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Abarth Fiat 1000 TC
The Fiat Abarth 600 was an obvious project for Carlo Abarth after his success with the Abarth-tuned Fiat 'Topolino'. At the Turin Salon of 1956 Abarth exhibited 6 Fiat 600 cars with Abarth 747cc 51bhp engines, and was ready to sell the parts for home conversions. A more powerful 767cc engine followed in 1960, and later an 847cc Fiat Abarth 850TC was produced, homologated for 1000 produced in 1961 and successfully raced. For 1965 as well as a 75bhp Abarth 850 TC, there was an 85bhp Abarth 1000 TC with 982cc engine. The front-mounted oil and water radiators were homologated as production fit, as was the propped open rear engine cover which gave aerodynamic benefits as well as extra cooling. Abarths won the ETCC Division 1 in years 1965, 66 and 67.
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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC - grille badge

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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC - grille. Unlike the air-cooled Fiat 500, the Fiat 600 always had a radiator (at the rear) to cool. Abarth transformed the 850 and 1000 TC with front-mounted oil and water radiators.

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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC. Built for the European Touring Car Championships, the Fiat Abarth 850 TC and 1000 TC were perhaps the first purpose built ETCC cars.

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Fiat Abart 1000 TC 1966. Lots of body modifications for the Abarth TC, and underneath it all disc brakes on all four wheels. Enough to win Division 1 of the ETCC in 1965,66 and 67.

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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC 1966. The rear engine cover could not be shut, it was propped open so that the larger engine components would fit in, and to allow cooling. This would be a problem as a road car, but not on the race track, and the open cover gave aerodynamic benefits too.

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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC 1966. Engine cover permanently proper open supposedly for cooling, but as the radiators had moved to the front, the aerodynamic benefits were probably the purpose.
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Fiat Abarth 1000 TC 1966 - Campagnolo Abarth wheel

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