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1971 Intermeccanica Italia Convertible = Spyder Rare $157.5 For Sale

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Located in the USA...(((( We also have a clean driver Black(~)Red Intermeccanica Italia Convertible coming soon and on request please... same price $157k usd... ))))


1971 Intermeccanica Italia Convertible = Rare 1 of 500 made... the silver photo is a sample... the blue car is for sale.

$70, 000 Professional Rotisserie Restoration


$157, 500.. usd dollars.


Make: Intermeccanica

Model:Italia

Trim:Convertible = Spyder = Spider...

Mileage: 27k

Trans:5 Speed


Engine:351ci Ford Windsor

Interior:Leather

Color:Azure or Blue

Drive Train:RWD



1971 Intermeccanica Italia Convertible Vehicle Description


“The Italia may be one of the most gorgeously-styled cars ever made" - Classic & Sports Car, 1993.

The Italia features a hand-formed Italian body mated to a custom Italian chassis, harnessing a Ford 351ci Windsor V8. The hybrid Italia had more displacement than a Cobra and just a little more weight.

Our Italia was the subject of a $70, 000 professional rotisserie restoration. Every nut and bolt was stripped from the tub with all components inspected, cleaned, rebuilt, and refinished as necessary. A throrough photo documentation accompanies the car as well as a rare original owner’s manual and significant documents. The documents confirm the car has had few owners and has been properly maintained.

The odometer shows 27, 747 miles. A set of 14” chrome wire wheels highlight the exterior. Factory A/ C, power steering, and a modern stereo enhance the driving pleasure. A Ford Tremec 5 speed transmission has been substituted for the original Ford 4 speed to give better performance.

The Italia can accelerate from 0–60 in just 6. 2 seconds. Top speed is an impressive 155 mph

Only 354 Italias were built. They look like a million-dollar car. They are as fast as most anything of their period. We think they define a bargain exotic. This opportunity won’t last long.


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Specs and history

- details above


Intermeccanica (formally Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica) is an automobile manufacturer, founded in Torino, Italy, in 1959 by Frank Reisner.[1] It subsequently moved first to the United States, then to Canada, and is currently headed by Frank's son, Henry Reisner.

History

Founding

Initially the company made tuning kits. The first car was a Formula Junior single-seater using a Peugeot engine, in 1960, which was followed by 21 aluminium-bodied Intermeccanica-Puch (IMP) 500 cc-engined cars, of which one won at the Nürburgring.

Larger American V8 engines were used in the Apollo GT, of which 101 cars were made for International Motor Cars, from 1961 to 1965. The Veltro prototype, however, had small Ford Anglia-sourced engines. These cars and some other prototypes were designed by Franco Scaglione. The Italia was a larger GT sports car, of which approximately 500 were made, from 1966 to 1972, followed by eleven Murena GT in 1971. The same year, with Bitter Cars and Opel, Intermeccanica developed the Indra, followed by a few years assembling the Squire car.

The company relocated to San Bernardino, USA, in 1975 and started to build replica cars, such as the Porsche 356 Speedster in 1976 and Checker Taxi in 1979. It is now known as Intermeccanica International Inc., and has since 1981 been based in Vancouver (Canada).

Intermeccanica today manufactures its trademark Roadster, a replica of the 1959 Porsche 356 convertible, as well as offering a replica of the 1940 World War 2 VW Kubelwagen "Type 82". Other products include a 1958 Speedster, "Turbo Look" versions of both the Roadster and Speedster.

Intermeccanica History, 1959 to date[edit]

Intermeccanica was founded in Turin, Italy in 1959. Its first project was speed equipment kits for Renault, Simca, Peugeot, DKW etc. Kits consisted of dual throat carburetors, intake manifolds, high-performance cams, oil filters etc.

A full line of free-flow exhaust systems was developed for 50 or more European cars in cooperation with an Italian tube company. These were marketed under the Intermeccanica label everywhere but North America, and sold particularly well in South Africa. In North America they were distributed by Stebro, who eventually made the systems themselves.

In 1960, from modifications of Peugeot engines a Formula Junior de-stroked, counterweighted engine was developed, using the facilities of Conrero. A Formula Junior racing car, one of the first with rear engine, was also built and sold. When the English Formula Juniors with Ford-based engines in the rear came out a few months later, the IM was outclassed. However about ten engines were sold.

A small aluminum two-seater coupe was developed by Intermeccanica, based on the Steyr-Daimler-Puch 500 cc car. The Puch was a hybrid, with part Fiat 500 chassis and body and part Puch mechanicals, namely a 500 cc air-cooled opposed twin engine, special brakes, transmission etc. After a presentation of the prototype car to Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG in Graz, Austria, a series of these small coupes were built, 21 in number. Some were touring cars, and some lightened for racing. The IMP won the 500cc class one year at Nurburgring.

During 1961–1963, the Apollo GT was developed by Intermeccanica for a company based in San Francisco (actually Oakland). This was at first a coupe, the prototype in aluminium. Further production cars were in steel, which used the then new Buick aluminium V8 engine and all Buick running gear. The cars were upholstered in leather, used Borrani wire wheels etc. Altogether 90 coupes and later 11 convertible Apollos were built between 1961 and 1965. In 1963 Intermeccanica exhibited the Apollo coupe at the Turin Automobile Show.

In 1965 a prototype Apollo 2 + 2 was built and exhibited at the New York Automobile Show. It was judged best of show. A second 2 + 2 was built later. Also, a Mustang station wagon prototype was built for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. The car was presented as an idea car to Ford Motor Company.


"Griffith 600" Coupé (1966)
A prototype English Ford 106E based car was built, called the Veltro.

In 1966, a new project was started with Jack Griffith of Long Island, N. Y. for a larger production all steel car with more financing. Ex-BRM chassis designer John Crosthwaite, working as a consultant for Jack Griffith (and later for Frank Reisner on the Italia), designed the chassis for the Robert Cumberford shaped car called the Griffith GT. A Griffith was shown with a Plymouth 4. 5-litre V8 engine at the 1966 New York Motor Show.[2]

Tooling was built and production started. Around fourteen cars were shipped, when Jack Griffith's company closed. A new customer, Steve Wilder, decided to take over the project, called the cars Omega and had them assembled by Holman and Moody in North Carolina. A total of 33 of these were delivered to the US.

It became obvious at this stage that the only way to pursue the construction of cars was if the cars left Italy fully assembled and running. In cooperation with an Italian bank, Credito Italiano, Intermeccanica found a distributor in Genser Forman of New Jersey, and finally production and sales reached the 100 to 120 cars per year level. These cars were Ford V8 powered, with Ford running gear.



1972 Intermeccanica Italia Spyder
The distribution was occasionally changed, but up until 1970 about 500 cars were built, first called Torino and later Italia. (Ford had the name 'Torino' registered). The Italia was eventually produced as both a coupe and a very successful convertible.[3][4][5][6]

A Corvair-based all steel prototype called the Phoenix was built for John Fitch of Lime Rock, Connecticut.

During 1967–1969, eleven Murena sports wagons with Ford 429 Hi Performance engines were built. These luxury packages (four leather seats, bars with cut glass, deep pile carpets, aircraft switches etc.) were built, again as running cars, for an importer in New York. The Murenas were a great hit with the entertainment group in California.

At the 1969 April New York Automobile Show, Intermeccanica had cars on three different stands! For the 1969 Turin Automobile Show, a modified Italia, which conformed to Italian requirements, and added a few features such as a rear movable airfoil, was built. It was called the Italia IMX but remained a prototype.

During 1969–1970, Italias started to sell in Europe, especially in Germany through the newly appointed distributor, Erich Bitter. In 1970 Centaur, a one-off two-door sedan based on a Corvette, was built for a doctor from the Mid-West. Also Opel, GM subsidiary in Germany, contacted Intermeccanica and a whole new project of a car, using the Opel mechanicals, the Chevrolet 350 engine, hydramatic transmission, DeDion rear end, disc brakes (parts used in the Opel Diplomat) was developed by Intermeccanica. The new car was the Indra. The Indra was presented at the Geneva Automobile Show and was Intermeccanica's most successful car yet.





Intermeccanica Indra
Between 1971 and 1974, 125 Indras in three variants, convertible, notchback coupe and fastback coupe were developed and built. In 1973 the Indra was presented at the New York Automobile Show, again with many orders taken and distributorship for U. S. set up. At this stage GM changed policy and stopped supplying both the Chevrolet engines and the Opel parts, as well as advising their Opel dealers in Germany that they were no longer to sell the Indras, with disastrous results for Intermeccanica. Distributor Erich Bitter developed a very similar replacement, the Bitter CD, built by Baur.

During 1974–1975, a series of replica SS Jaguars were assembled by Intermeccanica for a U. S. customer. These were fiberglass replicas, called Squire.

In 1975 two prototype Ford-engined Indras were built one shipped to the U. S. with all equipment for Indra construction in the U. S. also one development car with all ford running gear This project was developed and initially financed by the Economic Development Council and the City of San Bernardino, California. About a month after Frank Reisner and family arrived in California, the project was canceled. In 1976 Porsche Speedster replica was developed by Frank Reisner, and tooling made, as well as a prototype, in Los Angeles.

During 1976–1979, Automobili Intermeccanica was formed in partnership between Frank Reisner and Tony Baumgartner in Santa Ana, California, to build Speedsters. About 600 Speedsters were constructed. Tony Baumgartner bought out Frank Reisner's 50% share of Automobili Intermeccanica and later sold the Speedster project and equipment to Classic Motor Carriages in Florida.

During 1979–1980, tooling was developed by Frank Reisner for the construction of a neo-classic based on the Checker chassis, with lines inspired by the Mercedes Erdmann Rossi model and the Duesenberg. This was a big, 129-inch-wheelbase car. When the economy in California took a downturn and the market for this kind of car collapsed, the partnership could not come up with the financing required. Its code name was Lexington.

In 1981, Frank Reisner developed a Roadster RS model based on the 1959 Porsche Convertible "D" and made full tooling for this car. In October Frank Reisner visited Vancouver and made an agreement with local investors, one an old Italia importer from Montreal, to transfer production of the Roadster RS to Vancouver.

During 1982–1985, Intermeccanica International Inc. started production of the Roadster RS and developed markets in Canada, the U. S. and Japan. In 1985 Intermeccanica developed a new tubular chassis for the Roadster RS to replace the original VW pan.

In 1986 Intermeccanica refined the Roadster RS, adding first simple flares, later modified nose and flares. Also developed was a new tubular steel chassis for the Roadster that uses all the mechanical parts of a 6-cylinder Porsche 911. A hardtop was also added to either model.



Kübelwagen replica by Intermeccanica.
During 1995–1996, A new project, a replica of a "Kübelwagen", a Porsche designed VW jeep used in World War II, was undertaken and production was initiated.

In October 2001 Frank A. Reisner died of complications due to sarcoidosis. Frank's son Henry Reisner, who had worked at Intermeccanica part-time during high school and university, and full-time since, took over as president. He is currently working on increasing production of Intermeccanica Roadsters, Speedsters and Kubelwagens destined for the US, Canada and Japan.

In 2015, Henry Reisner co-founded ElectraMeccanica in Vancouver, British Columbia to start producing zero-emission electric commuter cars.



Inspections welcome... please email us for more pics.


Please mention the vehicle you are inquiring about so we can respond promptly.

= Inspections are encouraged before any purchase, of any vehicle, anywhere.


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Can be exported at your cost or about $1, 500 dollars to the UK port in 4 weeks...


- Serious collectors please... more pics coming and on request...


Thanks for looking


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