He moved permanently to Italy in 1934, where he met Ferdinand Porsche's son-in-law Anton Piëch, and married his secretary.Cisitalia from usuarios.lycos.es (last accessed 7 March 2007) In 1939 Abarth was long hospitalized and had his racing career end, due to a racing accident in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Other than visits to Austria and Italy, he remained in Slovenia until the war was over. During this time he worked at Ignaz Vok's factory.
