The Baufer-Ford or Steven-Ford was a racing prototype designed and manufactured in Argentina by the defunct Baufer bodybuilder, and serviced by the preparer Horacio Steven to compete in Turismo Carretera.

Ford's objective was to fight and hunt these cars prepared in Alta Gracia, in order to recover the leadership lost in 1966.

[3] Paradoxically, a year later, Carlos Pairetti decided to hire Steven again to redesign this prototype, but in this case, equipping it with a Chevrolet 250 engine, giving rise to the Trueno Naranja, which won the 1968 title.

On this occasion, IKA decided to test a series of reforms on its flagship car covered by the new regulations, which would later give rise to the prototypes known as Liebre-Torino.

Chrysler had not presented major changes, however, the new regulations allowed Luis Rubén Di Palma to prepare his Chevrolet coupe with a Valiant IV engine.

Also, the Bellavigna brothers, who had disassociated themselves from the official team, were in charge of developing a model based on a Kaiser Brigantine and with a Chevrolet engine.

This car was made by the chassis driver Jorge Parodi, and received the name La Garrafa, due to its color and its sponsor ( AgipGas ).

Despite all this, Ford continued to rely on his old banners, including the Emiliozzi Brothers ' Galera and Eduardo Casa's El Tractor, runner-up the previous year.

Also, the official team had the development of the Falcon F-100, with Oscar Cabalén at the helm, who after having obtained a victory, showed up to run later with a Ford Mustang with an F-100 engine.

For their development, the structure was mounted on the chassis of a Ford T, which was reinforced to be able to withstand the demands imposed on it by the enormous power and weight of the 292 V8 engines.

The actions of the banderilleros in the first lap made Atilio Viale del Carril, who had taken the lead, park at the start to wait for the rest, then Copello and Vianini arrived, so they began to slow down.