Hi Everyone,
I finally found a 356 built by Intermeccanica in 2006. Has a new paint job, Audi2.0 motor,Heated seats, all pertaining docs as well Car is in absolute mint shape. Even better the car happens to be 2 hour drive from me. Fellow is selling car in a divorce sale.. (Bummer) He is Firm on $35,000 Canadian. I called and left a message for Intermeccanica and waiting a call back. Just looking for some general feed back on the car and price.
Cheers
Damon
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CA to USD = $27,121 which is a good deal for that IM...very nice car
Is the car in and registered in Canada, Damon ? If so, I'd say that it's a good deal if all is running well.
David the car is registered in Canada and had never left. He is very very firm on $35,000
$27k USD sound like a fair price plus No import tax. No mention of milege and assume tires are not 10 years old.
That is a fair market price for sure... Jump on it before another does his homework and buys it from under you.
I'm telling you if you want a speedster from IM, that will not last in that condition. Don't bother calling IM, I have owned 2 IM's the used market for that car is $40K at least.
It has new paint !
Car has 80km, new tires. the guy who owns the car owns a body shop. so he repainted the car and went through it a couple years ago. The car is in show room condition inside and out. I was really looking for a fixer upper kinda car.. Its over my initial budget, as i just purchased a Porsche 911 in December ... haha .Thanks for your input guys.
Send me the link to that car 
IaM-Ray posted:That is a fair market price for sure... Jump on it before another does his homework and buys it from under you.
I'm telling you if you want a speedster from IM, that will not last in that condition. Don't bother calling IM, I have owned 2 IM's the used market for that car is $40K at least.
EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID....no BUMMER...WRITE CHECK NOW or go to ATM
IaM-Ray posted:Send me the link to that car
haha no link. keeping this one close to home until i decide if im buying it.. I know Its mean.. 
Banzai, I think Damon88 is really a 911 guy lol
IaM-Ray posted:Banzai, I think Damon88 is really a 911 guy lol
haha i looked over a year for a 356 with no luck at all.. end up buying my 911 and boom a 356 come along.. my luck
Damon88 posted:IaM-Ray posted:Banzai, I think Damon88 is really a 911 guy lol
haha i looked over a year for a 356 with no luck at all.. end up buying my 911 and boom a 356 come along.. my luck
Just buy the DARN thing, enjoy it over the summer and then sell for a $5000 profit
Damon88 posted:IaM-Ray posted:Banzai, I think Damon88 is really a 911 guy lol
haha i looked over a year for a 356 with no luck at all.. end up buying my 911 and boom a 356 come along.. my luck
Well if only a 356 will do then a 911 will soon become.... well you'll see ... boring.
That is one of Henry's first water cooled cars, before he went into installing Subaru engines. If having an Audi engine in there doesn't bother you i.e. you really wanted an air cooled speedster, then it's a good buy at that price.
Comfortable roadster seats and door panels (pockets), roll up windows, nice colour scheme. It looks like a very nice buy at $35,000.
I'm on my fourth Intermeccanica, and they are good driveable cars, especially for the Canadian climate.
The Audi engine doesn't give a tremendous amount of horsepower, but there are a couple of modifications you can make to it. Of course, these cars are light in comparison, so it will move along okay. Be sure to check the motor mounts with that engine, but from the photos, all looks good. Also, the CV boots, which can be an issue.
Very surprised to see that this one DOES NOT have roll-up windows. It appears to have ferrules for side curtain mounting and has no slits for windows to go into. Kind of odd for a recent IM. Or am I hallucinating again?
You may be right, Lane. I just assumed, of course, that it had roll ups. Henry builds them as asked, so maybe the original owner wanted side curtains for originality. Strange, as the car is not a pure Speedster re-creation, with roadster seats and door panels.
Different strokes...
Engine is about 125 hp stock. I put a new cam in mine and an ECU reflash. Also placed better performing exhaust system. Car was probably 135-140 hp when I was finished with it. That cars a little lighter (mine was conv D) being a speedster and with no AC. But the car will never be FAST. I also did a nice brake upgrade. Check to see if the car has the P 914 front suspension. I'm assuming it does. I don't think there is room for the radiator with the VW torsion bar set up in the front. It is a little odd that there are no role up windows. But believe it or not some people opted to go with curtains instead. Go figure. But for $27k American that a pretty sweet deal.
If you’ve been watching, I’m not sure how you’ll ever do better.
Screamin’ deal.
I believe this car was produced like that as a special request... in BC, rain capital, I don't know why, but the builder must of had his arm twisted to do it.
Yes I agree this is a great deal. Not really concerned on the power side of motor. Really just want the car for cruising . Next weekend I’m going to look at the car. It’s been in storage the last 6 months and the owner is taking it out this weekend. Hopefully everything is as said to be. I can’t thank everyone Enough for all your time and reply’s. Always learning about these cars and with all your help it makes it that much easier.
Cheers
Damon
550 Phil posted:Engine is about 125 hp stock. I put a new cam in mine and an ECU reflash. Also placed better performing exhaust system. Car was probably 135-140 hp when I was finished with it. That cars a little lighter (mine was conv D) being a speedster and with no AC. But the car will never be FAST. I also did a nice brake upgrade. Check to see if the car has the P 914 front suspension. I'm assuming it does. I don't think there is room for the radiator with the VW torsion bar set up in the front. It is a little odd that there are no role up windows. But believe it or not some people opted to go with curtains instead. Go figure. But for $27k American that a pretty sweet deal.
Thank you for all his info Phil !! If u go through with purchase I may be picking your brain about these upgrades
Bob: IM S6 posted:That is one of Henry's first water cooled cars, before he went into installing Subaru engines. If having an Audi engine in there doesn't bother you i.e. you really wanted an air cooled speedster, then it's a good buy at that price.
Comfortable roadster seats and door panels (pockets), roll up windows, nice colour scheme. It looks like a very nice buy at $35,000.
I'm on my fourth Intermeccanica, and they are good driveable cars, especially for the Canadian climate.
The Audi engine doesn't give a tremendous amount of horsepower, but there are a couple of modifications you can make to it. Of course, these cars are light in comparison, so it will move along okay. Be sure to check the motor mounts with that engine, but from the photos, all looks good. Also, the CV boots, which can be an issue.
Bob: IM S6 posted:That is one of Henry's first water cooled cars, before he went into installing Subaru engines. If having an Audi engine in there doesn't bother you i.e. you really wanted an air cooled speedster, then it's a good buy at that price.
Comfortable roadster seats and door panels (pockets), roll up windows, nice colour scheme. It looks like a very nice buy at $35,000.
I'm on my fourth Intermeccanica, and they are good driveable cars, especially for the Canadian climate.
The Audi engine doesn't give a tremendous amount of horsepower, but there are a couple of modifications you can make to it. Of course, these cars are light in comparison, so it will move along okay. Be sure to check the motor mounts with that engine, but from the photos, all looks good. Also, the CV boots, which can be an issue.
Bob, thank you for all this and information! I’m not sure about the windows but this will be a great question to ask owner. Not super worried about the HP. Just want a car for cruising around Victoria . I would prefer a air cooled as I really don’t need a Audi motor. Like the fact that vw motors are super easy to work on. I will do some more digging this week on those motors .
cheers
Well you could have the doors upgraded to roll up windows going forward
What are you waiting for, if you don't buy it I just might!
Hope you you get it, Damon. Where in this great land of tree sauce, antlered cows and the skaty punchy game are you? I'm a BC boy.
PS- don't think about it too long or it will disappear...
Another PS- if this is the car for you, that is...
Water cooled VW Audi SOHC 2.0. One of the most ubiquitous engines in the world. Only thing about that engine is that you will NEVER have to work on it. It was installed as a 0 mile factory crate engine directly from VW Audi. If you don't want to go crazy fast its a no brainer.
Will Hesch posted:What are you waiting for, if you don't buy it I just might!
X2. There’s not much to think about here, unless you don’t really want a Speedster.
BTW. The heat in that car will blow you out. You may not need windows.
BTW, our friend Phil here is a little of a speed freak - hence his new 550 Spyder with lots of horsepower - so when he says this IM is not fast, it's all relative...
But he did enjoy his Audi powered IM before the 'need for speed' engulfed him completely, and he went back to his motorcycle roots (which is what a 550 Spyder really is, only with four wheels). 
Anyway, think carefully about this purchase, to be sure it's the Speedster you really want. Used IMs do come up once in a while, but not too frequently in Canada.
I wonder how fast a 1835 or 1915cc compared to that audi
Tell us about your 911.
Ray. I think my IM with that 2.0 VW/Audi was probably 0-60 in about 7 seconds. I doubt that a 1915cc aircooled in my IM would even be close to that. Probably 8-9 seconds to 60. Anyone with a 1915 can certainly chime in. I actually think my car was quick. My 67 Mustang with a 289 was probably 0-60 in about 7 seconds. And when I was 16 I thought that was smoking fast. My new spyder will likely be in low 5s. If I had enough rubber for the 230hp engine it would likely be in the 4s.
The car also has a single DIN stereo unit. I'm sure one of the ugly Japanese units Henry used to install in these cars, including my own. A Retrosound will slide in there nicely. Someone on this site north of the border needs to buy this car. Like any car it will require some TLC to get it right. But it has good bones.
Damon88 posted:Car has 80km, new tires. the guy who owns the car owns a body shop. so he repainted the car and went through it a couple years ago. The car is in show room condition inside and out. I was really looking for a fixer upper kinda car.. Its over my initial budget, as i just purchased a Porsche 911 in December ... haha .Thanks for your input guys.
Do you mean 80 km as in almost zero or 8000?
Your right Phil, my point really was what can you live with considering all the engines out there...
The car probably has 80k km
i believe this car was for sale before... around 2009 I had spoken to the previous owner in vancouver BC at the time he was looking for $32k no roll ups.
Just saying
ALB posted:Hope you you get it, Damon. Where in this great land of tree sauce, antlered cows and the skaty punchy game are you? I'm a BC boy.
PS- don't think about it too long or it will disappear...
Another PS- if this is the car for you, that is...
HI ALB,
I live in Victoria, on the island.
Bill Prout posted:Tell us about your 911.
Hi Bill,
I have a 2012 911 997.2 C4S Coupe. My dream car... Well one of them anyways 
WNGD posted:Damon88 posted:Car has 80km, new tires. the guy who owns the car owns a body shop. so he repainted the car and went through it a couple years ago. The car is in show room condition inside and out. I was really looking for a fixer upper kinda car.. Its over my initial budget, as i just purchased a Porsche 911 in December ... haha .Thanks for your input guys.
Do you mean 80 km as in almost zero or 8000?
80,000km
