From the Archives, October, 2014
VeloceToday reader David Hewitt ads his impressions of his time in Europe in 1963, and a visit to Maserati. While trying to identify the cars in Hewitt’s photos, we stumbled across two rare and interesting cars once owned by John Simone, head of Maserati-France. But before we get that, David’s photos of the Nurburgring are equally fascinating and all in color!
Photos courtesy David Hewitt unless otherwise noted.
Text by Pete Vack and David Hewitt
David Hewitt’s father was an Air Force pilot stationed in Europe from 1960 to 1964. Hewitt was only 15 when his family lived in France for the first year and Germany for the remaining years. Hewitt recalls those years: