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« on: September 02, 2012, 07:57:27 PM »
Hi !
I was at a meeting in south of Sweden where i had invited the only original 131 Abarth in Skandinavia, here are some pics of it, its a -79 safarimodel,They say that it is one of 3  131 safarimodels left i the world !
Regards Alf

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My name is Alf Andersson and live in Alvesta in the south of Sweden,
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2012, 08:00:00 PM »
More!
Look close, even the oilcooler has an elektrik fan, only the safarimodel!

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My name is Alf Andersson and live in Alvesta in the south of Sweden,
These are my Fiats
3X Fiat 131 -83 supermirafiori 2000Tc
1X Fiat 131 -82 supermirafiori 2000Tc
2x 131 2-door 1600cl -81
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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2012, 08:01:10 PM »
That must be one very proud owner Alf - Lucky you to get to see it up close....

Any more pictures....?  Smiley
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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2012, 08:04:43 PM »
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These are my Fiats
3X Fiat 131 -83 supermirafiori 2000Tc
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2x 131 2-door 1600cl -81
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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2012, 08:10:37 PM »
Hi Kev!
Yes, they where very proud (2 brothers who owns it)
 I really cant describe the powerful sound of the engine, it gave me goose bumps on the whole body, Iam going to visit them in a few weeks, they are building 2 replikas of this car,
 the best part is that they are going to let me get a fast ride in the original Abarth!!
Even my 3 year old son Kimi was impressed (blue jacket)

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3X Fiat 131 -83 supermirafiori 2000Tc
1X Fiat 131 -82 supermirafiori 2000Tc
2x 131 2-door 1600cl -81
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« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2012, 02:46:02 PM »
Alf, sorry but you have wrong information. There is one g.4 in Finland. Its owned my Marcus Gronholm. His father drew one at late seventees, and died while practising with it 1982. Marcus Gr?nholm bought one for celebrate his fathers memory.

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« Reply #6 on: September 06, 2012, 06:18:47 PM »
I think Marcus Gronholm may have purchased Mick Wood's white Abarth as I heard that it was sold to a World Rally Driver.
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« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2012, 07:33:57 PM »
Only 2 genuine Abarths in Scandinavia...?

We're doing quite well in Ireland with 4.... c1% of the total production...!!!  Grin

Is that a modification to the tail pipe Alf? Looks quite modern. I'm sure Mike will tell us. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2012, 09:11:52 PM »
Have talked to Mick about his gp4 car before , he did sell it to Gronholm, i had asked Mick if i could get his moulds to make panels for  my replica but he had sold car & moulds to Gronholm.. I do remember Mick having bought 2 safari cars  many years back & selling them off (they were in need of serious restoration).i do remember considering to buy one as they were very realistically priced but the rebuilding of a genuine safari car would be way beyond my abilities . don't know who they went to ..
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« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2012, 06:22:06 AM »
tho gmr lier and later one  tho hungary mr . leithold and nowe is this car  in sweden from the brothers.
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« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2012, 07:07:45 AM »
correctly, the car on the pictures is the Ex Leitold Karoly 131 Abarth  Smiley

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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2012, 11:53:30 AM »
Well, as you probably guessed, i have to reply to this one. As far as i remember there were only 2 "works" safari cars back in 1977. Not 1979. This car does NOT look like an ex-safari car. Look at the fenders, they are tarmac and not gravel. Surely these parts can be swapped. If i could see a picture from the interior or the underside of this one i could tell if this is a safari car.

Here we go: One car was driven by Walter Rohrl. This one was badly damaged on the left side when Walter colided with a mini-van. This car is never heard of again. Probably left behind in an African country and driven untill it fell apart by a local rally driver.
The second one was also left behind and was surely driven untill some 20 years ago!!! This one has seen many different color schemes. Once it was yellow/black and in the end it was white again with red and green stripes (not Alitalia). I will try to post the pictures of this car how i found it about ten years ago....

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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2012, 11:57:06 AM »
Looking close at the pictures again i'm not even convinced this car is even a real "works"car. There are so many parts that or not original or not original to group 4 cars.
I'm happy to share in some discussion  Wink
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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2012, 12:31:56 PM »
Quote from: mirafiori76 on September 07, 2012, 11:57:06 AM
Looking close at the pictures again i'm not even convinced this car is even a real "works"car. There are so many parts that or not original or not original to group 4 cars.
I'm happy to share in some discussion  Wink

Mike you're always right!

the car is an rebuilt like Alitalia Gr.4 Guy Moerenhout Sold the car to Karoly,
and Karoly sold the car one year ago  by http://www.rally24.com/Sold/Sold-858.html
i think it gone for 90000.- Euro, and i am sure it have no 131 AR chassis Nr.

Enzo  Cheesy
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« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2012, 12:37:23 PM »
Ofcourse i'm right  Cheesy Wink
Owning one learned me so much about the group 4 cars. I already thought this car was done by Guy  Cry
But what bothers me is that people think they bought a genuine one. And in the end it's just another replica.
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