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Old 04-17-2007, 05:43 PM
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Thanks Stu.
These information is coming from magazines printed in the states at the period where the things happened.
To my knowledge there was 2 official Abarth Alfa Romeo. The 2000 pictured in the post and the Abarth Bertone 1000 from 1958, and the unofficial 750 Competitzione Boano where Abarth build the chassis. To that is the thing he offered as parts for 1900 and Giulietta of assessories, and ad to what he did on customers orders.
Abart had one main big failure, for us that has an historic interest, he didn't register anything of what he made or did.
Does anybody know this magazine Sports Cars. It is stated that he ordered 10 Abart cars with bored out Giulietts power plant, could be to 1500 ccm.
This Tony Pompeo, does anybody remember him.
I am very familiar with Tony Pompeo. He was the biggest importer of etceterini in the US in the early 1950s and had big dreams, many which never came true. I understand he was also a poor businessman and connected to the American mafiosi. There is an article on him in one of the issues of Automobile Quarterly; about 4 years ago..
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