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[Zippo]

Hallo!

Just wanted to push back the 1/43 section back in your mind....

My next restauration object is an old Jouef Carabo Bertone:



I will keep you informed....

Regards
Zippo

P.S.: Still interested in vintage 1/43 (O-Gauge) slot car pics, informations and histories....

[TSR]

Hi Zippo,
The correct name is Alfa Romeo "Carabo", design by Bertone Studios.
Nice car that created waves and generated a whole new school of styling in the 1970's.

[Zippo]

The name was on the car:
Carabo Bertone
Chassis Alfa-Romeo

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Made in France

[TSR]

What do you expect from the French? They were building Panhards when the Alfa Carabo was being built!

[Zippo]

...don´t be so hard! Panhard hat to stop production in 1967 (as they where bought by Citroen)... and the last Panhard (the 24) was really futuristic car for the normal european buyer....

[TSR]

Might have been futuristic, but in 1969, a car should do better than zero to sixty in 23 seconds...
Hence, low sales and bankruptcy. The age of the flat-twin Tiger motor had gone. It was not tiger, it was a tiger cub.

[Jairus]

The styling style was called "The Shear Look" by the way! First American car to be designed thus was the Cadillac Seville in '76!