Coys Auction - Automoto D‘Epoca
Padova Fiera
Padova, Italy
Saturday 24th October 2009
Admission by catalogue only - admits two
Registration Number: EU registered Chassis Number: 1562064-1461
Carlo Abarth needs no introduction, this Austrian born engineer who transferred to Italy early in his career was the absolute master in the construction of FIAT derived racing cars. The victories of his cars are measured in the hundreds and his small capacity cars often out powered the big Ferrari sports prototypes hence the nickname: Giant killer. The largest production series were based around the FIAT 600 and 500 production sedans . They were sent to Abarth for their rework and subsequently sold as FIAT Abarths with individual Abarth chassis numbers which were preceded by the original FIAT number. Cars could be ordered for road use or strictly for racing. Chassis 1461 presented here was originally road based but incorporates many of the modifications used on the out and out racing ca