The European Heir Restoring Forgotten American Cars to Glory

Richard Cranium · Sep 3, 2025

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The European Heir Restoring Forgotten American Cars to Glory

An Italian jewelry scion has turned an old drive-in theater in Pennsylvania into a showplace for his collection of domestic vehicles.

The European Heir Restoring Forgotten American Cars to Glory

Don Frelier · Sep 3, 2025

Hopefully there's a plan for after he dies.
Looks like he could go at any minute.

Budnicks · Sep 3, 2025

Cool diverse & vintage collection

his estate looks like his family would take care of it after
Old money

thanks for sharing

hanks73340 · Sep 3, 2025

Very nice! hopefully the family will continue to keep this going when the time comes.

jimkf · Thursday at 6:29 AM

The quality of his restorations is incredible. I've seen several of his cars - his team brings a few to the AACA fall meet at Hershey - and every one is done right. They're restored to how they would have looked when they left the factory so some have blackwall tires, some have no options and some are cars no one else would restore since they aren't considered investment grade. I met him at one of the fall meets several years ago and he is a nice guy with a vision to preserve a slice of history.

Hey-O · Thursday at 7:43 AM

Now that's to cool!! Thanks for sharing!!

The European Heir Restoring Forgotten American Cars to Glory

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