Let us not forget the Maserati cars...

Those last years of Abarth's work turned out some great cars, when his work progressed from simple exhaust systems to nearly every component on a car. The car I have wears the 'Campion del Mundo' badge. World Champion.

Hopefully some of you will get to see or ride in the car once the last parts of the restoration are completed. We plan on putting it on the car show circuit, especially the Italian car shows here on the west coast.

Moving on, the exciting project will be his '65 P1800s. I'm in the middle of settling his estate right now, but as things settle down I have all the people who will be working on the car lined up. Sheet metal guy for the interior, stainless steel guy for the roll cage, body/paint guy for the exterior, etc.

I was just looking through eBay for hood pin sets. Apparently things have changed, because nearly everything for sale is the 'JDM' style pin sets. Dad didn't have space under the hood for the hood hinges, so he used a pair of chromed Packard exterior trunk hinges instead. I think hood pins and a lift-off hood would be better.

I also have that pesky Pinto race car to figure out. My brother-in-law races dirt track at Bakersfield now, and they have a mini-stock class. I think we could de-engineer the car enough to allow it to run again in the new class. At least I have a perfect '73 Pinto Coupe body for spare parts!

Steve