At the age of 12 Bruno Rossati began working eleven hour days.
"Now, approaching 91, I find myself reminiscing about my youth, still riding my motorcycle every day.
Letter re Ladetto
A Brief History of the Italian Marque
Fontanella Ettore & Figli was one the many workshops that built bicycles.
In 1948 one of the sons, Rino Fontanella, built a moped using a Mosquito auxiliary bicycle engine mounted in a frame of the firm's construction.
Sources: Moto di Lombardia
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