German titleChassis No 136/0118- Extremely rare, less than 50 examples produced (and around 10 with a long nose) - Probably a factory car since new -

One of the last examples built - From a major German Abarth collection

As we can see from a copy of its original Italian Cronologico, this car was registered on the 26th of June 1965 bearing the number TO 721276 and in the name of ‘S.p.A Abarth’, Corso Marche in Turin, which suggests that it is a factory car.

It is one of the last Abarth-Simca 2000 GT cars manufactured and is fitted with a long nose featuring an integral bonnet, of which only about ten of the less than 50 produced are believed to have been fitted, according to John de Boer's 1994 book ‘The Italian Car Registry’. Factory-built Abarth-Simca cars competing in 1965 are rare and it is possible that this car was the one driven by Herbert Demetz on the 4th of July in the Bolzano hill climb, which he won ahead of another factory car, registered TO 705732. It could also be Deme...