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John, thank you for your comments. I appreciate that. I'm aware of what you're saying about mixing up cars and numbers in races and generally in history; this was "not uncommon"... to say the least.
As concerning *02028 I'm leaning towards what you're saying: "I am not sure that we are discussing a car with a period Zagato body".
I'm ordering the Giugno book, by the way.
For me, if *02028 is photographed in the 1959 Targa Florio with it's factory body, that would be the missing 'link' to say that this particular car wasn't converted in period, period. I wouldn't even dare to bet on the fact that Zagato did the conversion...!
But: all I know thusfar is the car's first owner. Is the Rome platenumber traceable to *02028 and can we be sure of this (are these facts(?) documented)?
Just some thoughts....
offtopic: do you run a website for your Italian Car Registry? Do you sell books or information or is this a hobby that got out of control?
I'm asking because the amount of information you've got (and are sharing) is amazing.
We were planning on doing an article on the Abarth 207a that's for sale with VDV in Brussels, but then I found an Excel sheet from your files (I believe it was on this website) and found out that this particular car (#002) had a bit of a strange history..
We also thought the SVZ to be a genuine sample... but after the photoshoot in june/july I'm still researching it...
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