Came across this in a Cobra Forum

A real beauty - mid engined VW Chassis based





http://s1143.photobucket.com/user/jmcbigbelly/media/fiatabarathside1000greatpic_zpsb6ca17ed.jpg.html




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Lovely cars, watched a few Abarths go through the Goodwood Revival auction a month or so back.

If its an original there's about zero VW beetle gone into it.....



[Edited on 19/11/14 by MattD]

According to this that is an original.

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This vehicle is an Abarth Barchetta Tubolare. It has a hand-made aluminum tubular frame and was a very successful race car. In 1965 alone, Abarth and their performance cars won almost 900 races.

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Dear father christmass........
the pics of the chassis look like a corvette so nothing to do with the original work of art

Yes - original not VW based but below is what I am talking about.

http://www.clubcobra.com/forums/all-cobra-talk/131566-cobra-kit-based-vw-2.html

About half way down the thread - a poster has the moulds from an original car that can be made to fit a VW chassis adapted as per an American Crusader that was based on a Formula Vee concept and a modified Abarth body. It seems like he is willing to sell bodies.

That's a thing of beauty

Phwoar

Something that Red and that Italian deserves gold wheels

Cheers

Fred W B

That is a thing of beauty.

Some more about it

http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/414916,17223,0,0/photo.aspx


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Originally posted by Fred W B
Something that Red and that Italian deserves gold wheels

Cheers

Fred W B

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