January 26th, 2018

a wall full of special tools

There are a few Chicago-area shops that work on Italian cars, but the Lancias tend to go to  Autosprint - Gianni D'Avola has  "magic fingers", a feel in his hands to solve those thorny Italian car problems. Maybe  something to do with growing up in Sicily, but Gianni gets it done.
We were poking around in one of the back rooms one afternoon, and I was impressed by all the special tools. Internet chatter about hub pullers for Lancias (and other cars),  never comes up with Gianni and now I know why - he's got a lot of pullers, for the the Lancias/Alfas/Ferraris he works on. And even for the Citroen Traction-Avant.