Highlights

Recent £28,000 rebuild by Abarth specialists Ricambio
Ex Belgian race car with excellent provenance
Extensive mechanical overhaul and engine rebuild by Ricambio
Well known in Abarth circles and featured in a specialist book
Very detailed road and race car with full road cage
800cc 90bhp Fiat 500 engine
Just 91kms since restoration completed

The Appeal

It wasn’t an obvious idea, but it was certainly an inspired one. When Carlo Abarth took Fiat’s city car and turned it into a giant-slaying race car, he delivered one of his greatest creations and one of motoring’s most characterful sports ars.

Just 1,000 695 ‘esse esse’ were built and only a handful remain. This car has undergone a £28,000 restoration by none other than Ricambo - the Abarth and Fiat specialists - to turn it into a car that is arguably better than the factory originals. That it also provenance as a former Belgian race car further adds to its considerable appeal.

It really is a beautifully presented car. Beneath the carefully detailed bodywork and decals likes an 800cc 90bhp Abarth engine and ancilliaries that were rebuilt by Ricambo's Abarth specialist, Toto. The firm also attended to the gearbox, fitted discs all round and new suspension. You can tell the quality of that work from the photos. It has covered less than 100kms since completion.

This highly specified car, with its stand-out yellow paintwork and intricate decals, features a full road cage and neat details like classic bucket seats and Abarth dials. With excellent provenance as a race car and Ricambo build, this car is a rare purchase opportunity,

The History and Paperwork

First registered 1971
Belgian and German registration documents
Registered as a Fiat 500L with 500 chassis number
Abarth chassis number is included with the car as shown
Recently rebuilt by Ricambio at a cost of £28,000
First UK registered June 2012
V5C in current keeper’s name
Registered as a Historic Vehicle in the UK
Three registered UK keepers
Reportedly acquired by seller featuring a Honda Fireblade engine
Extensive mechanical work by Ricambio reported by seller
This work is summarised above and below
We are told the car has lots of history
Copy of book in which the car features included and shown in photos
We are told the car was raced when it was in Belgium
Previously registered in Belgium on registration plate KTR960 as shown

The Condition

Fully and recently rebuilt car
Beautifully detailed and very smart race-specification car
Smart yellow paintwork in very good order with array of historic decals as shown
Bolted on arch extensions, deep dish steels and folding roof included in spec
Underside presents well with evidence of recent restoration
High specification interior with full roll cage including bonnet and engine bay
Fitted with later Abarth dials as shown
Classic 60s-style bucket seats
RHD configuration
Black carpets with overmats
Abarth Scorpion-painted fuel tank

It is the detailing of this characterful car that really catches your eye - the 500 shape, and perhaps even the Abarth enhancements, may be familiar, but it is the decals and the impressive interior that show the quality of this car’s extensive restoration.

Finished in yellow, the bolt-on wide arches and deep dish steels show intent. Inside you’ll find Abarth-branded dials and 60s-style black buckets, all encased in a full roll cage that extends into the engine bay and bonnet.

This is a very well kept car that has been barely used since Ricambio finished its work.

The Mechanics

800cc 4cyl Fiat 500 engine developing 90bhp
Very well detailed engine bay with evidence of recent work
Car has reportedly completed less than 100 kms since completion
All mechanical work undertaken by Toto at Ricambio
Reported to be fitted with a 5spd gearbox
We have no reports of running or driving issues

The original 695SS was quick for a city car, but this rebuilt car is considerably quicker. Thanks to a 800cc engine built and carefully prepared by specialist Ricambio it runs at 90bhp. We can only imagine how much fun that is on track or road.

The car is reported to have only covered less than 100 kms since completion and to be in excellent mechanical health. We understand it is ready to use with nothing required by the new keeper.

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