Eno DePasquale with The Bomb at Lime Rock in 2014. He built the car in the eary 1960s, raced it, sold it, forgot about it. In 1990, The Bomb staged a comeback, having been rescued by its original creator. Photo by Sean Smith.
Story by Sean Smith
Historical photos courtesy the Eno DePasquale collection.
Eno DePasquale was a car guy from the word go. His father, a doctor, had a 1953 Jaguar XK120M that would occasionally see some late-night street racing at the hands of his son. Eno didn’t follow in his father’s footsteps; he wanted to work on cars, not people. His father would tell friends, “I think my son has gears going around in his head!”
In his high school years, with no formal training, Eno started to build cars for himself. He began by customizing a ‘36 Ford coupe, then moved on to a ‘32 three-window that he chopped, channeled, and built from the ground up. His final high school ride was a ‘40 Ford that he massaged into a custom machine.
Eno DePasquale in 1953 at age 16 with his 1936 Ford coupe that he customized.