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Old 05-27-2007, 01:09 PM
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Abarth Chassis
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Originally Posted by dretceterini View Post
Ok, the car IS the 1953 Abarth/Ghia 1100...but I never knew Pat owned it. Pat identifying is as an A205 is incorrect. The only A205 is the Vignale bodied car, which I posted a link to a photo of it earlier in the thread.

I am trying to find where the Abarth/Ghioa 1100 is now, as I understand Norb McNamara sold it before the restoration was finished. I last saw the car at Concorso Italaino in 1998, and the restoration was about 50% done.

The car just above the CEAT tire ad is one of the versions of the Abarth A204 spider.
In an attempt to add clarification to those reading this thread who may not have read the other referenced thread below, I hope this may help explain why and how Pat identified the Abarth, Ghia-bodied car we owned as he did, I've transferred the following post from the thread shown below:

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dealing with other "Italian Cars." While the identification and categorization may be considered incorrect or suspect by some, I feel that when the process to determination is considered with the data available Pat's designation was not totally incorrect because the car was identified by the 205 chassis that the car was actually built on. Ftr, I see no indication that Pat identified this questioned car in the text as an A205 as Stu indicates above in his post, only that it was identified as a 205.

If I've coded it correctly you should also see the original poster's signature. Thank you, John, for your help in clarifying how the designation was arrived at for this Ghia-bodied Abarth.

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Originally Posted by iicarJohn
With apologies to Norb McNamara ...
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I have received credible information from "Pat Braden" that the "Abarth 103" Ghia car did indeed have an Abarth "205" chassis number assigned to it. Thank you, Cheryl! I should have known this all along, I suppose, as it was recorded in the Pat Braden & Greg Schmidt Abarth book, but I overlooked it. The somewhat surreptitious manner in which Norbert McNamara shared the information with me made me doubt the veracity of his claim. That was a mistaken impression on my part. Sorry Norb! I have revised paragraph seven of the post #16 in this thread. It would seem that five cars received "205" chassis numbers and the "Abarth 103" was the fourth in the series, bearing chassis number "205-104".

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John de Boer
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