1963 Studebaker Avanti Moving Forward with a Supernova… I’d moved to Rome in the summer of 1962. As a pre-teen enamoured with cars, I was inundated with a slue of new-to-me automotive marques that were alien to rural Eastern Canada, where I had just left. So of course I always checked out all the cars I…
Fiat 500 Nuova – Italy’s Original City Car Cinquecento – The original city car By the time my family moved to Rome in 1962 the Fiat 500 Nuova was celebrating its 5th birthday. It was perfectly designed for the Italian roads and could easily squeeze into the underground parking in our apartment building while our…
1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS The Pony Wars Heat Up My very first awareness of the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro was in September 1969. I got a new temporary roommate in my grade 12 dorm room. His family was in the process of moving to Rome, Italy from the US. He stayed in the dorm until his…