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Solved - NEH 4820: Bizzarrini Europa GTS 2.0 one-off
« on: August 10, 2016, 07:30:24 AM »
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Re: NEH 4820
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2016, 08:47:46 AM »
Bizzarrini GT Europa 1900, pobably Opel powered although early versions had a Fiat twin cam,

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Re: NEH 4820
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2016, 10:10:29 AM »
Bizzarrini GT Europa 1900, pobably Opel powered although early versions had a Fiat twin cam,

I'm afraid it's not quite as simple as that..
You've got the base car of course, but you'll need to dig into it a bit to find out exactly what this is and what it's powered by.
I'll lock it for you for 24 hours to see if you can find the answers.
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Re: NEH 4820
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2016, 12:39:47 PM »
Thought I was a bit too easy....its the 1970 Bizzarrini GTS Europa originally bought from the factory as a bodyshell, and subsequently fitted with mainly special parts to make it into this one off Spyder. The key ingredient was the Ferrari Dino 206 v6 engine with transmission from the Fiat Dino 2400.


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Re: NEH 4820
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2016, 04:16:04 AM »
That's the car, yes.

Here's the material put out by the sellers:

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This history begins in November 1970, when the owner, first and current, went in Livorno at Bizzarrini Prototipi – at the time selling-off company - and bought two 1900 GT Europa bodies. This model, designed and developed by Ing. Giotto Bizzarrini, should have been the entry level model, beneath the bigger 5300 GT Strada. Bizzarrini sold only twelve 1900 GT Europa cars because the factory was in bad conditions, and in few monyhs became bankrupt. Most of the 25/30 chassis remained in the production line, uncompleted, were knocked out by the unpaid workers. The current owner of the car, at that time 26 years old, bought two cars with few components installed, but not damaged.

The will of the owner was to mount complete the cars with Alfa Romeo mechanic; during the years, his craftman activity didn’t allow him to finish quickly the building of the Bizzarrinis, but they always remained in his mind; he studied, designed, tried, re-tried, changed and found many improvement from the original model. This 1900 GT Europa, renamed “GTS” – where S means Spyder – had been completed in more than 40 years: the same solution was exprimented by Mr. Bizzarrini for the one-off 5300 SI Spyder.
 The open top is just one of the specs. Here the main mechanical features: Dino Ferrari 206 engine with more than 200 hp (originally 180 hp), longitudinal transmission with limited-slip differential from Dino 2400, Girling brake system with rear onboard discs; suspensions are tailor made, using original hub casting with Tecno dampers and arms.

Many special parts were specifically built by the owner for this car as the whole interior, the exhaust system, the wheels, the fuel tank and the side glasses without frames. Then, the front hood, the wider wheel arches and tens of accessories custom-made which come togegher with the car: the toolbag, the keyholder, the hidden fire extinguisher or the silver key.
 Compared with the 1900 GT Europa, on this car front and rear bumpers have been removed; rear lights are now larger and integrated with the body; from the bottom two big inox exhausts come out, developed for this engine mounted, which can be used with or without silencers.

Apart from the second chassis built by the owner and recently sold, this car is the only single-owner remained: the car comes with the original invoice of the chassis, of the original spare parts and of the Dino engine; it is Registered a the international ISO-Bizzarrini international club and is also shown into many books dedicated to the Italian Car Company based in Livorno.
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So there you have it.  A very nice little car.

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