In Indiana "rebuilt" and "reconstructed" brands are often on the titles of replicas, because in Indiana that means the same as Special Construction.  Often times we have to send a form letter to other states explaining this because they look at it as rebuilt form a wreck, which they are not.

IDK about North Carolina but it may be the same/similar...

The owner is a dealer and he could not verify whether it was a salvage title or not.

He thinks it is not, but he said he is not sure.

But this might answer it, or Not =)

http://rebuilttitle.org/north-...a-rebuilt-title.html

Excerpts:

North Carolina Rebuilt Title

In NC rebuilt title is given to repaired total loss (usually salvage) vehicles that were recognized roadworthy. Salvage Rebuilt title is required to legally drive a salvage vehicle.

Reconstructed Vehicle in NC

Reconstructed Vehicle in NC is not the same as rebuilt salvage . Reconstructed Vehicle title is issued to motor vehicles that have been “materially altered from original construction due to the removal, addition or substitution or essential parts” (according to www.ncdot.gov) This title also applies to assembled vehicles and glider kits.

Looks nice.  The price at $37,500 is fair for an Intermeccanica.

Pretty.  751 miles for a 2007?  Hmm.

Mine is registered as a 'rebuild' and I think all IMs are registered the same way.

I agree Phil-750 miles in 8 years.....kinda strange.

Maybe a new speedo?  This car resembles one owned by a fellow who lived on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina.  He didn't keep it very long.  Just wondering if this is the one.  Gordon would remember his name I'll bet.  

My IM is registered as Kit, then IM, that is the only way my provincial laws will allow. Ray 

Special Construction Vehicle.

If that's his old car I met him and his lovely wife, when they came up to Vancouver for a visit with Henry.  Can't remember his name, but I do remember that he didn't keep the car very long.

My IM speedster is a very old one, first registered in Penn state in 1983. When I brought it from Idaho to Ontario, Canada it had plenty of documentation and the local DMV registered it as INTR ( make ) and KIT  as model so Ray's scenario and mine are pretty consistent.

It's a gorgeous car - but still 8 years old!  I like the over-riders, brown interior --- and AC with windup windows! Despite only 751 miles - I bet all seals are dried out and it leaks like a sieve.  Plus 8 year old tires have to be hard as a rock. Not a single bid yet at $30K offering price - nor BIN of $37k.

Mine was titled as a 0000 spcn in California, After buying it Oregon would only title it as a 2012 assembled!  I think that was because the only other paper work I had was the last Ca. registration...  At least it still has the Ca. smog exemption sticker under the hood...

But no Idea when it was actually constructed..  I was built by Fiberfab, and Dave have now moved close by to La pine, Or.

My birthday Present Fiberfab.... Great car!

I think the rebuilt title is keeping buyers away from it too.  I agree with the dried up seals and tire rot.  The carbs were rebuilt but still pops and backfires. I still like it but I hate a black car cause I'm too much of a detail freak.

I would not worry about the 'year' of an Intermeccanica, other than tires that are perhaps too old, and a few seals, as you say.  The build quality is there regardless of the year of manufacture, especially with tube frame cars.

Compare the price to a new one, and a set of tires and a few seals looks pretty cheap for a car that is hardly used (if that is the true case here).

Gordon says that he thinks the guys name was "Brian Haythornwaite or something like that."  Ring any bells?  Was it he who did the review on "Quik Lifts" many moons ago?  

That IM has to be a screamin' deal at $37k. Another $2k for tires and seals (tops) and it's a brand new car with all the options you'd want. If I were a couple tax brackets higher up on the food chain I'd grab it immediately.

I agree that all seals including a rear light rubbers could be all dried up, even mirror rubbers etc. you could even have torsion bar major squeaks in the rear end. I wonder if the manifold gaskets need changing too. 

Yes, that's him. 

I said that my IM was registered as a 'rebuild', but I should have said 'U-Build'

I also think it's a super great price at $37k.

That car new would be $65k+.  Love the colors.  Just worried about the lack of miles.  Sitting is not always good,  Was it forced to sit due to accident?  Henry always knows the history of these cars.  There was a guy who was looking for a car in the $30s when I was selling my car.  This could be his car.

You can find a cloud around ever silver lining if you look hard enough for it.

$65K new, $37K ask. For $30K, I'd "risk" it. New tires and rubber don't cost that much. Titles for these cars are weird (as compared to a "normal" car) no matter what you end up doing.

Nope. Not Brian Hawthornwaite's car. He did the review on the Bend-Pak lift.

As in his pics in the review he had a Speedster with a tan top.

https://www.speedsterowners.com/pages/articles_bendpak

~WB

Nice sleuthing, Bill.

You da man WB.  See how easily this old brain can get things mixed up.  It was a really nice car and was for sale in the same ballpark as this one, IF I remember correctly.  

I'm sure we saw this car before. Not many had overriders. At first I thought this was Bob (Biggs) Bigham's car but his was gray.

~WB

The guy that had this car was selling Intermeccanicas in North Carolina and the business went under several years ago.  This car was just sold at a repo sale. The car probably sat for six years before going to the block.  Wish I had known.

What kind of power/torque does this 2200 VW engine have?  When did Henry switch to the 2110?

No such thing. Whatever it is, it's not a "2200"

2110 cc: 82 mm stroke with 90.5 mm pistons/cylinders would be a strong low end engine with long life.

As Stan said, there are is no VW engine referred to as a "2200". The closest combinations to 2200cc's in a type 1 are either a 2180 (82mm stroke crankshaft with 92 mm pistons), which is a common build as the engine width stays close to stock with stock length rods and "B" pin height pistons and the new generation thick wall cylinders, or a 2213 which uses an 86mm crank (less common because there's more work to fit a crank that big as the engine gets wider and the sheet metal needs more reworking to fit) with a 90.5mm piston/cylinder set.

 Anything over 2 liters is going to feel pretty strong in one of these cars, and the difference between anything 2 literish (there are a couple different combinations that yield close to 2 liters) and a 2276 (82x94- the biggest fairly easily built combo) is only going to be about 15%, so for most people it won't be all that noticeable. As Wolfie said, 2110's are popular with engine builders because they're good value for the money spent, can be easy for a newbie to take care of and a fairly long lived combo. Al

Don't forget the 94 pistons. Some people use them(ME!). 78 x 94 is 2165, close in size to the 2180. 82/94 is 2276.

I hadn't forgotten about you, Danny. I just needed to keep it short and not spend 1 1/2 or 2 hours at it...

"Anything over 2 liters is going to feel pretty strong in one of these cars, and the difference between anything 2 literish (there are a couple different combinations that yield close to 2 liters) and a 2276 (82x94- the biggest fairly easily built combo) is only going to be about 15%, so for most people it won't be all that noticeable."

Well, a 2332 c.c. is pretty nice too.  My speedster moves along quite nicely with that size engine.