RE: Abarth Coupe - was Biba's '60 Alfa Spider Veloce pages

["TJ Noto" <tj@domain.elided>]

You got it Biba....that's the car.

TJ

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> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:08 PM
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> Subject: Abarth Coupe - was Biba's '60 Alfa Spider Veloce pages
> 
> TJ Noto comments on a very special Abarth: "...especially when the
owner
> did the
> work themselves, which is very rare these days.  Among the most
> incredible stories I've ever seen/heard was that of a special
> competition built Abarth Coupe that I saw at the Concorso Italiano
last
> year at the Quail Lodge.  The car had been stored in a building that
> caught on fire and the floor above it had collaped on to the top of
the
> car.  The body looked like a crushed aluminum can, and yet it was
> rebuilt to one of the most stunning levels of finish I've ever seen."
> 
> *******
> 
> TJ, not trying to outdo your story but the car you describe (I'm quite
> certain) is one which influenced me greatly to get into the
restoration
> biz.
> 
> At the time it was owned (might still be but heard a divorce meant
> selling it) by Scott Emsley (and his wife), who was / is an architect
in
> San Diego.
> 
> If we're talking about the same car, it is a 205-A and I was fortunate
> enough to see it in the early nineties at its first showing at Pebble
> Beach. I believe it won its class. Scott was kind enough to talk (let
me
> bother him) to me and introduced me to the restorer. I took photos but
> backed away when the judges came back for a second look. One of my
> favorite photos is the judges in their blue blazers on their hands and
> knees, butts up in the air, examining the undercarriage of the Abarth.
> 
> I also saw and photographed the car again at the Newport concours
later
> that year.
> 
> Because of the fire, and consequent straightening, the aluminum body
> must be incredibly fragile. Logic would have been to have it
re-skinned,
> but Scott was quite proud they'd preserved the original, including
> finding the rivet holes on the front where the nose cone had been
> attached for high speed record runs.
> 
> You have very good tastes in automobiles. This one is quite special.
> 
> Biba
> Irwindale, CA USA
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