It's not a real Abarth 750 Berlina by any means, it just a rusted-out 600 with a few Abarth items stuck onto it (some incorrect).
It's unbelievable how people can miss even the simplest of clues on cars like this. Do buyers these days not do
any homework (research) on the car they're buying? And who pays $3800+ for THIS crap???
A few notables: The front grille
may be real (it has correct mesh pattern & surround shape, unlike the repro's), but it might be one of the plastic replicas that were available back in the late 1990's. Hard to tell because it's painted gray & held onto the car with 3 sheetmetal screws (ha). The front whiskers are all standard 600; the 2 large center whiskers should be different/larger on a 750. No "
fiat" script above the grille. No 750 swallow-wings hood ornament (nor the holes for it). Front fender emblems & scripts are
wrong; it actually has a large REAR script & a late 750GT (Zagato Double-Bubble) side emblem there on each side, instead. Besides being for a different car, the 750GT emblems are also 1959/60-on, post-dating this "1958" Berlina.
Dashboard has no hole/cutout for small Jaeger tachometer, & 70mph speedo is standard 600 (750 speedo has a higher mph rating). Steering wheel is late Fiat 124 Spider. No small Abarth shield emblem or script on right side of dash (nor holes for/from them). Stock 600 wheels/hubcaps, not 7-vent 750 type with spinner hubcaps.
It looks like there's a 4-into-2 type exhaust manifold & muffler still mounted, might be Abarth or Nardi (or aftermarket)? No engine? The front nose of the trans looks odd, more like a 600D (ie: no small brake drum visible). The poor photos don't help much...
The
MOST OBVIOUS item (to me) is the aged black/silver Abarth ID tag that's riveted onto the muffler-shield body panel, as shown here:
750 Berlina's didn't officially have this tag, & if it did, the tag was normally affixed with screws, not rivets (ala 850TC, 750GT, Record Monza, etc.). Though the stamped letters/numbers are fairly illegible in the photo, the seller notes that the ID tag reads:
Tipo 600 - 750B
No. Telaio 100 - 658235
No. Motore 100GBC-040 The
stamped number "
100GBC-040" refers to an engine
type, but it should be the actual
serial number of the 750 engine, instead. On top of that, "
100GBC.040" is the engine type code for a
1970-on USA-version Fiat 850 903cc engine, an engine which didn't yet exist when the 750 Berlinas were made back in the late 1950's. But Abarth supposedly stamped this plate back in 1958???
Shame on the seller for misrepresenting this car, but even more shame on the person(s) paying top dollar for it.
