Great News Story on Intermeccanica

Is that Marty's new rig that Henry is leaning on?

http://www.vancouversun.com/cars/Four+walls+inspired+four+wheels/5731729/story.html

Sweet, I hope this conversion thing works out for them.

That would be excellent. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

This is the best part of that article:-)

Interesting concept, there is good in it for all involved parties.

Nice!

Is there a God afterall??????????

Yes, and Henry works on His project in a secret lab hidden in the mountains.

angela

Bob,

What color green is Henry painting your car?

And the stinking shame of it all is that Henry is not allowed to sell his cars in Canada. Sheesh...

I think he can sell them in BC, just not the rest of the country. Weird.

Primer green - so far.

I believe he can also sell them in Ontario.

That would be great news if he could, Ron. Could you elaborate on that? There was a lad near Kingston, Ontario...Gerry someone who started building kits from the frame up and he had to quit so I'm told. His website cswspeedster.com no longer functions.

AFAIK, Henry is limited to selling new cars in B.C.. He can sell used ones throughout Canada.

What is this selling cars in Canada all aboot?

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Something to do with meeting current DOT regulations, required for new cars. Somehow IM is allowed to sell in new in BC. Henry once told me that there are ways around it for the rest of Canada. We have some really antiquated laws up here...look at the liquor laws for some absolutely absurd examples.

Update on the Intermeccanica story:

It looks as if this idea may be moving ahead.

Henry just sent me a couple of shots of my IM, and the car is in the sales showroom of the condominium builder.

Really a nice setting for the car, and I've been assured that the salespeople are selling condos, not my car.

Two more shots.

She's a beauty, Bob.

Can't wait to see her in the flesh, so to speak. Neat car!

A Speedster indoors without a bunch of shop-related materials crowding it for space. Curves and archetectural angles and lines.

What a refreshing series of pictures, Bob. Your garage is going to have a really high standard to meet, now that your car's been spoiled like that.

John. Free free to look all you want...I'm chompin' at the bit to drive it!

Here's a link to a news story on the development. I think I'll put a down payment for a Tubo model condo ;-)

http://www.hellovancity.com/2012/02/09/meccanica-by-cressey-unveiled-vancouver-new-condo-development/

Cory,

It's not just my car that has been spoiled.

I think I want to move to Vancouver and buy one of those condos (as if I could afford it). Much better driving weather out there than here.

Henry should make that a sales option.

:-)

Beautiful car in a beautiful setting.

Regards,
Tim

So cool Bob.

Bob, Word has it that they'll be making condo bunk beds out of your IM :~)

Thanks guys,

It's really fun being a kid again (only with bigger toys).

:-)

Youtube video on the condos being built on Henry's space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8gy021abD0

They're nice, but there's no place to store my firewood or chainsaw.

Interesting with all the automotive themes in this building.

I really wonder how Henry's shop could be incorporated in this structure.

Wow............

That place is gorgeous!

I understand the rooms are small, but they all have roll-up windows..

and heated seats...

From what I remember,

Vancouver is a great place to live if you have a place to go for a few months to dry out.
The mountains are nice,but the surf sucks.
The fishing is great,but non-natives still cant use treble hooks or dynamite.
The beaches have logs,but the water is freezing.
The air is fresh and clean,but EVERYONE and their cat smokes.
The food is great,but the milk comes in bags.
Everything is green,but it rains 467 days a year.
You have to buy alcohol from the DMV,but you buy it with Monopoly money.
Gas is $1.40 up there, a litre not gallon but you can usually walk to a Chinese corner store.
Fish and crab were pretty cheap, but an avocado was about $89 each.
Good candy, Aero bars,Smarties,Coffee Crisp and Old Dutch potato chips.
You have a great hockey team,but you have to destroy your city in celebration of a win.
You can walk to a place that will make a world class speedster for you and you can drive it in Vancouver weather,but you pay a Vancouver price for it.

I often think of moving back home, but San Diego is pretty nice.
Until California breaks off into the ocean.

I was on a flight back from Tokyo to Boston in the 90's when the plane developed some sort of a problem and we landed at Vancouver. Just at nightfall. I seem to remember fog, too, but I don't remember it later that evening.

Anyway, we were told that it would be four hours until we could re-board so a few of us traveling together (I had part of my group from work with me) grabbed a ride to town and went to a restaurant recommended by the driver. Can't remember the name of the place, but the food was great - Asian fusion food - the city is VERY clean, people were beyond friendly and I remember that we lost track of time. Just a bit.

Suddenly, one of our group looked at her watch and said: "HEY! We're supposed to be on the plane in 20 minutes!!" Mass pandemonium thereby ensues, we bolt out the door and flag the first cab that comes along. The sales guy with us says to the cabbie: "Get us to the airport in 15 minutes and there's $100 US in it for ya!" The cabbie blasts off towards the airport with us all hanging on. The good thing was that it was after 10pm. I can't remember how many lights we screamed up to, peeked both ways and zipped through. The guy makes it in almost exactly 15 minutes.

We haul-ass into the terminal, running through it like O.J. Simpson, run down to the gate (this pre-dated all of that silly security BS you have to go through today) and run down the jetway but........the airplane door is closed! We bang on the door and bang on the door and, finally, it opens, and the Captain is standing there inside and says, like we're his kids: "Where the hell have YOU been?? Go take your seats......we're LATE!"

We hung our heads and headed up the stairs to our seats. The captain follows us up (I supposed, to make sure we got there, but then, the cockpit is on the upper level, too.)

EVERYBODY was looking at us.

As we took our seats, the lady with the watch said: "We should do that again......."

Inspired words from the man who calls himself SpeedBucket..

Just so you know we haven't had milk in bags for years..