This 101-year-old family-run repair shop exclusively services cars that haven’t been sold in America for four decades. It’s busier than ever.

“It’s actually starting to drive me crazy,” says Frank Freccia III, the fifth generation of the family-run Freccia Bros Garage. His daughter, Guinevere, is the sixth. Together with David D’Andrea, Guinevere’s husband, they are the three employees of this family-run business in operation in Greenwich, Connecticut since 1922. Frank is talking about the new kind of work keeping this shop increasingly busy: overpriced Volkswagens bought online or at auction, which look perfect on the outside and reveal nightmares underneath.

“They roll them across the auction and then find out it has no brakes,” laughs Frank. “Their first stop is to call here.”

When the Freccias immigrated to America and built this place, they serviced carriages. Now they’re a VW-only shop, having serviced Volkswagens when they were brand new, when they were lightly-used daily drivers, and now, as they have morphed into vintage classics. “I had no idea 20, 30 years ago I’d still be doing this,” says Frank. A row of immaculate VWs line the front of the building, awaiting pickup from eager owners. Behind them, rows of dune buggies, Buses, and water-cooled Rabbits wait in the queue.