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Olaf, some notes to your GTAm register:
*1531039* and *1531210* were listed in "Alleggerita" 1993
*1531231* and *1532265* were listed in "GTA" 1994
"GTA" had *1378479* instead of *1358479*, which must be a typing error
Tabucchi had an update to his GTAm listing in Ruoteclassiche no. 10, December 1996, I do not know much about it, but the number of cars were extended to 22.
The South African Chatz-GTAm is said to have gone to Angola in 1972, but the ex Peixinho GTAm is *1532346* LHD, a "local" RHD shell would never be Tipo 105.51. To my research the Chatz car was his GTA with 1900cc- or GTAm-engine that he sold to De Albuquerque and it was only co driven by Peixinho once. The Peixinho GTAm could be the Portugese's Sa Nogueira one, and later became Melo's car.
The Balduzzi replica for sale by Marcel Roks is *1530037*. I have searched in many race entries from the 1970s, but I never found the name of "Rochat" in a GTAm.
Same for the Coys' *2421455*, no Greek owner raced in Switzerland in the early 1970s to my knowledge.
The Brasilian ex Jolly Club GTAm is *1382607*, not a correct number
An Italian GTAm *1357933* is said to be original Autodelta, but has an AR00548 engine.
GTAm *1534912* was at the 1993 Monterey Auction, said to be "ex Facetti". Not a correct number
Fusi's production numbers starts the American GTV1750 Tipo 105.51 series in 1968 with chassis *1533201* and reaches to *1535675*, built in 1972. None of the known GTAms fit to his listing.
Tabucchi's "GTAm" lists *1530001* to *1531232* and *1532001* to *1532244*, and a total of 2476 produced cars. This would give 1000 cars more than chassis numbers, so there must be a typing error. The date of release ("uscita") do not specify the date of production (as GTV1750), the certificate of origin, or the date when the cars were sent/sold to Autodelta to be prepared to GTAm. *1530782* has the date 19691231, not a good date for production, but a good date for a contract.
Hull-Slater had 20 GTAm for 1970 and 20 for 1971, a total of 40 cars. This is not correct, because the GTAms were born as GTV1750s from 1969 onwards, and only transformed to GTAm later. Most of the cars were indeed transformed in 1970, and only a few in 1971/1972 according to Tabucchi.
It shows that many of the writers had not done deep research for their books.
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