• Recorded in John de Boer Registry • Imported into Italy circa 2002 • Present ownership since importation • Restoration completed in 2021 "The performance of FIAT engines, as modified by Carlo Abarth, has for long been held to verge on the supernatural." – John Bolster, Autosport magazine.

After leaving Cisitalia in 1948, Austrian-born engineer Carlo Abarth set up as an independent in Turin, the home of the Italian auto industry.

From producing induction and exhaust systems, Abarth branched out into selling performance kits for (mainly FIAT) production cars, later building a highly successful series of aerodynamically-stylish sports prototypes and limited-series production cars, many of which were produced in conjunction with Carrozzeria Zagato.

An innovative concern with a sporting pedigree second-to-none, Abarth was taken over by FIAT in 1971, becoming the Italian giant's competitions department.

One of Carlo Abarth's most successful series of GT cars was based on the FIAT 600, ...