1977 Abarth SE025FL sold for EUR 39,100

Sellers Description

From the Maranello Rosso Collection and considered to be
circa 1977 Abarth 'SE025FL' Experimental Formule Libre Racing/Hill-Climbing Single-Seater Chassis no. 025/0128

In 1972, Abarth & C's extremely capable chief designer, Mario Colucci developed another single-seater racing car chassis from his Formula Italia concept. This was the larger-engined Fiat-Abarth Formule Libre, which was to be powered by the Fiat 124 Rallye Spider 4-cylinder 1756cc engine, more highly-tuned than in rally configuration to develop as much as 170bhp at a lusty 6,200rpm.

As with the Formula Italia SE025 cars themselves, this new Formule Libre design employed the Lancia Fulvia five-speed transaxle gearbox. It appears that one car was built as an experimental prototype, and it was equipped with both large nose wings on each side and a rear wing extending laterally to the inner tyre sidewalls on each side, and mounted upon medium-height struts behind the engine bay.

It employed more robust suspension components, uprights, bigger wheels and tyres etc than the basic schoolroom class Formula Italia model from which it had been derived, and it is offered here as a most interesting and entirely distinctive competition car, still of undoubted sprint, hill-climb and track-day potential. The car appears to be complete, and has been preserved for many years on display in the legendary Maranello Rosso Collection museum in San Marino. As with all cars that we offer from long-term museum display, we advise expert inspection and preparation before a new owner attempts to run this car.

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