OP's Puzzle #1609 - Pulvirenti Brothers' Pulvirenti 1000

[Otto Puzzell]

Know what it is?

Please, respond below and identify what this is, and who built it.
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[SickFinga]

Some weird Abarth(says so on the car) Fiat 124?

[Otto Puzzell]

Definite Abarth connection

[Otto Puzzell]

Expert

[Tackitt]

A silly question, I suppose:  FIAT-based?

[als15]

The base looks like an Abarth 750 Spyder Allemano, and only 3 or 4 has been actually built. I think this is a late (mid-60s) modification made in the USA for SCCA H-mod. races. Perhaps for Al Cosentino team. Unfortunately, I'm not in Italy and cannot check my archive... only trust on my memory.

[Otto Puzzell]

The first part of your answer is mostly correct. The second half is way off.

[als15]

The problem is not only the memory... At the first glance I din't realize that the number plates are Italian.   
And I also didn't recognize the coachbuilder....   
Ok. The car is an Abarth 210 A, based on Fiat 600 and with body by Boano.
But this has a different tail from the stock one.
Sorry, but really no idea  about who modified it. 

[Tackitt]

Would that grillwork on the side have been added by someone besides the coachbuilder?

[Carnut]

At the first glance I din't realize that the number plates are Italian.   

You really surprise me.  You must be younger than I thought for someone from Italy not to remember the older-series Italian registrations.  This car is instantly recognisable as being registered in Lucca!

[als15]

At the first glance I din't realize that the number plates are Italian.   

You really surprise me. You must be younger than I thought for someone from Italy not to remember the older-series Italian registrations. This car is instantly recognisable as being registered in Lucca!

It's not a matter of age: I'm 35, hence I saw those number plates when a child (in fact, at that time they had the city in orange letters). I just gave a too quick glance at the picture, concentrating on the tail shape.

Talking about the car, the side grills were also on the normal version.  It's the rear hood that doesn't convince me... 

[Otto Puzzell]

The side grills look much as they do on the Boano cars.

This car was modified by brothers. One of the brothers achieved some success as a competition driver. His driving gene was handed down to his progeny.

[als15]

Is he Bacci?

[Otto Puzzell]

No.

[Tackitt]

If you have a picture of another car with that "cheese grater" type of sidevents, I would appreciate seeing it.  Aside from the Ferrari Mondiale, I cannot find another one like it and I have scoured my books and the internet to the point that I am getting a little crazy.

[Otto Puzzell]

A pic of the "before" car

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7561.0;id=8672;image

[Otto Puzzell]

Racing to a Pro solution.

[75america]

Were these brothers active in the coachbuilding or tuning business?
Or did they just modify the car for themselves?

[Otto Puzzell]

The latter.

[woodinsight]

This is a Pulvirenti 1000 based on a Fiat-Abarth 1000 Berlina. Built by the brothers Giovanni and Salvatore Pulvirenti of Pisa, Italy, the aluminium body was designed by the brother Giovanni. Power output was around 90 cv and the weight was 450 kg.

[Paul Jaray]

how on earth...

[Allemano]

how on earth...

for both: puzzler and finder! 

[woodinsight]

Ah ha............just research pure and simple!

[grobmotorix]

No photo...

[Otto Puzzell]

No photo...

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