Freccia Bros Garage has become a landmark in Greenwich, Connecticut.
This 101-year-old family-run repair shop exclusively services cars that haven’t been sold in America for four decades. It’s busier than ever.
When the Freccias immigrated to America and built this place, they serviced carriages. Now they’re a VW-only shop, having serviced Volkswagens when they were brand new, when they were lightly-used daily drivers, and now, as they have morphed into. “I had no idea 20, 30 years ago I’d still be doing this,” says Frank. A row of immaculate VWs line the front of the building, awaiting pickup from eager owners. Behind them, rows of dune buggies, Buses, and water-cooled Rabbits wait in the queue.
Repairing these auction cars is a never-ending tidal wave. “We’re busier than ever,” says Frank. Freccia Bros’ waiting list is months long, in part because good-looking cars brought in for quick repairs often reveal problems unseen by the owners. Standing in front of the shop’s wooden door, Frank unwinds story after story of cars bought from pictures alone.
If California was a beachhead for Japanese auto imports in the Sixties and Seventies, the Northeast was the landing point for European cars in the Fifties and Sixties. The streets of Greenwich were clogged with Volkswagens. They were cheap to buy, cheap to run, and sturdy enough to survive often-negligent owners.“When I was a kid there’d be five Bugs at this light, Squarebacks at that light,” says Frank, gesturing at the intersection out front, as Bentleys and Benzes amble past.
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