I've been running my online shop for nearly 20 years now in one form or another ( https://retromotoring.etsy.com/ ) and for quite a few of those years I supplied custom memorabilia for the annual event of the Lancia Prisma and Delta club of Italy. In the run up to Easter I'd hear from Davide Baldini with his requirements and we'd exchange friendly emails, I learned a lot about Prismas (I never knew there was an Integrale!) and he always seemed a thoroughly likeable bloke.

When the covid stuff hit Italy he messaged me to say the event that year was obviously cancelled and he sounded quite concerned for the future. Recently as we head in to a new year I was wondering how he was doing as I hadn't heard from him since 2021, and I was saddened to learn that he died in 2022.

The "Davide Baldini Memorial" rally takes place place every year in the Spring, to honor and perpetuate his memory.

This drawing is of his Prisma Integrale, which had over 240,000 miles on it! I hope one day to attend the rally myself and see it for real.

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