THE VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
Model dossier
- Production period
- 1960
- Body style
- Monoposto
- Engine
- Inline-4
- Type
- Prototype
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
The Abarth 1000 Bialbero Pininfarina Record prototype, made with an aluminum body molded thanks to studies carried out in the wind tunnel of the Turin Polytechnic, was designed to excel and make Abarth stand out from all the other sports brands. Given the car’s great lightness, a particularly powerful engine was not needed. The Abarth Monoposto Pininfarina was in fact powered by a 1.0 liter four-cylinder engine capable of reaching a maximum power of 105 horsepower at 8,000 rpm. The gearbox was a four-speed manual and traction was entrusted solely to the rear wheels. The secret of the Abarth 1000 Record was in fact the aerodynamic studies which, with specially designed tapered shapes, had created a car 4 meters and 56 centimeters long, only one meter and 55 centimeters wide and just 1.2 meters high. As soon as the Abarth 1000 Bialbero Pininfarina Record was put on the track, it immediately began to break records, conquering eight worldwide. The Monoposto is in fact accredited with the 12-hour speed record, where it reached an average of 203.656 km/h, on the 24 hours where it reached an average of 198.795 km/h, over 48 hours with an average of 190.264 km/h he on the 72 hours where he achieved an average of 186.687 km/h. In addition to these records, the Record car also broke several records on the distance with the 2,000 miles traveled at an average of 201.115 km/h, the 5,000 miles at an average of 192.878 km / h and the 5,000 and 10,000 kilometers traveled respectively with an average of 199,238 km. / h and 191.376 km/h. The Abarth 1000 Bialbero Pininfarina Record is therefore a real piece of Automobilismo Italian history that is now being closely guarded by a collector.
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production type
- Prototype
- Production notes
- Exact prototype/concept identity is retained, but production_units=1 is intentionally withheld because the current Master/CI Listing Map does not independently state that this body/configuration was a unique one-off. Programme/family context remains separate.
Engine & performance
- Engine configuration
- Inline-4
- Specification notes
- La Principessa — streamlined Pinin Farina record car; 1000 Bialbero engine specification retained in technical/history context
Dimensions & accommodation
- Length
- 4,560 mm
- Width
- 1,550 mm
- Height
- 1,200 mm
Design & manufacture
- Coachbuilder / Body Builder · Documented
- Pininfarina
- Manufacturer · Documented
- Abarth
04 / INDIVIDUAL HISTORY
Chassis & provenance
Chassis E1351
- Chassis number
- E1351
- Engine number
- 229/113
- Year
- 1960
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
42° Salone Internazionale dell'Automobile – Torino General · legacy_preserved
- Date
- 1960
- Chassis
- General
Preserved CI 1.0 relation. Evidence field: _yoast_wpseo_primary_events. No award inferred.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 7 photographs
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08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
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