Joagar

Joagar was the name Joaquim Garcia, a musician, cabinetmaker and mechanic from Jaboticabal, São Paulo, gave to the cars he built in the 1950s. With no formal technical training, he designed and built internal combustion engines and several vehicles alone, all of them operational, without funding or material support from companies or governments. His first car, built in 1953, was a small two-seat convertible with a motorcycle engine, and its…