Hello,

does someone know, how many Abarth Prototypes of the X1/9 were produced?
I have the information of 5 Cars, S/N 23001 to 23005, Number Plates TO L 65335, 65336, 65337, TO H 02940 and Prova TO 5099 (for Test in german "Autosprint" in 1991). I know that Macaluso ownes one original car, does someone know if the number plate is VC 420157? FAZA in USA offered a Strada-Version of this car, was it really produced by Abarth or is this a replica?
I am also interested in any information about Fiat X1/9 Dallara Group 5.

Regards, Alex

this car is now in the hands of Volta ,I have fotos form this car and normaly sold to Japan.For the Dallara see on forum events "nostalgie club" in ther museuim is a real car and the have a " info bank"   best regards guy

Hello Guy,

thanx for your reply. Who is Volta? Macaluso sold his car? I know, that he also ownes an original Dallara. I heard from an X1/9 Abarth Prototypo, standing in a Showroom of a car trader in Japan. Here some picture of the Strada-Abarth-X1/9:





I will send an E-Mail to nostalgia club, hope they will answer me. If you have pictures of a Protoypo, I would be very interested!

Best regards, Alex

four Volta ex worker fiat abarth cars see AUTO ITALIA link

Hello Guy,

do you mean the car at the Museo dell'Automobile 'Luigi Bonfanti'  http://www.carsfromitaly.com/bonfantiabarth/index.html?

Regards, Alex

this is one of his cars  I have fotos in the same time taken in his place

Prototipo photographs.

Have found a great site that has a pretty good collection of pictures of the cars (29 pictures in total).  These were used in Phil Ward's book.

You can download a self-extracting archive of these pictures from http://www.the-lair.demon.co.uk/pics.exe

Hope these are of use and interest, but the number plates of the cars were often changed/swapped over their life, as was often the case in an active rally department etc.

Regards

David Robey

Hello David,

thank you very much, this are great pictures! I have the book of Phil Ward, not all pictures from the file are from this book. I believe there are also some from Jeremy Walton's "Fiat X1/9".  But I don't have this... Do you know the owner of this X1/9 racing car?

@Guy: Would be interested in these fotos. Did you built up your X1/9 Abarth Replica by these pictures? It is an absolutely well done car and one of the best Replicas I've ever seen!

Regards, Alex

Hello Guy,

do you know the Adress of Mr. Volta? You can send me an E-Mail.

Regards, Alex

Nobody knows the Adress of Volta?
Here it is:

V O L T A * R A C I N G * T E A M
Via Rivoli, 98 - 10090 Rosta (TORINO)
Tel./Fax. 011-9541587
e-mail - r037@libero.it
web site - www.voltaracing.com

And the Adress of Alfred S. Cosentino:

FAZA
Box 1917
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Tel. 818-707-2301
e-mail faza.abarth@sbcglobal.net
web site www.fazaabarth.com

Regards, Alex

I' have collected many infos and pics about the X1/9 Abarth Prototipo until now, phoned with Al Cosentino, have got some contacts to Japan, Poland, Italy, Portugal,... You will find Most of my informations and storys about the car on my homepage //www.x19world.de/Abarth.

More about the Fiat X1/9 Dalla Groupe 5 Silouette Car and my own 2 X1/9's also on my homepage //www.x19world.de.

Regards, Alex