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With a lifetime of experience in automobile restoration under his belt, master car restorer Wayne Carini has a resume that includes body and paint work on rare car collections owned by the likes of David Letterman, tennis great Ivan Lendl and the DuPont family. He has been featured in the New York Times as well as numerous automobile magazines, starred in two one-hour television specials on Discovery’s Velocity channel and is the host of Chasing Classic Car on Velocity and now Motortrend.
Wayne’s zeal for cars began when he was a child, working alongside his father on Duesenbergs, Lincolns, Packards, and Model A Fords. At the young age of nine, he went for his first ride in a 1960 Ferrari Rosso Chiaro 250 SWB, and his life was forever changed. He was bitten by the Ferrari bug. Automobiles have been his passion and life’s work ever since.
Wayne learned the art of Ferrari restoration from his mentor, Francois Sicard, a former racing mechanic widely considered to be the foremost Ferrari expert on the East Coast. His good friend Luigi Chinetti Jr., whose father Luigi Chinetti Sr. won the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari and opened the first Ferrari dealership in the United States, has also been an invaluable influence.
Wayne owns and operates three companies in Portland, Connecticut: F40 Motorsports, specializing in the sale and purchase of vintage and classic automobiles, F40 Restoration, where award-winning restorations are performed, and Carini Consulting. He consults with collectors on buying, selling and maintaining their collections as well as with people who are looking to starting a collection for the first time.
Wayne also represents many companies such as Craftsman Tools, Hagerty Car Capsule, Metrovac and Mckees 37. He has been the Grand Marshall and a concours judge at many concours events around the world. He has a new car magazine, “The Chase,” of which he is the executive publisher, and he has just published his first book, “Affordable Classics.” He will also be launching a new podcast, “Classic Car Talk,” with friend Jay Ward, creative and technical director of the movie “Cars” at Pixar Studios.
Wayne and his wife enjoy living on their farm in rural Connecticut, driving in the cars in their collection and being with their grandchildren, daughters and friends. Wayne has been an avid supporter of autism awareness and research organizations since his daughter was diagnosed with autism at an early age.
Wayne’s zeal for cars began when he was a child, working alongside his father on Duesenbergs, Lincolns, Packards, and Model A Fords. At the young age of nine, he went for his first ride in a 1960 Ferrari Rosso Chiaro 250 SWB, and his life was forever changed. He was bitten by the Ferrari bug. Automobiles have been his passion and life’s work ever since.
Wayne learned the art of Ferrari restoration from his mentor, Francois Sicard, a former racing mechanic widely considered to be the foremost Ferrari expert on the East Coast. His good friend Luigi Chinetti Jr., whose father Luigi Chinetti Sr. won the 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans for Ferrari and opened the first Ferrari dealership in the United States, has also been an invaluable influence.
Wayne owns and operates three companies in Portland, Connecticut: F40 Motorsports, specializing in the sale and purchase of vintage and classic automobiles, F40 Restoration, where award-winning restorations are performed, and Carini Consulting. He consults with collectors on buying, selling and maintaining their collections as well as with people who are looking to starting a collection for the first time.
Wayne also represents many companies such as Craftsman Tools, Hagerty Car Capsule, Metrovac and Mckees 37. He has been the Grand Marshall and a concours judge at many concours events around the world. He has a new car magazine, “The Chase,” of which he is the executive publisher, and he has just published his first book, “Affordable Classics.” He will also be launching a new podcast, “Classic Car Talk,” with friend Jay Ward, creative and technical director of the movie “Cars” at Pixar Studios.
Wayne and his wife enjoy living on their farm in rural Connecticut, driving in the cars in their collection and being with their grandchildren, daughters and friends. Wayne has been an avid supporter of autism awareness and research organizations since his daughter was diagnosed with autism at an early age.
