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Abarth Simca GT
Abarth Simca GT refers to a number of sports cars produced by Italy, Italian manufacturer Abarth between 1962 and 1965. The Abarth-Simca GT represent a range of cars designed by the Italian manufacturer Abarth following a cooperation agreement concluded with Simca in 1961. The Abarth-Simca GT range includes 3 distinct models: *Abarth Simca 1300 GT, 1300 GT, in coupe and spyder versions, *1600 GT *Abarth Simca 2000, 2000 GT These cars are all intended solely for motor racing, studied and built by Abarth, based on the chassis of the Simca 1000. Origin of the Simca 1000 The Simca 1000 is in fact the fruit of the "Fiat 122" project, the one which was to be the replacement for the Fiat 600 but which was not accepted by the general management of Fiat who preferred the "100G" project to it, the one which would become the Fiat 850. During a visit to Turin, in 1957, by Henri Théodore Pigozzi, boss of Simca, then a subsidiary of Fiat, he was seduced by the plaster prototype resulting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Abarth Simca 1300GT
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
