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abarth cars - community => fiat abarth 750 GT zagato series => Topic started by: guy moerenhout on July 10, 2007, 11:51:49 PM

Title: NARDI ABARTH 750 spider
Post by: guy moerenhout on July 10, 2007, 11:51:49 PM
Ihave Never see this and dont now the model but it was looking real and all bits where on??????????????????,
Title: Re: NARDI ABARTH 750 spider
Post by: viotti600 on July 27, 2007, 10:51:16 AM

An interesting find! ;)

This car looks very much like a modified Abarth 210A, with body designed/built by Boano in 1955. The only differences I see on this car are no chrome bumpers, a slightly different engine lid & tail design (with different taillights), and the front nose cone has been chopped off & an Abarth 750 "grille" installed.

The front half of the car, the windshield & the interior look nearly identical to the 210A. Photos of the 210A that can be used for comparison can be found in the recent book "Abarth - the man, the machines" by Luciano Greggio (Giorgio NADA Editore), on pages 105 & 120.

Did you get any photos of the engine of this car?


-JS.
Title: Re: NARDI ABARTH 750 spider
Post by: guy moerenhout on July 27, 2007, 10:56:50 AM
sorry ,no and I was on holyday
Title: Re: NARDI ABARTH 750 spider
Post by: viotti600 on July 27, 2007, 11:01:27 AM
Aha! More details discovered...

In the photo of the yellow Zagato Spider (see photo below), I can see the side of this "Nardi" car more clearly. It is NOT a Nardi car. I can definitely see the Boano crest & chrome script emblem on the driver-side front fender between the wheel opening & the front edge of the door (directly down below the blue decal). I can also see the large square chromed grille (for air intake to the engine bay) on the driver-side rear fender between the rear edge of the door & the rear wheel.

I believe this is a modified Abarth 210A - a very rare car! ;)

-JS.
Title: Re: NARDI ABARTH 750 spider
Post by: viotti600 on July 28, 2007, 01:21:26 PM
Here is a photo of the production version of the Abarth 210A Spider (shown with early Abarth 750 Berlinas):