Abarth Carrera GTL

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1962 Targa Abarth 1016 Strahle DNF.

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Wow!

1961 Targa. Car 1013 7th in class. Linge. Strahle DNS.

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After reflexion the below pic was not taken at the Abarth plant but at the Zagato one
Zagato built most of the 20 off 356 Abarth Carrera and the totality of the Fiat Abarth Zagato as below

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Interesting pic taken in 1960 inside the Abarth plant
The chassis behing the 356 Carrera GT are not Porsche chassis but Fiat chassis to built the Fiat Abarth

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For fun, Porsche plates WN-V-1, WN-V-2 and WN-V-3 belonged to the factory
They were placed on several different cars depending upon the circomstances
The below pictures were taken by the Porsche press service during a publicity shooting

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WN-V-1 belong to the Stuttgart Porsche museum who

et them go out for special events
Here a picture during the 2011 Rennsport

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Robert Buchet again with team mate Paul Ernest Strahle at the start of the 1961 Tour de Corse on another factory car plate WN-V-1 in September
In September 1961 the weather conditions in the Corsican mountains that the rallye had to be stopped after 400 Km (of the 1200 planned)
Only 2 Citroen DS 19 finished the race but out of time
The classification was estabish at the end of the 2nd leg of the rallye
Even with that only 12 cars out of the 80 + starters were classified
The 356 Carrera was not amongst these 12 cars