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Guy Moerenhout with the 1958 Abarth 750 Record Monza which was part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.’s team and which took part in the Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance at Sebring in 1962.
Story and photos by Hugues Vanhoolandt
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Guy Moerenhout with the iconic original photo of the train of Berlina Corsa models on the Monza banking in 1966.
Story and photos by Alain Raymond
“A living museum, with no rope or cordon” This is how he describes his still-growing 340 car collection, housed in a 43,000 square foot ex-tool factory, located in the small town of Lier, in Belgium. “Some 80 percent of the cars here are operational. I believe in letting the cars live and be used for the way they were intended,” explains Guy Moerenhout, ex-factory rallyman for Abarth and present-day guru for all things Abarth. VeloceToday first visited Moerenhout’s museum in 2010 and I went back this past June to further explore this unique homage to Carlo Abarth and his many creations.
An Abarth High in the Low Countries
Fiat Abarth 124 Rally cars in the Abarth Works Museum.
No one in the low countries quite compares to Guy Moerenhout, a enthusiast and garage owner with a distinct taste for things Abarth. In fact, there is probably no one in Europe with an Abarth inventory of parts, knowledge and cars under one roof, with 3500 square meters of space located in Belgium.
The official address is Guy Moerenhout Racing, Industriestraat 1-2500, Lier Belgium, between Antwerp and Brussels. We might add that there is a threefold purpose to Guy’s place–to sell cars, parts, as a garage and now, Guy is the proud owner of the “Abarth Works Museum” under the same huge roof in Lier. And if you are anywhere in the area, be sure to drop by–you will be amazed! [Read more…] about Abarth Guy