1985 Intermeccanica Roadster For Sale

Looks nice but more info and pictures please.  Mileage. Engine size etc.  Is this car built on a pan?  Think Henry started doing space frames around 1986????

Price still sounds very reasonable.

That's a pretty reasonable price, no?

 

 

Vic, your car looks really sharp.  In the unlikely event that the car does not sell, I would like to get together for a cruise.  I live in Loudon and there is a dearth of 356 replicas in my neck of the woods.   

Hoss

Price is very reasonable for a well used VW based IM.

-=theron

Hoss

Maybe you can take a cruise and get us all some high res pics.  Might consider this as an Outlaw project.

Mrs. Galat has been very patient with me, and given me a long leash. I'd love for this one to follow me home, but I'm afraid one more air-cooled car would be a bridge too far.

This one should go FAST.

That is one smokin' deal for a Roadster. I'd be all over that like a cheap suit if I needed another one. I notice that for a Roadster, the convertible roof doesn't seem so bulky when folded down on this one either. Probably the newer roofs have more to them.

I noticed that as well, David. That's a very, very good looking car....

 

I have the old style roof.  I wish it folded that low.

What kind of engine did these early IM Roadster's have?  Any power to them?

Sure wish the owner could provide more info on the engine/tranny , running gear  combo but given the history of ownership, the lack of info is typical methinks. Title info would be nice too. Likely still a good deal on a base Roadster. Driveway avec stamped concrete is a positive clue to care of the car. Damaged black roof matches black interior which IMHO is not a good combo with off white / cream car exterior. Spare tan roof will not match interior. That said, probably a good base for a very nice car. Did I mention the nice driveway....stamped is nice and doesn't tolerate oil leaks well. Almost any engine could have been fitted in the car. A new Soob and a few cosmetics would make this a damn nice cruiser for well under $20K

At that price does it matter great car great history. Good luck.

Could be anything from a 1600 to 2332cc, but I bet it's a 1600.

How is the rigidity of the frames on these pre tubular IM cars?

SOLD.  Shocker.  If I didn't have to do this inconvenient thing called work it would be mine.

 

Hi! 

 

I'm looking for a INTERMECANICCA. 

 

Yours looks Great.

 

Is is still available? If so, I'm a taker. 

 

Cheers

 

Charles

What is a Roadster?  How is it different from a Speedster?

the main differences would be the height of the windshield and the roll-up windows.

And, thus the top doesn't fold down below the back ridge line.  In my opinion, a proper fitting speedster top, up, looks nicer than a roadster.  The roadster, top looks more dome shaped, than the speedsters elongated shape.

 

But, man you can't beat roll-up windows!!!  Heaters, defrosters all work better and you are dry upon arrival.  (So that must also extend driving season.)

 

Cole, I also think roadsters were later than the speedster production timeline, thus some production improvements, I think, there was some timeline overlap.  For definitive answer go to the 356 Registry website,

    No need to go to the Registry...no one there is old enough to remember!

 

    The speedster was created for the American market at the urging of Hans Hoffman (Porsche Importer) Low price...Sold like hotcakes...but after four years people were getting wet, cold and disgruntled and sales were dropping off...so Hoffman convinced Stuttgart to fit it with roll-up windows but keep the price way below the luxurious Cabriolet.

    Walla!...the 1959 convertible D (D for Drauz the sole body supplier) In essence a still inexpensive 356A speedster but with roll-up windows, and Hoffman couldn't get his hands on enough of them.

   

    Stuttgart's plans were to raise the headlight position and bumpers beginning in 1960 calling them 356B's, and add a Super 90 engine option. They decided to continue the less expensive "D" version...but couldn't call it a D for Drauz because Drauz couldn't supply enough bodies to meet demand. So Stuttgart called it a "Roadster" instead, and used several coach builders to supply the bodies. The Roadster was dropped from the lineup when Porsche finalized the venerable 356 with the "C" model...Improved mechanics, wider rear window and engine lid... fitted now with twin engine grills.

 

    There are only a few of us left that have a first hand memory of all that.

Thanks Carl. I'm old enough, but spent several decades with sailboats.  And what a funny dichotomy.... wooden boats  vs. fiberglas boats,  Eh?

 

My lovely bride and I lived on a sailboat in the Central Valley Delta, for 2 years.  She declared one day....I want a laundry room...washer/dryer.....

 

So now 20 years later, I'm again/still a landlubber!

 

Cheers,  Art

All 1331 Convertible Ds were 1959 models built between August 1958 and September 1959. Some may have been sold in 1958 but were manufactured for the 1959 model year. They just got to a dealer early and were sold and titled in the 1958 calendar year and any "1960" Convertible Ds were still at the dealer in 1960 and thus were sold and titled as 1960 Porsches.

so.....i cannot figure out is sold, gone, still available?  please let me know......

SOLD 10 April

Carl, so surprised you missed the easy part...Max Hoffman, not Hans.

Yeah, I wondered who was going to pick that up?

Hans definitely more fitting for a Austrian born boy! Always wondered what the middle name E was for? Edsel?  Nope Edwin.  He's probably most hated man in Detroit since he "is credited with almost single-handedly establishing the import vehicle business in the United States"  As Carl well knows, "Hoffman is even credited with designing the famous Porsche crest logo in the early 1960’s"

 

Interesting bio at:

http://www.automotivehalloffam...sthash.FAkgOpmu.dpuf