Fiat Abarth 750 GTZ
Carl Abarth bored out the 633cc 4-cylinder engine to 747cc and tuned it to 42bhp for the Fiat Abarth 750. A special model was then built with a Zagato body as the Fiat Abarth 750 GTZ which was built on the Fiat 600 platform. The 750 GTZ was launched at the 1955 Salon di Torino. The GTZ had a top speed of 90mph and 600 were sold from 1959. After disagreements with Elio Zagato, Carl Abarth developed the 750 GTZ with a twin cam engine and the body evolved by Sibona and Basono into the Bialbero 700 and 1000 models.
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ - badge on wing
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Fiat Abarth 750GTZ - Carrozzeria Zagato badge on wing
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Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Monza 1959 - badge on b-pillar
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ, with Zagato coachwork. American export models had open headlamps
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Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Monza 1959. The 750 Record Monza was an evolution of the 750GT. Presented at the 1958 Paris Salon.
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ, with Zagato aluminium coachwork and built on a Fiat 600 chassis the tuned coupe was a lot faster than the Fiat 600. Most 750 GTZ were sold to America, and they got a softer version without faired in headlamps and with more comfort and less performance.
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ, with Zagato coachwork and powered by Abarth's own 747cc sohc version of the Fiat 600 engine. The 'double bubble' roof is evident in this view
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Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Monza 1959. Built on the Fiat 600 chassis, the 750 Record Monza was an evolution of the 750GT with a new dohc cylinder head for the 747cc engine.
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Fiat-Abarth 750 Record Monza 1959. Presented at the 1958 Paris Salon, the 750 Record Monza had a revised body by Zagato including triple rear windows.
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Fiat Abarth 850 TC. in 1960 an 847cc Fiat Abarth 850TC was produced, homologated for 1000 produced in 1961 and successfully raced.
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ, with Zagato coachwork. Only the floorpan remains of the original Fiat 600 in this Zagato coupe. Carlo Abarth engaged Elio Zagato to design an aluminium body for the Abarth 750 and contracted him to produce all the cars before he got paid!
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Fiat Abarth 750 1959 GTZ, with Zagato coachwork. Although Zagato had used the 'double bubble' roof on the earlier Fiat Otto Vu, it was made popular by the faster selling Abarth 750 GTZ. It has been claimed that the Abarth got a bubble roof because the coupe was so low that extra headroom was needed.
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