Abarth SE 030 1974

[Ferrer]

Basically a Fiat X1/9 with the V6 engine from the Fiat 130 shoved in the back. Second overall in the 1974 Giro d'Italia, driven by Giorgio Pianta.

[naweng]

Basically a Fiat X1/9 with the V6 engine from the Fiat 130 shoved in the back.

Isn´t this based on a Lancia Beta Montecarlo?

Here http://www.motorforum.it/cronoforum/...115503&sid=0ba you can see the car from the side. But above seems to be a X1/9 based racecar. Perhaps someone speaking italian can tell us what it says there.

[Ferrer]

Actually it's the other way round. The Beta Montecarlo was losely based on the SE 030 (minus the V6 obviously). The Beta Montecarlo was supposed to be the Fiat X1/20 (also called early on the X1/8) a sort of big brother to the X1/9. But later it was decided that the X1/20 would make more sense as a Lancia and therefore the Beta Montecarlo was born. The SE 030 actually used a X1/20 (Beta Montecarlo) bodyshell.

[naweng]

Actually it's the other way round.

Thanks for that. Fantastic pictures! You can find quite a good history of the beta´s development here: http://www.lanciamontecarlo.net/monte_history.html

[Ferrer]

Abarth SE 030 #2

[f6fhellcat13]

I had seen those last two pictures floating around the internet before, but they were too low-res to make out the "Abarth-Pinifarina" stickers, so I assumed this was some nutcase's version of an XJ-S.