I can't answer your question about year of manufacture but welcome to the forum!! You can bet that someone on here will know though. Anything you want to know about Abarth you can get answers here - the trick sometimes is to tell the difference between those that count and those that don't!! You are alright, red flags have recently been done away with although you should still be very, very careful not to frighten the horses please! I might be on one of them! Pensioner power forever! Paraphrasing the great man 'keep tramping on'!