{"id":3790,"date":"2018-12-18T06:00:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T05:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalclassic.com\/?p=3790\/"},"modified":"2019-05-07T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:08:39","slug":"carrozzeria-autosport-franco-bacchelli-ch1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/carrozzeria-autosport-franco-bacchelli-ch1\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrozzeria Autosport &#8211; Chapter 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Franco Bacchelli tells himself&#8230;<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cDoes your mother know how to make tortellini? Do you speak dialect?\u201d These are the questions that you need to answer to, in order to work with Bacchelli. When I ask him to confirm that, he nods. That\u2019s right. Franco Bacchelli has always cared to give his bodywork a \u201cfamiliar look\u201d. And he succeeded.<br \/>\n\u2013 Do you see? He\u2019s Samuele, he\u2019s been coming through that door for nearly thirty years now: his father works for us. While Cristian is here with her son. In my opinion, this is essential. When I go to a restaurant and I see that the whole family works there, I trust them more. I also have a daughter who works abroad. Family is important for me: it has always been.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Samuele-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Samuele Morselli works with Bacchelli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Samuele-.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Samuele--300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Samuele--768x424.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Samuele--1024x565.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5906'>\n\t\t\t\t\tSamuele Morselli\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But that isn\u2019t the only reason. To aim on the profession made in Emilia Romagna, which, for Bacchelli, also has the meaning to preserve excellence, a common heritage, a treasure. And Bacchelli cares very much for that: he has a strong conscience, not only in relation to the value of his profession itself but also in relation to its historical value. The importance of preserving and conveying. That is due to the fact that years are passing, and also because he\u2019s personally currently experiencing a moment of change. Bacchelli is selling his bodywork shop, and his eyes are moist when he talks about it. On the other hand, a business is like a creature. However, his story doesn\u2019t certainly end there. Quite the contrary actually; when a door closes, a window opens somewhere and the window in question is a beautiful project.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3840\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bacchelli-e-Massimo-Bellei.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Franco Bacchelli and Massimo Bellei togheter\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bacchelli-e-Massimo-Bellei.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bacchelli-e-Massimo-Bellei-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bacchelli-e-Massimo-Bellei-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Bacchelli-e-Massimo-Bellei-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5920'>\n\t\t\t\t\tFranco Bacchelli and Massimo Bellei\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A project with capital P, which pulls the threads of a story which began many, many years ago\u2026<br \/>\n\u2013 At home, when I was little, there were eighteen of us. No, they weren\u2019t all my siblings. Mine was a typical farmer family from the era. Like the \u201cOlmi\u201d family, even if \u201cThe tree of the wooden clogs\u201d was set in the Bergamo province, and ours was a farming family from Emilia Romagna. Everything revolved around the <em>sdora<\/em>, the woman of the house \u2013 the one who rolled the pasta, just to be clear \u2013 and all the others came after her, such as uncles and aunties, cousins. We lived just like that: all under the same roof.<br \/>\n\u2013 And how did it happen that you didn\u2019t stay to work the land in the countryside?<br \/>\n\u2013 It wasn\u2019t possible. So, when I was 14, my father took me to Modena to search for a job. That is when I started my experience in the industry and it happened, overall, by pure chance. The bodywork shop where I started to work was owned by a driver who came from Latin America\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1252\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Franco-Bacchelli.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Franco Bacchelli photo when was young\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-5908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Franco-Bacchelli.png 1252w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Franco-Bacchelli-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Franco-Bacchelli-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Franco-Bacchelli-1024x541.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1252px) 100vw, 1252px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-5908'>\n\t\t\t\t\tFranco Bacchelli when he worked at Sports Cars by Piero Drogo\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Piero Drogo, was a star. His lucky star started shining in Venezuela, where he moved to (from Piedmont, where he was born) in his early twenties. Venezuela Gran Prix, 1000km in Buenos Aires, Cuban Grand Prix\u2026 his return to Italy was basically when he was receiving the laurels of honour. With regards to the reasons which drove Drogo to leave Latin America, Bacchelli talks about coup d\u2019\u00e8tat and changes of regime. Specifically, he mentions the Cuban switch from Batista to Castro.<br \/>\n\u2013 I used to tell Drogo all the time, to pull his legs: you left Cuba because it was full of communists and you came to the reddest region in Italy! Many people arrived from Latin America during those years. For example, De Tomaso came from Argentina. Then the Rodriguez brothers\u2026 once I saw them drinking from the water hose. &#8220;Those are the Rodriguez!&#8221;, someone told me. I thought it was strange, to see them there, right in front of me. To me, they were only some short guys, who drove very fast. Drogo was part of that wave of migration. As he was so famous, he easily got in the Ferrari. He wasn\u2019t an entrepreneur, he was an enthusiast\u2026 so in the end, I became an enthusiast too.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;WE ALL HAVE A STORY, TELL US YOURS!&#8221; style=&#8221;outline-custom&#8221; outline_custom_color=&#8221;#990000&#8243; outline_custom_hover_background=&#8221;#fce523&#8243; outline_custom_hover_text=&#8221;#000000&#8243; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost:10372%2Fracconta-la-tua-storia%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u2013 And what did you do, when you worked for Drogo?<br \/>\n\u2013 Ah, the shop boy! At the time it came automatically, it was impossible to do anything else. First, they had to teach you. I did everything, I filled up, I went to pick up the tanks, I helped them to keep the metal sheets close together, to solder\u2026 I was a shop assistant. When the opportunity to choose came, I chose to work in the painting department.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6000\" height=\"4000\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/posteriore-auto.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Metal Car in Bacchelli workshop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/posteriore-auto.jpg 6000w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/posteriore-auto-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/posteriore-auto-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/posteriore-auto-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6000px) 100vw, 6000px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Why the painting department?<br \/>\n\u2013 I was always fond of colours. When I was little, I liked to help painting the carts with the brush.<br \/>\nHe talks about all of this with simplicity, as if it wasn\u2019t an actual vocation, but instead a choice which he stumbled upon, along his path. And his path, since he worked as the shop boy, at Drogo\u2019s body shop, has been long. In between, there was the time of military service, which Bacchelli reminisces about happily. This man of the land \u2013 son of a farming family, like the \u201cOlmi family\u201d \u2013 during his military service\u2019s months, he turned into a \u201cman of the air\u201d, when he felt the state of inebriation through flying. When he talks about it, he cannot do otherwise than laugh and talk about the challenges that he participated in, when he was in the aviation corp. Top Gun-style manoeuvres and exercises, which you struggle to imagine him doing because, Bacchelli, is everything but braggart, he\u2019s a simple man\u2026 who willingly talks about himself, but he does that without exclamation marks. And that is how his professional life unravelled, with uttermost and disarming simplicity.<br \/>\nWhen he got back from military service, Bacchelli was too old to work for someone else, even if this \u201csomeone\u201d is named Piero Drogo. Are people born to be entrepreneurs or do they become that? That doesn\u2019t seem to matter much, what truly matters is the result. Bacchelli opens a body shop, but he\u2019s not alone. With him, amongst others, there are also Mr Gatti and Mr Cremonini\u2026 as well as other well-known names in the industry. But people with decision-making power are too many. \u201cToo many minds\u201d, he says, but he\u2019s not argumentative at all, and he says that he nipped the experience in the bud. The company that he opens this next time is definitely less difficult to manage. To the extent that the owners are just him and his cousin: Mr Roberto Villa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1086\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Roberto-Villa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Roberto Villa photo\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-5912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Roberto-Villa.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Roberto-Villa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Roberto-Villa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Roberto-Villa-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1086px) 100vw, 1086px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-5912'>\n\t\t\t\t\tRoberto Villa\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Do you know what his daughter called him? Nuvola Nera (Black Cloud)!<br \/>\nMr Bacchelli drafts a filigree portrait of his shady and taciturn business partner, who was fully devoted to his job. He was one of those who always had black and calloused hands, which were, however, able \u201cto see\u201d, they were sensitive to the matter and its endless potential. \u201cPreviously, Roberto used to repair motorbike tanks\u2026 which were difficult to do. The old ones were beautiful. They had such noses! Now it\u2019s a different matter, they\u2019re all square\u201d. He talks without lingering too long on what was the ace in the whole in their professional relationship: diversity. Structural differences which, however, didn\u2019t clash with each other, quite the contrary, they integrated each other based on a happy complementarity. Bacchelli and Villa, \u201cthe strange duo\u201d. One was extremely shy, bent over his work and always hammering his metal sheet \u2013 the other one friendly, perfect for those which today we name public relations.<br \/>\nAs an embodiment of the saying \u201cbirds of feather, flock together\u201d, the \u201cBacchelli and Villa\u201d opens their doors in 1972 and it soon gives people something to talk about. The contacts with Ferrari soon take off, with the repair of the fibreglass bodywork of the 308 GTB and, afterwards, with the construction of the prototypes for the 512IPLM and of the 308X. In 1980, the bodywork shop becomes Autosport. Then, in the \u201990s, there\u2019s another turning point: an intuition which will be turned into a continual flow of work. Bacchelli and Villa start looking back to the past, but they do so with the cognition of the present and with an eye towards the future. The era of classic cars restoration beings.<br \/>\n\u2013 Where did the intuition to restore in those years, when nobody was doing it yet, come from?<br \/>\n\u2013 Well, you know\u2026 firstly, you know people. The first cars I worked on came from Belgium, they were two Ferrari 275\u2019s. The 275 is one of the most restored cars. Over the years, we\u2019ve restored around 50 of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<style type='text\/css'>\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='dt-gallery-container gallery galleryid-3790 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5887\" height=\"3869\" src=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ferrari-275-GTB-Bacchelli.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Ferrari 275 GTB of Bacchelli\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-5916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ferrari-275-GTB-Bacchelli.jpg 5887w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ferrari-275-GTB-Bacchelli-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ferrari-275-GTB-Bacchelli-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ferrari-275-GTB-Bacchelli-1024x673.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5887px) 100vw, 5887px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-5916'>\n\t\t\t\t\tFerrari 275 GTB \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 You must have seen many changes in the materials, through your years of working in this industry! For example, in terms of paint.<br \/>\n\u2013 What actually changed is the support. I\u2019ll say one thing: in 1976 I was authorised by Scaglietti to paint fibreglass cars. At the time, we used acrylics to paint, you gave it 14-15 coats, then they sanded it down and they polished it: sure, it was something prestigious, but it was very difficult. It wasn\u2019t easy to paint on fibre. I don\u2019t know why Scaglietti authorised me to do it, but since then, I evolved significantly in this area. Even today, I have orders to paint composite materials, such as the F 50&#8230; yes, I received orders to paint some Ferrari 50, because they also had some doubts on carbon fibre. I painted all of the grids on the door and under the door on the Ferrari 348, as well as for the 355. I also painted tractors. The rewarding aspect is that I was one of the first to paint composite materials. And to this day, we paint Lamborghini polyurethane dashboards.<br \/>\n\u2013 Is aluminium one of the materials which you\u2019ve noticed changing too?<br \/>\n\u2013 Aluminium is still Italian, which is the raw 98% aluminium (thus with a little tin). It is very different from the English aluminium, which is cured and is better tamed. It\u2019s the typical aluminium from the area, this one, the fact that it\u2019s raw aluminium. When we use it, we even put it under the sun to be able to work it better. Then, of course, other materials arrived too, but raw aluminium is still the Motor Valley\u2019s distinctive number.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By International Classic, written by Martina Fragale<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep following the story\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/internationalclassic.com\/en\/franco-bacchelli-ch2\/\">Carrozzeria Autosport \u2013 Chapter 2<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=&#8221;WE ALL HAVE A STORY, TELL US YOURS!&#8221; style=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_background=&#8221;#990000&#8243; custom_text=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; button_block=&#8221;true&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Flocalhost:10372%2Fracconta-la-tua-storia%2F|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch the video<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_W53DzatKY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Franco Bacchelli tells himself&#8230; \u201cDoes your mother know how to make tortellini? Do you speak dialect?\u201d These are the questions that you need to answer to, in order to work with Bacchelli. When I ask him to confirm that, he nods. That\u2019s right. 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