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Rita Campana is the owner at Campana Modena, one of the oldest body shops in the province of Modena, Italy. Founded in 1947 by her grandfather, handed down to her father their CEO, and now in Rita’s hands, Campana has over 10,000 square meters in a variety of buildings where they restore, repair, and create modern, classic, and vintage racing cars. They are an authorized Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati service center, and the level of handmade services are the best in the world. Rita was born in Modena and earned a degree in architecture. She worked as an architect for fifteen years, concentrating her work on interior design and vintage building restorations. During these years she wrote articles about architecture and design, appeared on Italian radio and TV broadcasts, and held conferences about Italian design. She often helped the family company when needed and in 2019 she decided to join the automotive family business full time as the third generation. You can see some of their most recent builds in the new Movie Ferrari featuring cars they built from scratch for the film.
SHOW SPONSORS
CAPitalize Your Finances Online Course • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation • Cars Yeah TV
INSPIRATION
Rita’s grandparents showed her how to be independent, motivated, and that you can achieve anything if you work hard. Her grandmother was a great inspiration and her father has been a spectacular guide as she runs the business.
CHALLENGE
Building the cars for the Ferrari movie was a huge challenge because of the very short timetable of three and a half months vs the usual one or two years a car takes to restore.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
A Mitsubishi Pajero
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Let Me Tell You a Story by Jorge Bucay
WORDS OF INSPIRATION
It’s never too late to achieve what you desire in life.
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