Real Abarth?

[Europa]

http://www.motorbase.com/classifieds/vi ... =9;pager=1



In 1971 the Abarth factory prepared the BS1 Fiat 124 spiders for European and International rallying.
This ex-Swiss BS1 has been built to gruppe 4 FIA specs.Abarth features include bonnet,seats,hardtop with perspex,exhaust,camshafts,twin weber IDFs,suspension,limited slip diff,carellos,steering wheel,battery relocation,radiator and oil cooler,6" cromodoras.Extras include 6 point FIA Sparco rollcage,lowered seats,electronic ignition,gearbox sump,retrotrip and 5 new tyres.
The rebuilt and worked 1756cc motor showed 140 BHP on the dyno (Abarth stradale was 128 BHP).
Recent history since rebuild includes trips from Amsterdam to the Silver flag hillclimb in Italy (competitor),World Abarth meet France (competitor),Schevineningen-Luxembourg Fiva rally (competitior) and Classic LeMans (spectator).
The car is FIA eligble and has FIVA papers and Dutch registeration.
22,000 Euros/21,500 GBP

[RJ80]

I'm going to say 'nope' on this one. There are lots of correct and incorrect bits on the car, either of which could have been added at any time. But the real Abarths were CSA series cars, based on CS1s not BS1s and had independent rear suspension. I do believe that a few cars were prepped for rallying before the actual Abarth production run began and retained the non-irs rear end -- so I suppose this could be one of those. In that event, it has been updated with later CSA Stradale components that are incorrect for the early rally-prepped versions (but do look nice!).

Overall my guess is that this is a nicely-prepped BS1 that is more of a 'tribute car' than anything else. Looks like fun though!

[manoa matt]

If you had a real Abarth spider would you take the Abarth badges off it? Look at the badging on the white car's fender in the last picture.

The door panels and center console give it away as a clone. Real abarth spiders had very simple door panels with no arm rest. The center console was removed and replaced with carpet.

Looks like he has Jason Miller's adjustable cam gears.

[Snoopy]

Looking nice...
I think it is a 124 BS (for) Rallye with some Abarth an other parts.

[stefhahn]

Well,

it could be an original Abarth-prepared pre-CSA BS-1 (see corresponding thread in the performance area) - look at this picture of Trombotto/Enrico at the rallye Elba 1971 - not that far away:



ciao,
Stefan

P.S: I am chasing down some info on these cars currently but this takes some time

[lanciahf]

I think this is the same car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBkC7twJLYQ