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Abarth Chassis
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Originally Posted by carlo
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  |
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"... year 1954, Abarth tried his hand on the current Alfa Romeo product--a 890-kg. (1958 lbs.), Ghia-bodied coupe with wrap-around windshield and 2-tone paint job. Dual weber carburetors were fitted in place of the stock downdraft Solex units and a top speed of 200 kph (123 mph) was claimed. A similar-looking, but Scaglione-bodied, 2-liter Renault Fregate-Abarth was shown in 1955."
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Last edited by Pat Braden; 04-18-2007 at 10:08 PM.
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