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A 1950 205A, one of the first Abarth cars. Carlo Abarth was sporting director of the Cisitalia racing team starting in 1947. [5] The following year, the manufacturer folded, and founder Piero Dusio flew to Argentina. Abarth, funded by Armando Scagliarini, [a] took over Cisitalia's assets and on 31 March 1949, Abarth & C. was founded in Bologna.
Fiat Abarth OT 1300 [1] Overview; Manufacturer: ... The Fiat Abarth OT 1300 is a series of successful Group 4 sports racing cars built by Abarth between 1965 and 1968 ...
"The Record Monza" was the most successful racing Abarth in the USA with the Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr Racing team, (Abarth cars winning over 700 races worldwide), including both Sebring with the 750 cc Bialbero engine and Daytona under-1,000 cc (61 cu in) races in 1959 widely believed to have had the first 982 cc (59.9 cu in) Bialbero engine.
Never before had Abarth had to manage a complete project; most of the time, he was “content” with preparing or modifying existing cars. The Abarth Simca 1300 GT is a car intended solely for motor racing produced by the Italian manufacturer Abarth in 1962, based on the Simca 1000.
The car uses a tubular steel frame chassis and a DOHC inline 4-cylinder engine; making 105 HP with a twin-shaft cylinder head, placed in a central position capable of pushing the car up to a maximum speed of 230 km/h (140 mph). This engine was equipped with two Weber 40 DCOE carburetors, while the lubrication was a wet-sump with a separate oil ...
Abarth Simca 1300 GT Abarth Simca 1300 GT rear. The Abarth-Simca 1300 was the first product born from the collaboration between Carlo Abarth and Simca.The negotiations between the two companies were mediated by the Austrian engineer Rudolf Hruska, who had previously worked with Carlo Abarth at Cisitalia in 1949 and was a technical consultant at Simca in the early 1960s.
Abarth received two complete 204 Spiders and two or three unfinished chassis in various states of completion; in total six 204A were built. [1] Abarth went on to develop several more cars derived from the Fiat 1100-based Cisitalia 204, following up with the Abarth 205A Berlinetta, Abarth 207A Spyder, Abarth 208A Spyder, and the Abarth 209A Coupé.
Abarth 2000 Sport (SE010) is an rear-engined racing car built by Italian car maker Abarth, which won its class at the 1000 km of Monza in 1971 and finished 11th overall. [4] It was homologated for FIA Group 4 on 1 April 1969 with homologation number 252, [ 2 ] and participated in a number of car races from 1969 to 1973. [ 5 ]