Once a champion co-driver, Gino Macaluso gave up reading pace notes to run the family firm. Then a chance 'barn find' led to his creating a stellar collection of ex-works rally cars
The approach is low-key: we appear to be heading for an industrial estate. But, past the gate, there are neat hedges and a cobbled area between two buildings, with gently sloping lawns beyond. The keeper of the collection, Massimo Giuliano, opens the doors of the main building and, stretching away into its depths, there are lines of rally cars. Fantastic rally cars: from Timo Mäkinen's 1000 Lakes-winning Mini Cooper S of 1967 and Bengt Söderström's 1966 RAC-winning Lotus-Cortina, to Juha Kankkunen's Lancia Delta HF Integrale which finished second on the 1992 Safari. Not all the cars here are winners, but all are genuine ex-works cars restored to, or preserved in, their former glory.
The man responsible for this Aladdin's Cave spent his early years as a works co-driver. In his tiny office, overflowing with memorabilia, books, photographs and model cars, explains how it all came about...
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