Meet Stefano Chiminelli 

Before me, my father Giorgio had been part of CVAE club starting from 1968. I was only 7 at the time but I grew a real fascination for that world through him. My dream car has always been a classic one. I remember when I was just 3 or 4. My favourite game consisted in pretending to drive my grandfather's old Ford Consul Coupé parked in the backyard. Once I took the cric, lifted the car, and put myself under it pretending I was a mechanic. My mother was scared to death and after that episode she had the Ford sold in the blink of an eye (he laughs). Cars are what made the ideas go forward in the XX century. Today this primacy is owned by the web, but back in time progress, freedom and independence moved on wheels. How could you not be fascinated by all of this? 

On my fathers' steps I joined CVAE club very young. I was account auditor at first. Then, starting from 2001 - almost without any break - I had the position of President. Today our club, which is the second oldest classic car club in Italy, counts 1500 members coming mainly - but not only - from Veneto region. We are part of ASI association with which we have a close collaboration. Our top event is called La Leggenda di Bassano. We attract a lot of international collectors and classic car enthusiasts. We also collaborate with ANCI (National Association of Italian Municipalities) and MIT (Italian Minister of Tourism) to promote the concept of historic tour, a sustainable form of cultural tourism on wheels. We also released a pocket guide of unusual itineraries in collaboration with Veneto Region. The raised money were donated to City of Hope Foundation for leukemic kids and to Race Up Team, a group of young students attending Mechanical Engineering at the University of Padua taking part to Formula Student competition.