Kind of the best of both worlds really. Italian styling with the less complexity of a Ford powerplant. It has always fascinated me for this reason. It's like the more affordable early variation on a Ford GT since an early GT40 is unobtainium.Italian but used Ford engines. Neet car for its day.
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Totally agree & this car may not have been on the road today if it had been some flavor of Italian engine.Kind of the best of both worlds really. Italian styling with the less complexity of a Ford powerplant. It has always fascinated me for this reason. It's like the more affordable early variation on a Ford GT since an early GT40 is unobtainium.