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cars in museum => Fiat Abarth Scorpione SS => Topic started by: guy moerenhout on February 12, 2013, 11:30:05 am
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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 ?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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rear enginecover recovering,and lft side almost ready
Now starting to build new left front wing
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leftfront wing reborn and car looks very good
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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
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the best was choosing it's delivered original Color in my eyes.
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correct,so it will be gold metalic
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update
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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
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carpet;engine inside and many hours done
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the Abarth seat now restored in his old glorie
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Hi there,
Just joined the forum.
Hoping to track down a set of original Abarth seats.
Would you know of any available?
Cheers!
Vin :)
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I can remake them
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we can suply them
gold car ready in line