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I was born and raised in Turin, Italy, in the backyard of Fiat’s global headquarters. Automobiles had a fundamental impact on my childhood. One of my fondest memories happened when I was 9. I remember sitting on my father’s lap, driving his weathered Fiat 124 around the neighborhood. The city’s talented car designers fascinated me—they were some of the most talented car designers in the world: Pininfarina, Giugiaro, and Bertone. When I came to America, I fell in love with the industrial horsepower of 1960’s muscle cars. Inspired by my childhood, I began restoring American muscle cars with Italian influence.

This car was my first ever project. I said to myself, “I was born and raised in Fiat’s backyard, I have to get my hands dirty and start working on a car.” The Grande was the easiest one to get work on and learn from.