Carlo Abarth was born Karl Alberto Abarth, in Vienna, Austria, on November 15, 1908 (He would go on to change his name to Carlo when he moved to Italy after the war).
In his teens it was seen that young Karl had a talent for engineering. He became an apprentice at Degan, in Italy, designing bicycle and motorcycle frames.
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