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cars in museum => Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS => Topic started by: guy moerenhout on February 12, 2013, 11:30:05 am

Title: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on February 12, 2013, 11:30:05 am
a very rare Abarth Scorpione SS  now in .
Have  his  special engine  with  2 Weber 40 DCOE and the special gearbox.
Body work (heavy like on al Francis Lombardi) is started
Car  was goldmetalic and after this painted in JPS  colors ,mayby you now the story ?
Title: Re: Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on February 22, 2013, 11:36:54 am
rusty parts away and new on
I sold this car more than 15 years ago and  recive it back with a deal with family Mousset
Car was light gold metalic  . I am looking for some pictures from a car like this .
After this the SS was painted in JPS black gold
Title: Re: Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: trevor on February 24, 2013, 07:01:36 am
Hello Guy,

Good to see this Scorpione SS being restored. All too rare the SS version. Last public photos I saw of this particular car was a posting in late 2009 on another forum when the car seemed to be in the Chatelineau area. Some photos from that posting are photos a,b, c, d, below.

The differences and alterations to standard Fiat 850 chassis, and also to most Fiat Lombardi GP/Scorpione S chassis are of particular interest:..... the removed inner pivot points for the standard 850 rear trailing arms, replaced on the SS by the tubular (TCR) type trailing arms (your photo P1040907, P1040910).......the additional reinforcing plates to forward end of the side chassis rails in the engine bay ( P 1040911,  P1040910)....  upper fixing points for rear shocks above rear coil springs (P1040905).

Other items of interest are....the wheel well indentation in  the front boot floor to fit a wider spare wheel/tyre under the flat type, non fluted, Abarth bonnet (P1040904)......the revised cabin air intake housing immediately in front of the steering wheel (P1040904,  d).

Hopefully some of your future progress photos will show..... the alloy front suspension cross member, the double wishbone suspension and the upper mounts for the front coil over shocks......and the rear tubular suspension arms.

I made the attached drawing   e    several years ago of an SS rear suspension from a range of photos of another SS in the south of France. The hub details neeed to be changed a little further, but I would appreciate some rear suspension photos of your SS as the restoration progresses so that I might update the drawing on items of detail.

As I said, it is great to see one of these SS being restored.

Trevor
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on March 14, 2013, 12:28:08 pm
day by day
Like you can see is enginelid from a Scorpione on outside aluminium
I have now here  3 different scorpione doors
Also find out that the is sometimes 1 cm difference in frontbonnet size
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on April 10, 2013, 11:05:49 am
this  car  was  very strong made for  racing whitout rust protection
All have to be made  again. See  front bonnet repair
Also something  very rare was the left seat . He was build wider on top and  dawn  so bigger  persone can sit in ???  Mayby Carlo ?
On Car was  also two different colors of gold found, a very light and a darker one like on picture in forum
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on April 19, 2013, 03:54:14 pm
rear enginecover recovering,and lft side almost ready
Now starting to build  new  left front wing
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on April 23, 2013, 09:45:44 am
leftfront wing reborn and  car looks very good
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on June 08, 2013, 10:05:14 am
and  now  waiting  for suspention  and  color ??? Gold metalic, light brown metalic ? I dont now yet and find it difficult
I think its better than new
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: 124csa on August 02, 2013, 08:19:44 am
the best was choosing it's delivered original Color in my eyes.
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on August 02, 2013, 08:24:56 am
correct,so it will be gold metalic
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on May 14, 2014, 06:04:33 pm
update
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on July 19, 2014, 11:42:48 am
each tim I work on this car I come more and more sure this was the first one so the Prototip . Not only the ch no is 850 coupe ,not 104S  our 104 .Today I wish to fit gearbox and find out that clutch/ gearbox  was 850 and take out material to adapt the fitting for separed cardan . Fitting where type Simca  not like in the newer SS Scorpion that I had an one more in my place is. Also the  bearing in the Original  1300/124 engine was 850 and not 124 . Clutch Bellhousing I take PBS and VW  starter ; change  clutch now with the newer bigger OT one . I fit a new 1300/124 engine with exhaustmanifold and two 40 DCOE Weber
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on August 02, 2014, 04:30:19 pm
carpet;engine inside and many hours done
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on September 13, 2014, 11:47:01 am
the Abarth seat now restored in his old  glorie
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: vintaylor on October 22, 2015, 04:43:34 pm
Hi there,

Just joined the forum.

Hoping to track down a set of original Abarth seats.

Would you know of any available?

Cheers!

Vin :)
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on October 22, 2015, 05:06:22 pm
I can remake them
Title: Re: Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS
Post by: guy moerenhout on September 22, 2016, 05:53:14 pm
we can suply them

gold car  ready in line
Digital2