Chassis No. 008

Engine No. 1166059

The Abarth Boano 207 A was Abarth & Co's first original racecar, created in partnership with renowned coachbuilder Felice Mario Boano. With coaxing from racecar driver Gino Valenzano and enigmatic Italian make importer Tony Pompeo, Abarth developed the 207 A to tap into the booming American sports car racing market and challenge Porsche and Lotus on track. The sleek open-topped 207 A debuted at the 1955 Turin Motor Show, exhibiting styling from renowned designer Giovanni Michelotti at Carrozzeria Boano. Underneath its body was a bevy of parts from the Fiat 1100, including the suspension and 1,089 cc motor. The inline-four sported Abarth's venerable tuning kit-its twin Weber carburetors and a custom exhaust header nearly doubling the power output of the Fiat four-cylinder. Perhaps the most noticeable feature was the side-exit Abarth exhaust pipes prominently displayed on both flanks of the 207 A's two-tone bodywork. It is widely believed that a mere 11 examples of the 207 A were built, alongside two one-off derivatives, the 208 A Convertible and 209 A Coupe, and all were sold in the United States through Tony Pompeo. The 207 A made its racing debut at the 1955 12 Hours of Sebring, and although it failed to finish, Abarth's first official racer paved the way for the scorpion-badged motorsport powerhouse of the following decades.

This 1955 Abarth Boano 207 A is finished in silver and red with matching red upholstery. It was delivered new to Tony Pompeo in New York alongside the rest of the 207 A run; originally finished in a two-tone blue livery. It is said to have raced locally in period by Durst and Hagstrom and was acquired by renowned Connecticut-based Alfista Keith Goring in the 1980s. It was subsequently acquired by David J. Walmsley of Malibu, California, and sold in January 1988 to Franco Lombardi of Genoa, Italy, who immediately commissioned a full cosmetic and mechanical restoration of the retired racecar. Acclaimed racecar restorer Gabriele Terzi finished refreshing the Abarth's mechanicals in 1990, sourcing parts from the Fiat 1100 and additionally fitting the car with a "sports" cam and Formula Junior steel rods and crankshaft for a gentle power increase. The 207 A's bodywork had been retained in good condition and many hard-to-source parts came with the vehicle, and, as a result, Gianni Torelli was able to preserve much of the Abarth's cosmetics during his restoration, which concluded in 1992. The car was painted in its current silver and red livery, as suggested by Gino Valenzano as Carlo Abarth's supposed preferred color scheme. The owner also had a removable passenger windshield made to complement the wrap-around driver-only windshield and registered the car for road use. It was driven on two vintage Italian historic road rallies before being offered for sale publicly in May 2003. The car remained in the Firenze region of Italy until going via a private sale through Alessandro Bruni to its current owner in 2018, joining a celebrated collection of other high end vintage automobiles. The current owner showed the car at an international Abarth meeting at Savigny-les-Beaune in Burgundy in 2019 where it won a special award for the quality of the restoration and the rarity of the model.

This Abarth 207 A is offered today as an exceptionally rare opportunity to own one of just 11 examples ever built and an important milestone in Abarth & Co.'s competition design history, with striking bodywork from Michelotti at Boano. Abarth 207 A chassis number 008 is not only a collector's gem but also a highly unique and thrilling entrant for prestigious races and road rallies worldwide.