Ivan
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 12:15 PM |
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Fiat Abarth - a beauty
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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MattD
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 12:39 PM |
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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]
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Stot
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 12:46 PM |
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According to this that is an original.
quote:
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.
Same guy driving it, looks like that photo was from the same event.
Cheers
Stot
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 02:05 PM |
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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 
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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Ivan
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 02:41 PM |
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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.
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TheGiantTribble
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 03:13 PM |
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That's a thing of beauty
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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 05:23 PM |
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Phwoar
If disfunction is a function, then I must be some kind of genius.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 06:26 PM |
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Something that Red and that Italian deserves gold wheels
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 19/11/14 at 07:52 PM |
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Lovely
That is a thing of beauty.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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Ivan
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| posted on 20/11/14 at 03:02 PM |
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Some more about it
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/414916,17223,0,0/photo.aspx
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Ivan
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| posted on 20/11/14 at 03:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Fred W B
Something that Red and that Italian deserves gold wheels
Cheers
Fred W B
You're absolutely right Fred
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