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I am selling my Intermeccanica. I have three little boys and find that I drive it by myself most of the time. My wife has only been in it a handful of times. It has been a blast to drive, but I am going to have to say good bye to this toy....

1997 Intermeccanica (Cert of Origin states it was finished in 1996 )
Polo Green Color
Originally powered by a 1776 motor, but a Brand New CB Performance 2110cc engine was installed in 2005 according to the previous owner..
Previous owner was a motor head and upgraded several engine compnents to German parts for better cooling an performance.
I am not a motor head, but whatever this guy did, it was great because the car runs fantastic.
Speedometer reads 11,900 miles, but I am not sure how many of those miles are on the new motor.

I added coco type Mats.

Power Windows

Cold A/C

This is not a PAN based car. This is a true Intermeccanica frame.

Top is in mint condition and tons of head room.

Price $26,900. Just putting out to the forum before throwing it on EBAY in a week or so.

PLEASE SEE PICS UPLOADED TODAY IN MY PROFILE...

any questions please email me at: ChrisATpriloan.com

Thank you

Chris Schofield

2013 1959 Intermeccanica(Convertible D)

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I am selling my Intermeccanica. I have three little boys and find that I drive it by myself most of the time. My wife has only been in it a handful of times. It has been a blast to drive, but I am going to have to say good bye to this toy....

1997 Intermeccanica (Cert of Origin states it was finished in 1996 )
Polo Green Color
Originally powered by a 1776 motor, but a Brand New CB Performance 2110cc engine was installed in 2005 according to the previous owner..
Previous owner was a motor head and upgraded several engine compnents to German parts for better cooling an performance.
I am not a motor head, but whatever this guy did, it was great because the car runs fantastic.
Speedometer reads 11,900 miles, but I am not sure how many of those miles are on the new motor.

I added coco type Mats.

Power Windows

Cold A/C

This is not a PAN based car. This is a true Intermeccanica frame.

Top is in mint condition and tons of head room.

Price $26,900. Just putting out to the forum before throwing it on EBAY in a week or so.

PLEASE SEE PICS UPLOADED TODAY IN MY PROFILE...

any questions please email me at: ChrisATpriloan.com

Thank you

Chris Schofield
Chris, we want to come over and take a look. My wife and I think we met you
In carlisle 2 hrs ago while you we getting gas down the street from the fair grounds. Maybe? We live in Troy ny, when would it be convenient? Does a Tuesday afternoon thru thru Thursday morning work? Please let us know, thanks
Unfortunitly, we are on vacation for the next two weeks.and can't come until after that , thanks David
Thanks David. I had the same reservations about the Green When I originally saw pics of it on line. Then it arrived and I was in love. The color is great because it looks very much like an original green porsche color. It is very dark in person...I get a lot of people that tell me they can't believe its a replica because the color is "right". They comment on how it looks so original. I am actually having second thoughts on selling it now anyway. I may sell my family instead and keep the IM.
Good Luck in your search. This is the right forum to look on. Tons of great and well maintained cars from what I have seen!
A good friend of my late brother had a 1958 Speedster that same green. You don't have to get used to it - it is damn close to an original color and looks stunning. In fact, that same guy had his repainted to Meisner Blue and was never satisfied with it after that. He eventually painted it, again, and returned to the green.

As you can see from some of Chris' other photos, he showed this car at a local car show a year ago and it was a knockout. It even made Pearl look better, sitting in the same area!
Chris, it isn't that the car lacks anything. From my perspective, it's that I already have a Speedster in the garage. In fact, I wonder how many folks here were directed to this site by folks who already checked in here saying, "Hey, Dude, check THIS car out!"

Your car is one of the most beautiful Speedsters ever. Have you considered asking Henry if anyone's looking for such a car and maybe can't afford the benchmark he would set to build one? Maybe he'd put you in touch with a buyer.

Otherwise, exposure in a catalogue (Hemmings or some such glossy, photo-packed pub) might be a better way to go with it than eBay. There's a market for that IM of yours, believe me. You need to aim it at the recession-proof folks who want it in the fifth or sixth bay of their garage.

Don't sell that emerald beauty short thinking this site is the end-all, be-all.

Also, try taking your photos within a half-hour of dawn or dusk. Photographers call that the 'Golden Hour' -- and you can use it to highlight the green color with a little golden overtone. Less blue reflection from the sky and a little more yellow-gold from the setting or rising sun on the paint will make it pop.

Make sure the sun is ALWAYS behind you and your shadow is out of the frame -- and consider the use a fill-flash instead of a direct flash for mid-day or afternoon pictures.

Most cameras nowadays will let you de-select the flash manually, and as long as you hold the camera still (tripod), you can take the one evening signature shot you need as the attention-grabber. Once you've got my attention, you can ease up on the creativity to show me the details.

Take the shots from roughly headlight-level, with something off the beaten path as the background. An odd building, or maybe something nearby to you that's specific and unique -- but that you'd have to drive to get to. Give the car a little lead-room, also. Give it a little space so my perception is that it wants to drive across the frame a little before it starts to leave the frame. Close up the gap behind it, but don't clip the bumper off.

If you vary from the car's height, make it un-naturally high and give me the reason -- the car's in a garage, a barn or someplace else interesting that makes me want to look closer. And for Pete's sake, turn the lights on! Give that old-appearing mechanical beastie a spark of life; two-dimensional, dead-looking cars are uninteresting.

As Walken said, "The eyes ... are the windows to your face."

Have a look at some of the better advertisements from the Porsche ad-shack over the years, and emulate them as best you can. Quality images will help you find the market segment you want. And sell the car in four words or less at the end of your ad; "You want this experience." (or some such. Push the BUY button for me, don't leave me the option.)

Make me want to OWN the car to get to someplace I'd never get to see otherwise. Here are my best examples of what I'm trying to describe:

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Sorry, Chris -- I just added a few things while you were posting. Might want to read it over again ... :)

I felt like maybe I could help you with the wording, too. Alan and Troy have this down to a science, but I took a shot at making the words a little rounder. I figured if the IM caught your eye -- you not being mechanically inclined and probably looking for a reliable car -- maybe we should re-word the ad to target someone similar?

I tried this:

1997 Intermeccanica Speedster replica.
Tube-steel chassis of Intermeccanica
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