Author Topic: Solved - MJW #008 - Frabat-Abarth 1967 (Read 5517 times)

SeaLion · « **Reply #50 on:** October 12, 2010, 06:14:27 AM »

Congratulations to faksta!

Maybe it was called Frabat in one word? FRABAT T.G.A. - Tecnica Generale Automobilistica

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La FRABAT

Prototipo "FRABAT" - Auto da corsa costruita da Franco Battista a Firenze nel 1966. Cilindrata 1300 cc.

Beautiful car, I like it!

faksta · « **Reply #51 on:** October 12, 2010, 06:23:23 AM »

SeaLion, you're probably right, I've found the same source, seemingly relying on no one else than designer's knowledge, and it reads Frabat in one word.

woodinsight, I also don't like the perspective of BH for my puzzles - it means that hardly anyone will be interested in them.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #52 on:** October 12, 2010, 06:25:16 AM »

Great find!
I always thought at that car as an Abarth!

woodinsight · « **Reply #53 on:** October 12, 2010, 07:00:37 AM »

Thank you for the extra photographs - wonderful!
I think it probably is Frabat although I've also seen it as Fra.Bat and Fra-Bat.
I'll alter the title in the Solved Puzzles section.

woodinsight · « **Reply #54 on:** October 12, 2010, 07:03:17 AM »

Quote from: faksta on October 12, 2010, 06:23:23 AM

woodinsight, I also don't like the perspective of BH for my puzzles - it means that hardly anyone will be interested in them.

I'm sorry I don't understand what you mean

faksta · « **Reply #55 on:** October 12, 2010, 07:39:44 AM »

I meant that if the puzzle goes to the Black Hole, members rarely bother to solve them. I prefer to give more hints than to forward my puzzles to the BH section.

woodinsight · « **Reply #56 on:** October 12, 2010, 07:44:50 AM »

Okay - I see what you mean.
I recently took one of mine out of the BH for exactly the same reason.

Djetset · « **Reply #57 on:** October 12, 2010, 08:42:23 AM »

Thanks for this one; it's a great little car.

Sorry if my #216 and #182 puzzles are causing you to lose sleep, but I am also avoiding putting them in the Black Hole for the same reasons that you mention, as they may never be solved otherwise!

woodinsight · « **Reply #58 on:** October 12, 2010, 09:03:12 AM »

Don't worry Djetset - myself and I'm sure many others spend numerous sleepless nights dreaming about these!

dzima1985 · « **Reply #59 on:** October 17, 2012, 02:26:28 AM »

Frabat on the street:

woodinsight · « **Reply #60 on:** October 17, 2012, 02:42:36 AM »

Thanks for the extra photos Dzima.
I have added one more showing the car being driven at the same event.

Carnut · « **Reply #61 on:** October 18, 2012, 11:04:16 AM »

What a neat little car!

Carnut · « **Reply #62 on:** November 14, 2012, 10:05:56 AM »

More images not so far posted:

woodinsight · « **Reply #63 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:12:23 PM »

Thanks for those Carnut - I now have a full file of Frabat photos/information....

Carnut · « **Reply #64 on:** October 06, 2021, 09:12:53 AM »

What's this, for 1 point?:

Carnut · « **Reply #65 on:** October 20, 2021, 04:54:19 AM »

Experts?

ducamax66 · « **Reply #66 on:** October 20, 2021, 03:34:30 PM »

Frabat Abarth 1000 sp 1965

Carnut · « **Reply #67 on:** October 21, 2021, 07:33:33 AM »

Yes that's the right car, although I think it was constructed a couple of years later than that and there are sites that say it's based on an Abarth Simca 1300, though I'm not so sure about that. Maybe it had the Abarth 1300 engine, same as the Abarth Simca 1300s, although most concur that it was based on the Fiat Abarth 1000 SP Spider.
It's actually a repost of this:

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2010-38/solved-mjw-008-frabat-abarth-1967/msg118804/#msg118804

But I won't merge them at the moment as there's not picture in the first post which would come up as a thumbnail.

Here's the original of the puzzle photo:

Wendax · « **Reply #68 on:** October 21, 2021, 09:52:53 AM »

An alternative picture added to the old starting post and topics merged.

Carnut · « **Reply #69 on:** October 21, 2021, 02:45:37 PM »

Yes, I thought I might do that tomorrow...!

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Author Topic: Solved - MJW #008 - Frabat-Abarth 1967 (Read 5517 times)