
04-30-2008, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 6c1750ss
Is this really a testa fissa car? Worldwide would have you believe that it is on the basis that a)Fixed head engines were only fitted to Gran Sports-(wrong,a few SSs had them fitted as well) b)All GSs were fitted with TF engines(wrong 100s of GSs were fitted with detachable head engines;only a handful got TF engines)and c)TF cars developed 102bhp and so does this one.I don't know whether this is a fixed head car or not but I do know that this is quite an odd way to promote this car.If it is the real thing surely that should be said directly and unequivocally; if it's not all the (incorrect) history about the Testa Fissa cars is irrelevant and misleading.
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Great thoughts, all. IMO, if the head and the block are intergral, and if they are original to the car, then it's a Testa Fissa. My understanding was that only about 8-10 cars were Testa Fissa's, and thus most GS's & SS's weren't. No reason why an SS Con Compressore couldn't have been fitted with a Testa Fissa engine...I am VERY sceptical of 102bhp, too!
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Last edited by Il Vecchio; 04-30-2008 at 07:46 PM.
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