Carlo Abarth’s modified Fiats dominated small bore racing in Europe and beyond in the late 1950s and 1960s. The 1000TC was based directly on the shell of a Fiat 600, with the engine bored out to 1050cc with significant modifications throughout the engine and significantly boosting its horsepower from the stock 29 to around 85. Along with the engine modifications, the cars generally received suspension and brake modifications as well as a front mounted radiator and oil cooler. Inside, the car received knee bolsters on the door and tunnel to help the driver stay in place when cornering at speed as well as a new gauge pod with additional gauges. Not as common was the fitment of an Abarth designed 5 speed dogleg gearbox granting the car the ability to run taller gears for better acceleration while maintaining a high top speed, in excess of 100 miles per hour. This example of the TC is missing much of its early history and first came to light in the 1990s in a Japanese museum. It has since been owned by collectors who have done little to the car other than preserve it and occasionally drive it until it came into my hands. Although the car ran when I bought it, the distributor wasn’t staying timed and other issues lead to an engine teardown where we discovered that one of the tappets had fractured and the pushrod had damaged the cam, along with wear to the distributor drive and a broken ring land. As a result the engine had to come out to be rebuilt, with new pistons being manufactured for the car and the original cam being repaired to preserve it as close to the original specification as it was when assembled by the Abarth factory.