Fiat 500 A Barchetta by Nuccio Bertone. 1936-1947. Museo dell' Automobile, Turin, Italy.


Fiat 500 A Barchetta by Nuccio Bertone. 1936-1947. Museo dell' Automobile, Turin, Italy.



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This is a Fiat 500 Barchetta Bertone (1936-47).
The starting date of 1936 is because the chassis and driveline were derived from the 1936 Fiat 500 Topolino. Here is the story behind this very importand handmade car.

The young son (Nuccio Bertone) of the Bertone founder bought a 500 with his own cash and worked with other two mechanics outside of business to build his personal racecar and this takes about 11 years to complete finally after the WW 2  at 1947!
It was his first personal "racing" barchetta,with this car he started his racing driver career


Location: Turin, Italy

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