Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring - The music starts at 5,000 rpm

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring - The music starts at 5,000 rpm

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Created on July 24, 2012

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - the driving performance beat everything in the class

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - arouses many sympathies

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - you usually hear it before you see it

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - it is approaching faster than you would think

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - evokes emotions, not only in the driver but also in passers-by

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - little has changed visually compared to the weaker 600D production sedan

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - of course with Abarth sports exhaust system

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Even tall people find plenty of room in the dwarf

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - rear view with the typical open hood

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The open flap ensured better engine cooling and, above all, more efficient aerodynamics

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Most people saw it from this angle

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The small radiator at the front indicates the extra power

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - racing car for the family or family car for the race track

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - with the 850 the highest performance level was not yet ignited

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - the open rear hood improved the aerodynamics

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The dashboard seen from the outside, many a boy probably flattened his nose here

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Easy access - lots of space

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Simple and functional interior

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The dashboard with the central rev counter

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Oil pressure gauge was standard

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The rev counter in the middle, as befits a sports car

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The rev counter showed up to almost 8,000 rpm, and that's how far most people turned it.

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The Nardi steering wheel was an accessory

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - unlabeled switches, the lights are switched on on the left

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The interior also tells you what you are driving

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Parallel windshield wipers

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Racing-oriented bracket on the front hood

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Plain headlights

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Type designations are widely distributed on the bodywork

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - the vehicles with racing upgrades had around 80 hp

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The 850 cm3 engine with around 60 hp

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - No exotic ingredients, but a light alloy cylinder head

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The Abarth sign also adorned many a well-behaved Fiat

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - Given the clear lettering, this is no wolf in sheep's clothing

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The addition "Nürburgring" commemorates the great victory in Germany

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - The Abarth sign on the tailgate

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1963) - side lettering - all clear

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Abarth 850 TC Rallye (1961) at the Gaisbergrennen 2010

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Fiat Abarth 850 TC (1961) - in the field of touring and sports cars from the post-war period at the GP Mutschellen 2012

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Fiat 850TC Abarth Nürburgring (1962) - Lenzerheide Motor Classics 2011

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Fiat Abarth 850 TC (1961) - in the field of touring and sports cars from the post-war period at the GP Mutschellen 2012

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Corsa (1964) - apart from the large tank, there were hardly any restrictions for everyday use - despite 69 hp at 7,600 rpm

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC (1967) - large additional radiators were particularly necessary for racing

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Berlina Corsa (1967) - racing version with large radiator and checkerboard pattern on the roof

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC (1963) - dashboard - in the background the Abarth factory

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Corsa (1967) - with the large radiator and war paint, understatement was no longer possible

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Fiat-Abarth 595 SS (1964) - the fast SS was based on the Fiat 500

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1963) - the little brother of the 850 TC

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1963) - the 595 also had type lettering on the inside

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1963) - performance-enhanced 500

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1963) - visually, the 595 differed only slightly from its 500 series counterpart

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Fiat-Abarth 695 (1964) - scorpion on the front, type lettering on the hood

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1964) - side view, left

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Fiat-Abarth 695 SS (1965) - still civilian-looking from the outside

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Fiat-Abarth 695 (1964) - at the 1964 Geneva Motor Show

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Fiat-Abarth 695 (1964) - not quite as dynamic as the SS version

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Fiat-Abarth 695 (1965) - a wolf in sheep's clothing

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Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring (1964) - additional radiator at the front, necessary due to the extra power

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Fiat-Abarth 595 (1963) - Exploded view of the performance-enhanced engine

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Fiat-Abarth 695 SS (1964) - Interior of the upgraded 500 model

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Fiat-Abarth 695 SS (1964) - Presentation at the 1964 Geneva Motor Show

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Summary

With the Fiat-Abarth 850 TC, Carlo Abarth created an almost unbeatable weapon in touring car racing, as evidenced by countless championship titles and hundreds of victories. With the compact sports car, you could take the whole family on vacation and excel at hill climbs or on the circuit at the weekend, regardless of whether you had bought the car ready-built from the factory or built it yourself with Abarth conversion kits based on the Fiat 600/600D. This report shows a Fiat-Abarth 850 TC "Nürburgring" from 1963 and goes into the history of this lively little car, supplemented by sales brochures and sound samples.

This article contains the following chapters

Small on the outside, big on the inside
TC for Turismo Competizione
Performance and chassis cure
The press was also impressed
Legendary racing successes
Historic racing and road use
Sit in and drive off
Revs, revs, revs
Compact and lively
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Preview (beginning of the article)

It arouses emotions, without a doubt. Even Smart drivers say hello, Fiat drivers anyway, and many a passer-by smiles quietly and perhaps a little pityingly at the oh-so-small car. But the compact Fiat-Abarth 850 TC Nürburgring from 1963 has a lot going on behind the ears, i.e. under the half-open rear engine flap. Not a narrow-chested and underpowered four-cylinder engine with 633 cm3 and just over 20 hp, but a "full-grown" 847 cm3 engine with over 60 hp. And it really gets going. As early as 1955, the large Turin-based car manufacturer Fiat began producing the Type 600, a car that wanted to be a whole size larger than the 500, had a water-cooled four-cylinder engine and could transport four people and their luggage in a very small space. A length of 3.29 meters and a width of 1.4 meters were certainly not too much. Customers seized the opportunity and bought the car by the millions.

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