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Abarth Works Museum
« on: July 09, 2012, 06:48:34 AM »
Yesterday, I joined the Belgian Lada Niva Club “De Belgische Niva-Vrienden”  (http://www.ladanivabelgium.be) for a visit of the “Abarth Works Museum” in Lier – Belgium (http://www.abarth-gmr.be/new). 
It was definitely worth the visit and I can highly recommend it to everyone who’s interested in Abarth, Fiat or its Seat, Lada and FSO derivates,
It’s a small world because museum owner Guy Moerenhout, is an, although not very active, member of Autopuzzles (http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=10628). 
Herewith an impression of the museum in pictures:

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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2012, 06:50:45 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2012, 06:54:27 AM »
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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2012, 07:03:20 AM »
A real treasury!  :o
Thanks for sharing!  :thumbsup:

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« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2012, 07:16:31 AM »
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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2012, 09:45:15 AM »
Love 'em!
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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2012, 02:34:39 PM »
Thanks for posting......
I'm well aware of Guy Moerenhout's Abarth and Fiat operation but I'd no idea that so many cars were in his museum.
Very interesting from an Abarth fan's perspective - I was close to buying one of his rebuilt Abarth Simcas before I bought my Diva.

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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2012, 04:19:05 PM »
Wonderful!
Thank you for these pics!  :thumbsup:

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« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2012, 04:10:58 AM »
Really interesting, thank you!

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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2012, 03:03:20 PM »
Great place to visit! Thanks for sharing the pictures. And strange for me to see Ladas among those :D

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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2012, 05:47:08 AM »
Great thing!

How not to love those little cars? :D

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« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2012, 03:25:12 AM »
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« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2012, 04:12:07 AM »
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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2012, 12:28:12 PM »
Another thing I´ve missed when I´ve lived close to the border to Belgium.
Unfortunately I´ve never made it to this collection.

Thank you so much for sharing allthose photos with us!

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Re: Abarth Works Museum
« Reply #22 on: May 06, 2020, 06:05:29 AM »
fantastic place!
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