marinmcgreevy
Low Mileage
Hi All,
I am looking for some advice on what to do with a bunch of OTAS and Fiat 850 stuff.
I bought an OTAS around 1995. I had wanted one since I was a kid. It was complete but had been sitting in garage in the California desert since it blew a head gasket in the early 70s. I got it running, drove it to the gas station and then the car went to have the bodywork done and repainted. At this time I had just had my first child and thus the OTAS went up to my dad's our shop to sit. About 20 years later my father bought a OTAS shell from Chis Obert. No additional work was done. Thirty years later my dad got interested in finishing the car and started accumulating more parts. My father passed away recently and I am trying to figure out what to do with all of this stuff. I have no interest in any of this. I do not want to get rid of it car by car or part by part. I am looking for someone who wants it all. Looking for advice on where to look for the next custodian of all this stuff.
Here is what I have:
Photo of the red car just after it was painted in 1996
I am looking for some advice on what to do with a bunch of OTAS and Fiat 850 stuff.
I bought an OTAS around 1995. I had wanted one since I was a kid. It was complete but had been sitting in garage in the California desert since it blew a head gasket in the early 70s. I got it running, drove it to the gas station and then the car went to have the bodywork done and repainted. At this time I had just had my first child and thus the OTAS went up to my dad's our shop to sit. About 20 years later my father bought a OTAS shell from Chis Obert. No additional work was done. Thirty years later my dad got interested in finishing the car and started accumulating more parts. My father passed away recently and I am trying to figure out what to do with all of this stuff. I have no interest in any of this. I do not want to get rid of it car by car or part by part. I am looking for someone who wants it all. Looking for advice on where to look for the next custodian of all this stuff.
Here is what I have:
- OTAS with decent 30 year old red paint. Original engine that ran 30 years ago
- OTAS roller from Chris Obert. Rough with a transmission
- OTAS roller that I traded a Lotus Europa body for back in the early 90s. Has a welded roll bar and was a Bay Area SCCA racer with a Radiale engine back in the 70s
- 5 903 engines. Some were acquired recently by my father and look rebuilt. Some are "cores"
- Abarth engine. Number AB200 00043. No Radiale head. Part of the OTAS race car roller deal. Crank and roller bearing camshaft in block. Two piece ABARTH magnesium sump. Still covered with the grease I put on in 1996. Talked to Al Cosentino about engine and unique bottom end bearings. I think the rods and pistons are in a box somewhere.
- 1300cc pushrod 124 engine with dual weber manifold and transmission adaptor to fit to Fiat 850 trans.
- Astech Head intended for Abarth engine. Two manifolds and Weber. Was in a H sport racer
- PBS head with manifold and two Webers
- New spare windshield purchased from Al Cosentino
- Windshield and windows from rollers.
- Spare set of Campagnolo wheels like on the red OTAS
- 4 cylinder heads
- 4 sumps
- boxes and boxes of parts. brake parts, engine parts, suspension parts, body parts (OTAS)
Photo of the red car just after it was painted in 1996
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