The Spanish company Pegaso is well-known for its trucks, busses and tractors but many people don’t know that for a period of 7 years, the marque took a jaunt into the world of sportscar building – resulting in this, the Pegaso Z-102.
This beautiful little car is the only Saoutchik Cabriolet Pegaso Z-102 Series II ever made, the coachwork on the body is jaw-dropping from every angle and the factory model was fitted with a 165hp, 2,814 cc quad-overhead camshaft V-8 with a 2-barrel Weber carburettor implies that it also has the legs to make it a hell of a fun drive.
It was decided that the chassis, drivetrain and engine would all be built in house by Pegaso and then the rolling units would be shipped off to
coachbuilders to have bodies fitted – in the tradition of pre-WWII automakers. This one-off Z-102 Series II Cabriolet was built by Saoutchik and
was arguably the most beautiful of the 88 or so cars ever made by the company.
In 2013 this model went for $700,000 USD at auction.
Cut and paste this link on your browser to view it. https://youtu.be/S1R2KPRz_B8
Some links with information and photos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_-_Retromobile_2014_-_Pegaso_Z-102_Série_II_cabriolet_-_1954_-_001.jpg
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pegaso_Z-102
THIS BUILD
The body of this model is from the Pegaso Collection by Top Slot. It’s a highly detailed & finished resin body with a production run of only 300 worldwide. The model came with an MRRC Seabring chassis which didn’t work very well with this heavy 50+ gram resin body. I replaced the original chassis with a custom aluminum chassis and used my Dremel tool to carve out a lot of excess resin material under the hood, to give this model a chance at being a decently performing slot car. The following are some photos of the model and the aluminum chassis. White wall tires are Dart tires.
