AVANTI MOTOR SPORT INTERNATIONAL

He succeeded and soon was modifying motorbikes for his brother and others. When the rallying bug bit, he decided that the best way to go fast was to buy the best parts but do all the work himself, with his own ideas as to what would give him the most power and reliability. The cars were very quick compared to most he competed against and very reliable although at times this was difficult to prove as Frank's enthusiasm and driving ability sometimes allowed the car an early visit to the scenery! Afterwards the comments were usually "Your car was really quick and you might have won if you had not hit that fence/tree/bulding/other car!"

In 1977 Frank and his brother Mario bought a garage premises in the town of Street in Somerset, where they grew up. Rizzuti Brothers had been born and they were now the proud owners of a Lada and Moskvitch dealer! Frank was soon to be seen rallying in one of the very rare ex-works Ladas. Soon the desire to sell something a little more appealing meant that the Fiat flag was soon hoisted above the garage.

The learning curve was steep but in no time at all they were starting to modify all things Fiat, from the 500 upwards. Before the 70's ended Avanti was going strong and became the UK arm of the worldwide FAZA ABARTH Fiat tuning group. This was a circle of independent Fiat tuners who joined forces in association with Abarth to develop and produce the best Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo parts that money could buy. With the help of a machine shop in Italy that we joined forces with in the late 70's, we started to design and manufacture our own range of competition gearbox parts including limited slip differentials and close ratio gears for most Italian cars. Now, at the start of the 21st century we can manufacture and supply a full competition gearbox for just about any car, Italian or not. If you require a pair of limited slip differentials for your Bugatti EB110, we can supply! A close ratio gearbox for a Ferrari 355, no problem!