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“. . . It is heartening to know that one can find a company such as Berlinetta Motorcars which is professional, committed to quality and foremost in honesty and integrity. You are all to be commended, and it truly has been a pleasure to do business with you.” R.W.B., M.D., Ph.D.

In Memory of Enzo Ferrari:
Grazie Maestro per Tutta L’Isperazione

Doug Pirrone has been devoted to Ferraris and exotic sports cars since the ’50s. Beginning in the 1960s he attended every national and international car race – including SCCA, Double 500 and Vanderbilt Cup Races – at Bridgehampton, and many Formula One races at the Watkins Glen track. The late Bob Grossman, who won and placed at many of these races, was a personal friend.

Doug attended the University of Michigan, majoring in mechanical engineering. He began his professional career as an engineer for the Apollo Lunar Module, as well as other NASA and Navy aircraft projects, at Grumman Aerospace Corporation in Bethpage, New York.

Doug participated in Italy’s Mille Miglia for two consecutive years, once in the Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France.

He has been a guest twice at the Ferrari S.p.A. factory and the Scaglietti Carrozzeria coachworks in Italy. He was a Ferrari Club of America Annual Meet class chief concours judge for more than a decade. He s a track instructor with IMSA and HSR licenses.

Doug has been active in the Long Island and New York Metropolitan area car shows and clubs since the early ’70s. In addition, he performed professionally as a jazz pianist and flutist for several years. He is an avid motorcycle enthusiast and has been modifying cars, hot rods and motorcycles since he was fourteen.

Doug Pirrone is a master coach builder who was asked to bring two of Berlinetta’s projects to the international Pebble Beach Concours in California. This is an invitational show.