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FIAT Abarth OTR 1000 Coupe For Sale (1967) | | |
| On offer is a genuine Fiat Abarth OTR 1000 coupe, fully restored, with only 9,800 miles and absolutely NO rust ever. With FIVA papers and easy re-import into the US, this highly desirable Group 4 racing car can lay claim to being the best of the ten known survivors.
Abarth & C. was formed in 1949. The company was very successful under Carlo Abarth’s leadership, receiving extensive support from FIAT. Abarth & C. was purchased by FIAT in 1971.
On 9 September 1965, Abarth launched the OTR 1000, derived from FIAT’s new 850 coupé, with a special “radiale” engine where the combustion chamber was formed by two intersecting spherical domes, one containing the inlet valve and the other the exhaust. The intention was to achieve the efficiency of the Abarth twin camshaft cylinder head without the complexity. The OTR engine was based on an Abarth modified FIAT 850 block.
This car was imported into the United States in 1967 by Abarth Sales Corp. It was raced from 1967 to 1970 by the first owner before he had an accident. The car was then stored, eventually coming to Australia in 1993. It sat in a shed on the Central Coast of New South Wales until purchased by the current owner in April 2005 who spent 18 months restoring it.
The car was stripped to bare metal and all panels straightened and repainted. All the missing bits and pieces were sourced from around the world. The engine was rebuilt by PBS and the head was fitted with hardened exhaust valve seats.
The car has since been featured in Australian Classic Cars magazine and has won awards at a number of car shows including Best of Show at the FIAT Club of NSW Concorso d’Eleganza in 2007, 2010 and 2012, and Best of Show at the FIAT Clubs of Australia National Meeting at Bathurst in 2008. It comes with a detailed history and the original owners manuals.
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