131 Abarth for sale J51131

[jasonh131]

You all must know this car for from jersey ,,Tim Parker-Garner he has done an article in the FMC .Parliamo
magazine and says at the end is up for sale    
 He mentions he bought it from  a mr barry waterhouse who's company italtune who spec it up
 with uprated shockers and cams all for ?6000   .
   and acquired 3 kenya cars for spares  
 and after shortening the wheel base on the passenger side  on the 1998 jersey rally ,rebuilt it and finally
 finished in 2005 in its present livery  

[jasonh131]

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[simon131]

It's been for sale for ages Ja.

The trouble is that it is not what it seems - it's actually a Stradale, which I think may even have been red like mine when he initially bought the car, and it has been modified so much and with so many genuine Group 4 parts that it's neither a genuine Stradale nor a genuine Group 4, but somewhere in between.

One thing's for certain tho, it is an Abarth 131 whichever way you look at it

The last I knew (a year or so ago) he wanted ?50,000 Sterling for it. Is that still the case?

I had a long chat with Tim P-G at the Castle Combe Rally Day a couple of years ago. He's a really nice chap and knows his 131 inside out. He's great mates with Mick Wood - who owned a genuine Group 4 131 until recently, and it was the pair of them who purchased a container load of Kenya Safari 131 parts a few years ago. I wish I'd known cos I'd have loved to be in on that sort of deal

I wish Tim well with the sale of his car. I only wish I could afford it 

[sid131]

I read that Barry Waterhouse was a wizzard with any Italian motor, he has since passed on rip.