Author Topic: Solved - NEH 4139: Fiat-Abarth 1000 Spider Tubolare - 1961 (Read 1170 times)

Carnut · « **Reply #25 on:** July 29, 2015, 12:14:59 PM »

Quote from: frederick59 on July 29, 2015, 11:49:05 AM

Is it the Abarth 1000 SP that ran at 1969 Le Mans 24 hours?

It was built for Le Mans, but not in 1969.
Name is slightly different.. (Abarth 1000 ** ***** ********)

Carnut · « **Reply #26 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:44:41 AM »

Seems the Pro's are going to have to sort this one out then!

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #27 on:** July 30, 2015, 05:55:26 AM »

Abarth 1000 MC Sport Tubolare from 1962

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2015, 06:09:29 AM »

This name will fit your clue (Abarth 1000 ** ***** ********) and I found this name in my index.
Checking the source, (Abarth Catalogue Raissonnee), it appears to be this one, the MC:
Googling that name, I think I found your source, but I still think the MC is different.

Paul Jaray · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2015, 06:13:31 AM »

The puzzle car should be called 1000 Spider Sport, or Spider Tubolare, and had engines from 700 to 1000cc.

Carnut · « **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2015, 06:39:09 AM »

That is the name I was looking for, yes. It was For Sale and that's how it was described and was built for Le Mans. You'd think the seller would know what it was..

I dug a bit of information out about the car built for Le Mans which is reproduced below; I assume this is the same car but a lot of these names have been attributed down the years rather than by Abarth when the car was first made, I think. You'll note that in neither article do they actually mention a name for the car!

You seem to be right that the MC Sport Tubolare is a different car so I'll try to give it the correct name in the heading!