History Frantic fiat

I am wondering if anyone may have any history or pics of this car call the frantic fiat , i believe i may have the ch***is for it or atleast one possibly built by the same person , any help would be great i cant seem to find anything out there

 

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Thank you! I cant seem to find anything on this dang car

 

Sorry I’m no help, but am curious.

 

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Sorry, got nuthin' for ya, but good luck on the search.

 

Isn't that engine way too big for that tiny little car ???

 

@51 g***er, I'm still curious. Where do you live? Where'd you find the ch***is? That might help narrow down the search.

Frantic Fiat isn't mentioned in Don Montgomery's reference book:


Your ch***is' coilovers & somewhat low stance date it to about 1969-70.

Similar to the Mondello-Matsubara Fiat in '69 (RJ #39 covered it's restoration by @Pete Eastwood) and "Bad News" in '71.


Hope this helps.

 

I finaly traced the history down and actualy spoke to a original owner , the car started at as the frantic fiat with a blown nitro 392 hemi it ran aa/fa , it was built by bob ramsier from kentucky using the facility at s&s engineering in 1969 , about 1972 he installed a red white and blue t body on it and called it captain america , in 1974 it was sold to lou able and earl mcdaniel and a injected 426 hemi was installed and ran in b/a , in 1975 able and mcdaniel purchased the original fiat body the roof was chopped 2 inches and black paint with gold leaf accents and reinstalled on ch***is , they ran it in various configurations up till 1986 when the car was retired , it was sold a few times but never raced again and i found it on marketplace in st paris ohio View attachment 5795093 View attachment 5795093 View attachment 5795094 View attachment 5795094 View attachment 5795095

 

Cool history! Going to restore it?

 

Yes i am ! Just bought a 392 for it

 

Cool. Any current pictures?

 

Glad to hear that! It was a good looking car!

 

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It is currently at the ch***is shop getting a couple things fixed but soon itll be back

 

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