Perry Solomon was very young when he discovered that he liked driving. That’s normal for plenty of kids, but not many would take their dad’s Chevy Nova off of motorcycle jumps either. When he moved to California in the late 1980s Perry found himself surrounded by cars and events of every variety, while Concorso Italiano and Pebble Beach were the ones that he most enjoyed and dreamed of one day participating in. Along the way, Perry discovered the story of Carlo Abarth, the legendary Viennese-born Italian car tuner. Having always been drawn to smaller, low-volume production Italian cars, finding one that combines the histories of Abarth and Zagato is about as good as it gets.