plate.

And what determines bulk carriers’ tonnage and size: one of the factors is the depths of the Panama Canal (12.5 metres) and the Suez canal (15 metres), and the most common vessel has been the Panamax (compatible with the Panama Canal)

However in two years time, August 2014 the ambitious expansion works of the Panama Canal will be ready and the Post-Panamax vessels will become king. Panama Canal locks depth will increase from 12.8 metres to 18.3 metres, which means more efficient and economic to run bulk carriers, and obviously with greater draught.

Currently significant delays in the port of Rosario and navigation operations along the Parana River are occurring, since vessels that finish their loading cannot set sail because of insufficient water level, and those in the Rio de la Plata cannot navigate and are waiting to be able to come up to the loading areas.

“Imagine the situation in a couple of years when the Panama Canal begins operating with 18 metres”, underlined Alberto Tello.

LINK, ..... http://en.mercopress.com/2012/01/31/shallow-canals-and-low-water-levels-obstruct-argentina-s-main-grains-terminal?login-fb=1?login-fb=1

Updated Information on Bob Frassinetti

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:24 -0200

Bob Frassinetti Occupation: art & antique dealer and journalist About Bob art and antique dealer: Updates on why I travel and ...... about myself, so at the moment I am researching all about cultivating Cactus Pear Fruit, and then processing it into Wine and / or Vodka! Vodka seems to have become an IN drink, specially if flavored from something more than potatoes or rice! So a bit more about me, and why I travel,....... I'm know as Bob Frassinetti, Enterpreneur in the World of art, art collecting and international antiques dealer as well as free lance journalist from Argentina, Buenos Aires, working on the web, writing both for pleasure and work on art, antiques and collectibles, in and on Buenos Aires, Argentina as well are neighboring countries, Chile and Uruguay. "I've written for several Travel Adventure, Art & Antiques Magazines on and off the web and have researched Toys made here in Argentina, as well as Travel Adventure from Route 40 and Lighthouse Adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific coast, following like always the Dakar Rally from 2009, 2010,2011, and again 2012! Join me now as we are “Building a Gallery Museum in the Province of Cordoba” Real Estate Investment in Art Bricks and Land, we are and have purchased Land for cultivating Cactus Pear Fruit, and then processing it into wine and Vodka, we are Building a Gallery Museum to Exhibit local Art and Artist as well as our exclusivity Art and Toy Museum Collection ........ Travelling for Art and Antiques" in all South America and I have been on line since 1996 . I work not only as a Travel Guide, been for many years in Lonely Planet Guide Books for Buenos Aires and Argentina,...... But as a living, Exporting Art and Antiques World Wide Living with art and antiques and travelling the south of South Amercia. Argentina, Chile and Uruguay San Telmo, Buenos Aires Argentina Argentina, South America Art and Antique Travel Guide by Bob Frassinetti Living with art and antiques and travelling the south of South Amercia. Argentina, Chile and Uruguay La Lucila, Buenos Aires B1637AZJ Argentina Hobbies: art,antiques,shows and flea markets,rally car adventure, travel along route 40 ruta 40 argentina, patagonia, walking, rally adventure tour Favourite places: travelling and writting about art or antiques and travel information as well as - Buenos Aires but will be travelling to New York and London soon so I will let you know if I change my mind. - The Big Island Chiloe, in Patagonia Chile full of myths and mystery - Ushuaia The end of the World - Anywhere in Italy really, especially Rome and Florence - Anyway and anytime in Paris, France - Patagonia Argentina - Iruya, North of Argentina or some where along Route 40 and in the Village of the Valley of Tulumba, the heart of Argentina, the Province of Cordoba, ......... So if you are interested in Art or Antiques, and you are travelling to Buenos Aires, or to other parts of Argentina, like Rosario, Entre Rios, Cordoba or Mendoza, please feel free to email me, I can help, from Guided Tours to Exporting Antiques and Art …….. and what about Collectibles and just to mention some like Advertising, Advertising Art, Architectural, Art Deco, Auto Parts, Badges, Banks, Beswick, Bottle, Bottle Openers, Bronze, Button, Calendars, Candy Containers, Carnival Glass, Chandeliers, Christmas, Coca Cola, Corkscrews, Elvis Presley, Ethnic Art, Ethnic Toys, Fans, Fishing, Fishing Reels, Folk Art, Francisco Adaro, Furniture, Harmonica, Lamps and lightning items, the wild 60's and 70's, Garden Furnishing, Girl Scout, Glass Art, Glass Contemporary, Golf, Halloween, Inkwells, Insulators, Ivory, Japanese Woodblock Prints, Jewellery, Judaic, Kitchen, Knife, Lamps, Lighters, Lightning Rod , Majolica, Match Holders, Medical, Motorcycles, Rare Motorcycles and other Motorbikes made here in Argentina, Music, Napkin Rings, Nautical, Netsuke’s, Nutcrackers, Paintings, Liberato Spisso, born Buenos Aires, Argentina. 14 March 1903, Portrait Artist, Viski, Jean ( Janos ) 1891 - 1961, Old Car, Paper, Paperweights, Pens, Pencils, Pencil Sharpeners, Pepsi Cola, Perfume Bottles, Pewter, Phonographs, Photography, Postcards, Posters, Prints, Radio, Railroad , Records, Steam Tractor, Scientific Instruments, Sewing, Sheet Music, Silver, Souvenirs, Sports, Stero Cards, Stereoscopes, Telephones, Television, Tools, Toys, "The Buenos Aires Toy Museum. Argentina", or a Tractor, Typewriters, Watch, Weapons, Weather Vanes, Wood Carvings, Wooden, World's Fair, to say Vito Campanella. Bob Frassinetti: For more information: Email: Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go back to web blog:Daily Updates on Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as travel information for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti. Updated 2012 Copyright Bob Frassinetti, travelling for arts and antiques in the south of South America,.......

Argentina, South America Art and Antique Travel Tour

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:00:11 -0200

And Pay using Pay Pal

About Art and Antique Dealer, by Bob Frassinetti, a guide to art, antique and collectibles in Buenos Aires and around all Argentina, dealer, curator, and developer as well as a free lance journalist from, working on the web, writing both for pleasure and work on art, antiques and collectibles, as well are neighboring countries, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. "I've written for several Travel Adventure, Art & Antiques Magazines on and off the web and have researched Toys made here in Argentina, as well as Travel Adventure from Route 40 and Lighthouse Adventures along the Atlantic and Pacific coast, Dakar Rally 2009, 2010 and for a 3erd time, 2011, curator and developor-investor in the Building of a Gallery Museum in the Province of Cordoba, a unique Real Estate Investment here in Argentina. Travelling for Art and Antiques" and I have been on line since 1996

Living with art and antiques and travelling the south of South America. Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay

Buenos Aires 2012

Argentina

Buy on line on eBays affiliate here in Argentina and other South America countries, using MercadoLibre.

Bob Frassinetti Arts and Antiques Team Procedure & Fees

Welcome! We buy items on MercadoLibre in all South America auction sites/online shops on your order. All you have to do is to tell us what you want, where it is and we will do all the work for you. Enjoy exploring for rare items in South America!

Procedure:
Please send us an email with the website link of the item (either on auction sites or on regular online shops) and the maximum price you are willing to pay for the item. We will try to get the item for you. If we get the item successfully, we will ask you to pay for the fees (commission, and cost of the item). As soon as we confirm your payment, we will contact the seller. We'll let you know the cost of the shipment (international either local mail, to Fed Express UPS or even direct Air Freight or Cargo) an aprox before purchasing the item. Pay for the shipment. And the item is on the way!

Fees:
Commission: go from as low as 5% to a 10%, 20, 30% of the item price and up, all depends what?s its cost, it?s not the same work to buy you a trading card to buying you an Old Steam Engine or a Vintage Car or Motorcycle or even a condominium in Buenos Aires, Punta del Este or Villa de Tulumba?.

The actual cost: the item, plus domestic shipment (by whatever means available and recommended), and plus then international shipment (converted into US dollar or the Euro, using our specified exchange rate). More Information email us, Bob Frassinetti and the Buenos Aires Art and Antique Team.

Contact me for more infromation, Bob Frassinetti.

MercadoLibre.

Buy on line on eBays affiliate here in Argentina and other South America countries, using MercadoLibre.

Bob Frassinetti Arts and Antiques Team Procedure & Fees
Welcome! We buy items on MercadoLibre in all South America auction sites/online shops on your order. All you have to do is to tell us what you want, where it is and we will do all the work for you. Enjoy exploring for rare items in South America!
You can either follow the Dakar 2013 Rally Tour with me or Travel for Art and Antique Travel Adventure any Time of the Year!

Dakar 2013 to Art and Antique Travel Adventure around Argentina

This ad is for " 2 or 3 other fellow travellers " for a travel adventure of a life time, DAKAR 2013, I?m organizing a unique travel adventure trip down here in South America for only Adventuress People!??.. up to 3 other travellers apart from myself, the idea is starting out in Buenos Aires and travelling towards Chile, following as close as possible the Dakar January 2013 Rally and at the same time seeing the Pampas, the Andes Mountains crossing over to Santiago de Chile and then we can either go south to the Big Island of Chiloe, back across to Argentina,

Or we can travel Via Esquel, seeing and travelling on trains, crossing lakes and bays, on paved and unpaved roads, hunting antique tractors, buying art and antiques and sleeping in small towns and villages some times in top notch boutique hotels other time in down and out places????. the idea is to have a total adventure in places I have already travelled to and others that I?m not familiar with. All this for an adventure that could well turn out to be a drive of a life time, we would be travelling in a 4 wheel drive vehicle, 4WD this is a good on and off road vehicle?... so far the idea is still being worked on, so its subject of change, all I wanted to check out is if there are any possible candidates who would be willing to accompany me and at the same time we would or could be documenting the trip for deferent purposes. Anyway, I have worked out some kind of cost for the trip, it?s based on a daily rate per person, this doesn?t include any extra expenses but only the use of the vehicle (included running costs) and insurance, it would be US $250 per person per day of adventure, minimum days 7, calculated on a base of 3 passengers.If we start in January we can also follow he Dakar Rally 2013 Trail and from Chile not go south

Also. so, ..... North to Bolivar!All other expenses; from trip down, to Buenos Aires and back home, from food lodging here and on the road and all person expenses all the way to medical costs if any, all , and each expense for each person, apart, are to be paid by each of the individuals doing the trip, and you can do this threw your local travel agent or any way you feel fit in doing it. There are some risks involved so its best only to do trip if you are in good health and to let me know of anything beforehand ....... .

By the way the Dahkar 2012 startedin Mar Del Plata this Year, so I am not sure where it will start next year, so plans witll change as the route will,.... .Please feel free to contact me and ask your question, or you can chat with me in our office in Buenos Aires, using Yahoo Instant Messenger ID ( artdealer_ar ) or MSN Messenger ID: ( bob-frassinetti ) ICQ ID ( 78541000 ). Bob Frassinetti, Art Collector and Design Antique Dealer

The Buenos Aires Toy Museum
Topic: Donate
Donate in the Buenos Aires Toy Museum Funds by Fundacion para el Arte en Villa del Valle de Tulumba" "Doña Eva Staub de Rona Eva Staub de Rona" here in Argentina. Bob Frassinetti: For more information: Email: Bob Frassinetti. Press here for the Donation Link:Donate to the Buenos Aires Toy Museum Funds by Fundacion para el Arte en Villa del Valle de Tulumba" "Doña Eva Staub de Rona Eva Staub de Rona" here in Argentina., Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti When you purchase ( or donate funds ) on any item at the Buenos Aires Toy Museum all profits are invested in the development of the Museum. When buying a toy from our Toy Museum you're not only buying a bit of the History of Argentina, but also contributing to the conservation of vintage and antiques toys, and to furthering the museum's research project on Argentine toy industries and to rescue valuable items for forget and the pass of time. Thank you for helping us to keep on developing this fantastic project! The Buenos Aires,

Austin J40 Pedal Car for Peron

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:08:04 -0200

Austin J40 Pedal Car Argentina

Austin J40 Pedal car

Museo Eva Peron

White Austin J40

About the Austin Pedal Car J40, .... Bob Frassinetti Austin pedal cars were made in England by Austin Motor Company Limited. Available models were the Junior Forty (J40) and the Pathfinder. The J40 Roadster was based on the 1948 A40 Devon and Dorset. The Pathfinder Special was based on the Jameison OHV 750 Austin Seven racing car of the late 1930's. From the sales brochure for the Austin J40 Pedal Car: "Austin J40 cars are made in a specially constructed factory at Bargoed in South Wales. Here, in good conditions with the guidance of an experienced rehabilitation officer and under the supervision of a doctor, disabled Welsh miners are able to find a new interest in life and do a job of work that is both useful and congenial. There are employment facilities at this factory for 250 men." The pedal car factory opened on July 5, 1949 and was called the Austin Junior Car Factory. It was actually paid for by Government funds and it was run on a not-for-profit basis and purely for the employment of the disabled coal miners. The factory had a floor area of 24,500 square feet and was tooled up by the Sheet Metal Planning Department. Production started of with the Pathfinder and it was planned to build 250 a week, but unfortunately this figure was never reached. After a year the Pathfinder was dropped and was replaced in 1950 by the J40. The cars were made from scrap off-cuttings of metal from the Longbridge Austin motor car factory and were built and painted the same way as the motor cars themselves. The J40 was a very well equipped toy of excellent quality and was probably the best pedal car on the market at the time. It featured real working headlights and horn, detachable wheels with Dunlop pneumatic tires, real like facia panel and leather cloth seating. It had an opening bonnet and boot and also a lot of good quality chrome, namely both bumpers, hub caps, grille, boot handle, and center bonnet moulding with the Flying A ornament. It was later dropped because of a change in the law. It was claimed people could injure themselves on the mounted bonnet badges if they rolled on to the front of a car. The J40 sold for 27 pounds plus 6 pounds added purchase tax, while the Pathfinder cost 20 pounds plus 5 pounds purchase tax. At the time the average working man would have to save 2 or 3 weeks full wages to buy a J40. The J40 was primarily intended for the American market but it also established its own export markets in Denmark and Canada. The Austin pedal cars eventually were to be found in homes around the world. The Austin pedal cars were used for many purposes. They were used to teach road safety to school children and appeared in many road safety films. Pedal cars were fitted to roundabouts at fairs. These cars had two steering wheels and did not have any pedals. Some were single-mounted on coin-operated rides. Some pedal cars were later converted to gas engine power. Some of the gas-powered cars had the bodies "stretched" to make room for taller drivers. There was a total production of 32,098 Austin J40 pedal cars. Production stopped in September 1971. The factory was later used to make parts for the 'A' Series motors. The Bargoed Plant closed down on April 30, 1999 - 'A' series rocker covers were still being produced alongside other small pressings for Rover Group products.

« previous | next »

View Full-Size Image

Austin J40 Pedal car

Austin J40 Pedal car, this one donated to the President J D Peron in the 1950s,.....original one of a kind!

And I will be conducting business as usual on line from my Summer Office 2012 here in Buenos Aires, . For more information on our Art & Toy Museum Gallery Aprtments, please contact me either direct by email or mobile phone 011 15 4475 3983. Or international calls 054 911 4475 3983 Meantime, ............... Read daily Up Dates on Art and Antiques for Buenos Aires, Argentina http://www.frassinetti.bizArgentina also exports antiques over 100 years old with the help of Bob Frassinetti Read all about the South of South America, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay on this link. Updated and new web site, The Buenos Aires Toy Museum, Argentina www.the-ba-toymuseum.com Chat some more soon, ................................ Bob Frassinetti.

Guide to Art / Antiques + Bricks / House Boats + Land / Water / River Side Real Estate Argentina

Carnival in the City of Buenos Aires 2012

Bob Frassinetti

Carnivals in the City od Buenos Aires 2012The 2012 Series of the Carnival of the City of Bs. As. will take place from February 4th until February 26th, and it will present more than 120 street bands that will perform throughout the City.........

Travel Guide Apps for Android, .....Travel all Argentina

Travel Buenos Aires and all Argentina

Story of the Old Route 40

The Old Route 40, started in Kilometer 0 in the heart ......

Information from Newspapers here in Argentina

Route 40 Argentina and Information

Today's Weather

From Parana to Tigre, Delta Argentina

Great variety of resources & productive activities

Traditional productive activities in the Delta

Big-scale economic activities

Water, water, water, .....

Shallow canals and low water levels obstruct Argentina’s main grains terminal

Updated Information on Bob Frassinetti

Argentina, South America Art and Antique Travel Tour

And Pay using Pay Pal

Buy on line on eBays affiliate here in Argentina and other South America countries, using MercadoLibre.

Bob Frassinetti Arts and Antiques Team Procedure & Fees

MercadoLibre.

Buy on line on eBays affiliate here in Argentina and other South America countries, using MercadoLibre.

Bob Frassinetti Arts and Antiques Team Procedure & Fees

You can either follow the Dakar 2013 Rally Tour with me or Travel for Art and Antique Travel Adventure any Time of the Year!

Dakar 2013 to Art and Antique Travel Adventure around Argentina

Austin J40 Pedal Car for Peron

Carnivals in the City od Buenos Aires 2012

The 2012 Series of the Carnival of the City of Bs. As. will take place from February 4th until February 26th, and it will present more than 120 street bands that will perform throughout the City.........