Sold | 1968 Fiat-Abarth SS Scorpione-Fiat 1000 GT / Francis Lombardi Registration no. not registered with DVLA Chassis no. 141/0049

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1968 Fiat-Abarth SS Scorpione-Fiat 1000 GT / Francis Lombardi Registration no. not registered with DVLA Chassis no. 141/0049

United Kingdom • 20 Jun 2015

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This 1968 Fiat-Abarth SS Scorpione, a Francis Lombardi variant, hails from the Maranello Rosso Collection. While boasting attractive, streamlined coachwork and a tuned engine, it requires assessment to determine its mechanical and cosmetic state after years of preservation.

Condition

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The car is described as being part of the Maranello Rosso Collection, suggesting it has been preserved for many years. It comes with documentation indicating it was once registered, implying it may not be in perfect, road-ready condition currently. The saleroom notices indicate a Francis Lombardi variant with a Fiat 850 Sport drivetrain.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

141/0049

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RHD/LHD:

LHD

The Carrozzeria Francis Lombardi company in Italy produced a small, rear-engined sports car on a Fiat 850 base from 1968 until 1962.

Its rather attractive, streamlined coachwork was styled in-house by Giuseppe Rinaldi and during its production life the model was also marketed as the OTAS 820, as a Giannini, and as Abarth Grand Prix and Scorpione .

Its public debut had been made at the Geneva Salon of March 1968, and its shapely good looks – with its electrically raised and lowered headlights – attracted much favourable comment.

Apart from the engine cover and rear panel, the body panelling was all-steel, and the style had originally applied to a front-wheel drive Autobianchi A112 before being adapted by Lombardi to fit the Fiat 850 floorpan.

Carlo Abarth's first version was then unveiled at the 1968 Paris Salon .

It featured a tuned version of the Fiat 850 Sport Coupé/Sport Spider's enlarged 902cc engine – offering a claimed 52bhp – while a Scorpione SS variant would be added, fea...