MCACN LLC MEMBER PROFILE:
STEFANO BIMBI
Stefano Bimbi was born September 7th 1963, in the small Italian Village of Frassinoro,
(This means Golden Fern). This is the Northern Italian Province of Modena located in
the Emilia Romagna Region, of Northern Italy.
His Grandfather, Dario Bimbi owned and operated the Local Bimbi Gas/Service Station.
their own Bimbi branded bicycles. Stefano's Father, Domenico worked with Dario and
became a self-taught mechanic. In 1965 Domenico legally immigrated to the USA and
worked as a mechanic at his Uncle's Car Dealerships. (Fiat, Alfa, Lancia and VW) in Chicago. Not long after arriving, Domenico had saved enough money in order to bring the rest of the family to the USA.
Within a few years Domenico had started his own auto repair business called Bimbi's
Foreign Cars, located in North Chicago, Illinois.
Stefano attended Saint James Grade School in Highwood, Illinois and graduated from
Deerfield High School, where he played sports yet also focused and took advantage of
Vocational Center, in Grays Lake Illinois.
Stefano worked summers and school vacations as well as some weekends at his Dad's
graduation in 1981, he went to work for his father and they changed the name of the
business to Bimbi's Car Craft. This encompass all types of vehicles. He eventually decided to go to
college and left his father’s business. He applied to Western Illinois University and spent
4 years obtaining a Bachelor of Business Degree in Finance. He spent time working in
the field of finance and founded several companies over the years but always
maintained a business which focused on his passion working on as well as buying and
selling Muscle Cars, under the Bimbi's Car Craft dealer license and business. He was
recruited by Auto Nation, then a fortune 100 company, to be the Midwest Regional
Director of Finance and Insurance, but still kept the Muscle Car business going.
In 2002 he was on the list to purchase one of the 69 GMMG ZL1 Camaros. He ordered a
Stage III 427 with most of the options which was one of only approx 37 produced with the C5R
a NicKey Chevrolet motif and was well received by patrons at the show. It was at this
show that Stefano learned who owned the Trademark Rights to NicKey and decided to
pursue them. He resigned his corporate position and founded NicKey Chicago which
builds NicKey branded Cars.
NicKey Chicago became the Title Sponsor of the Chevy Vette Fest show. The
founders eventually sold the show to Championship Auto Shows, Inc.
Stefano established a friendship with Vettefest Show Manager, Bob Ashton. Bob & Stefano
shared many similar philosophies regarding what the show needed to be better.
Unfortunately, the show did not survive and that is when Stefano assembled a round
table membership of diverse enthusiasts and collectors and founded MCACN with Bob
Ashton, as the Managing Partner.
Over the years Stefano has participated in a variety of drag racing events, 1/2-mile
won the Race of Champions at Daytona International as well as multiple regional
Championships.
His immediate family is his wife Beth and three adult children, who have helped at
MCACN over the years, Stephanie, Dario and Olivia.
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