Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero

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Abarth simca 1300

The Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero was the racing version of the Abarth-Simca 1300 GT , a sports car that was developed by Abarth in Turin in 1962 .

Emergence

The Abarth-Simca 1300 was the first product of Carlo Abarth's collaboration with Simca . Rumors first surfaced in 1961 that Abarth was working with Henri Théodore Pigozzi's automobile plant . The connection between the two companies was arranged by the Vienna- born Austrian engineer Rudolf Hruska . Hruska had worked with Carlo Abarth at Cisitalia in 1949 and was a technical advisor at Simca in the early 1960s. While Pigozzi was looking for a sporty partner for his small cars in order to be able to test developments for mass production on the racetrack, he became interested Abarth for the Simca 1000 .

This vehicle, which was presented in 1961, was already a sales success in France and Italy in 1962. Pigozzi also hoped that the collaboration with Abarth would be able to establish the Simca brand in motorsport.

The Abarth-Simca 1300 was based on the base plate of the Simca 1000. The base plate, the gearbox, the axles and the steering were taken over. The body was a new design, followed in shape and lines the coupés such as the Fiat-Abarth 850 and the Fiat-Abarth 1000 , and was adapted to the base plate of the Simca. The further developed design came from Abarth chief engineer Mario Colucci . The "Carrozzeria Abarth" appeared formally as the bodybuilder, in fact Carlo Abarth and Colucci outsourced this work to small, local companies: from 1963 onwards entirely to Carrozzeria Sibona-Basano , before that to Beccaris , both from Turin.

The engine was also completely redesigned. The 1.3 liter DOHC rear engine developed up to 101 kW (138 hp) and had two Weber 45DCOE twin carburettors. The car also had dry sump lubrication with two oil pumps and a front radiator. The GT road version reached a top speed of 230 km / h and cost 3.3 million lire in 1962 .

Races

The Bialbero racing version was 20 km / h faster, but was rarely used. Gianni Balzarini 1962 won the hill climb on the Mont de la Lure in France and Lucien Bianchi won in the same year in the Trophpée d'Auvergne , a circuit race in Clermont-Ferrand in its racing class. Jean Guichet celebrated another victory at the Coppa d'Autunno in Monza , where he won the GT class. At the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1962 , Balzarini shared a 1300 with the Austrian Franz Albert . The race ended after 30 laps due to transmission damage. Nine laps before that, the second works 1300 Bialbero, which the former French ski star Henri Oreiller shared with Tommy Spychiger , retired with the same defect.

Hans Herrmann , who joined Abarth in 1963 and won the class at the 3-hour race in Daytona and the 12-hour race in Sebring , among other things , also celebrated success with the car . At Sebring he shared the cockpit with Spychiger and the Belgian André Pilette .

Technical specifications

Parameters Data (1964)
Engine: 4-cylinder in-line engine (rear)
Displacement: 1288 cc
Bore × stroke: 76 × 71 mm
Motor control: DOHC
Compression: 10.5: 1
Cooling: Water (with thermostat)
Power: 102 kW (138 hp) at 7800 rpm
Torque: 131 Nm (13.35 mkp) at 5500 rpm
Transmission: 4-speed (6-speed for a surcharge), fully synchronized
Body: self-supporting
Front suspension: Wishbone with transverse leaf spring and telescopic shock absorbers
Rear suspension: Semi-trailing arm with coil springs and telescopic shock absorbers
Brakes: Disc brakes, system girling
Wheelbase: 2090 mm
Track width front / rear: 1260/1240 mm
Length × width × height: 3555 × 1480 × 1140 mm
Empty weight: 635 kg
Tank capacity: 85 liters
Top speed: over 230 km / h
Price in Germany: 32,000 DM (34,000 DM with 6-speed gearbox)

literature

Web links

Commons : Abarth-Simca 1300 Bialbero  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The car models 1963/64. Issue No. 7, III / 63, Vereinigte Motor-Verlage, Stuttgart, p. 30.
  2. ↑ The latest for fans of motor racing. Catalog from Rallye Bitter, Düsseldorf 1963.
  3. ↑ a b engine catalog 100 sports cars. Volume 13, 11th edition, Gildeverlag, Alfeld 1964.