04-17-2007, 12:30 PM
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Abarth Chassis
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Originally Posted by dretceterini
The car in the upper photo is an Abarth with an Alfa 1900 motor. There is a very similar looking Alfa 1900 Ghia. The chassis on the two cars are different.
Abarth, as far as I am aware, really had nothing to do with the C-52 Disco Volante or the later 6c3000-CM, also called Disco by some. They may have designed the exhaust system, as some standard Alfa 1900s had Abarth exhausts.
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Would Pat have covered that in his Abarth book? Not where I can pull it and look right now....I know we owned a Ghia bodied car, I think it was an Abarth, the one we got out of Gaithersburg, Maryland. I know it's pictured in one of his books, I suspect it's the Abarth book. Whether it's the same chassis you're describing or not I don't know; and it certainly doesn't look I either picture posted. It was a coupe and in my opinion, large and outright ugly.
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