GTC #39 SOLVED: Fiat Abarth 6000 T-140 V12 Prototype

[DHoffmann]

Who knows what this is?

1 point for the correct answer.

Good luck!

[DHoffmann]

Experts?

[Arunas]

French?

[Allemano]

Fiat Abarth 6000 T-140 from 1967

[DHoffmann]

Correct... Although sometimes I wish you weren't correct. 

Seriously though, I'm impressed and thankful. I was not aware of another exterior shot available!

[Otto Puzzell]

By the looks of it, I suppose interior shots are nigh well impossible to find. 

[Otto Puzzell]

Came across some additional data and photos:

Designers: Mario Colucci, Luchino Fochi (engine)
Chassis: Tubular, fiberglass body
Engine: 12 cylinders Abarth opened at 120 °, type 240A, rear center position
Displacement: 5982.84 cm 3 (92 x 75)
Distribution: 2 ACT
Power: 600 hp estimated at 6,800 rpm
Food: 4 Weber 40 IDA carburetors 3CI
Transmission: 5 speed
Brakes: 4-wheel drives in
Tires: 6.00 M x 15 x15 and 6.00/12.00
Length: 4100 mm
Width: 1850 mm
Height: 1030 mm
Wheelbase: 2450 mm
Channels: 1470 mm front and rear
Weight: 1110 kg

[Carnut]

What's this and from when does it date, for 1 point?:

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[Carnut]

Experts?

[Iluvatar]

Abarth T140, only a scale model.

[Iluvatar]

this project is from 1967, and should have been a V12 6000cc engine.

[Carnut]

Yes, that's the one.
It never got beyond the model scale, though I thought (judging only by these pictures!) that it was a full-size clay model?:

[Iluvatar]

You are right, there was a full size model... 

[Otto Puzzell]

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