There has been an article about the Alfa-Abarth 1000 in "Het Klaverblaadje" #68.
Ben Hendricks wrote indeed that all Alfa-Abarth cars (he talks about two or three 1000cc cars) were crashed while testing. There have been tests on the Avus and Monza circuit.
The wreck (or the wrecks of two crashed cars) came to the local Alfa dealer in Berlin who later sold all remains to Luigi Colani who then designed a new body for the car. The Colani version is dated 1962.
The first versions of the Alfa-Abarth were designed by Franco Scaglione who worked at Bertone in these days.
The Colani version went into the hands of Peter Kaus who maintained the Rosso Bianco Collection that has recently been sold to Holland
About the Abarth Ferrari....you are of course right
I wasn't aware that this car was a topic in the Ferrarichat.
Best regards
Ciao Carlo
