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Paul MossbergPaul Mossberg2005 IM Roadster Supporting Member

I hesitated to post this in the Newbies section as I'm really not "new" to this.

 

I was first infected with a different strain of the madness back in 1982 when I built my Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess MG TD.

 

I was there when Al brought those first few Speedster guys to Carlisle to join the New Jersey Replicar Club party.

 

While the NJRC withered away, I was able to watch and participate while the SOG group grew exponentially.

 

With Schu, my TD and I were the first TDs welcomed into the group (maybe because they have German VW hearts?)

 

Well....the madness is indeed infectious. And yesterday I became the proud adoptive parent to a 2005 Intermeccanica Roadster.

 

 

 

2014 02 15 IM

 

The artificial light does not do the car justice.

 

She's a 2005 build with only 2800 miles on her (the last 25 being my test drive yesterday!!). 1776, with a freeway flyer.

 

A little of her story...

 

Built for Jacob (lastname omitted), a retired gentleman on Long Island NY. It appears Jacob didn't drive it much further than the golf course. In June 2013, the car was sold to a retired doctor in Wyoming. Dr. Lou had had a roadster in his youth. But soon realized he had a few too many years of life experience under his belt and no longer enjoyed the roadster experience! The good doctor sent the car back to Intermeccanica US in Southfield MI to be sold.

 

So...as of Feb 15, the practically new car has a new owner. And once mother nature stops dumping all this white stuff on us, I'll be going back to Southfield to drive her home.

 

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Originally Posted by PMossberg:

I hesitated to post this in the Newbies section as I'm really not "new" to this.

 

I was first infected with a different strain of the madness back in 1982 when I built my Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess MG TD.

 

I was there when Al brought those first few Speedster guys to Carlisle to join the New Jersey Replicar Club party.

 

While the NJRC withered away, I was able to watch and participate while the SOG group grew exponentially.

 

With Schu, my TD and I were the first TDs welcomed into the group (maybe because they have German VW hearts?)

 

Well....the madness is indeed infectious. And yesterday I became the proud adoptive parent to a 2005 Intermeccanica Roadster.

 

 

 

2014 02 15 IM

 

The artificial light does not do the car justice.

 

She's a 2005 build with only 2800 miles on her (the last 25 being my test drive yesterday!!). 1776, with a freeway flyer.

 

A little of her story...

 

Built for Jacob (lastname omitted), a retired gentleman on Long Island NY. It appears Jacob didn't drive it much further than the golf course. In June 2013, the car was sold to a retired doctor in Wyoming. Dr. Lou had had a roadster in his youth. But soon realized he had a few too many years of life experience under his belt and no longer enjoyed the roadster experience! The good doctor sent the car back to Intermeccanica US in Southfield MI to be sold.

 

So...as of Feb 15, the practically new car has a new owner. And once mother nature stops dumping all this white stuff on us, I'll be going back to Southfield to drive her home.

 

Congrats! enjoy the ride!

Paul MossbergPaul Mossberg2005 IM Roadster Supporting Member

To all...thank you for the good wishes!

 

A couple comments there deserve a more personal response...

 

Hoss - The lead in phrase "With Schu..." referred to our TD owning/Speedster building friend, "Schu" aka Dale. Perhaps I should have written, "Along with Schu and his TD, SOG welcomed me and my TD into the group...." That said, the status of my TD is up in the air. I convinced myself I was going to sell it. Then I got home  Saturday night and saw her sitting there in the garage. Now I"m not sure.

 

Carl - Much earlier than 4th gear. I may not be as expert as many of you, but I know these cars fairly well. I was sold on the car before I got on the airplane yesterday...pending dropping my 6'2" frame behind the wheel. If I fit, the car was bought. something would have had to have fallen off durign teh test drive to change my mind.

 

Al - Yeah buddy. We've been together a long time. Funny how the circle closes, yet continues to grow! I can still the yellow Bradley GT leaving the Clinton Holiday Inn parking lot (crunch)!

 

Looking forward to many more miles and smiles!

 

 

 

550 Phil550 PhilFear the Yorkie! Supporting Member

Paul, I'm a Newbie with a recently purchased 2009 IM.  My car had the "tall person" setup.  I am 5'7" so I had to raise the seats.  If you have the standard version and you need a little more head room its a pretty easy fix.  You have to remove the seats.  There will be spacers between the adjustment rails and the seats themselves.  Just remove the spacers and install shorter 1/2" bolts.  Lowers the seats about an inch. Just look under the front of the seats to see if there are spacers present.  When you lower seats adjustment bar will be below the front support strut instead of above it.  Enjoy.

Bob: IM S6Bob: IM S62016 Intermeccanica S6 Supporting Member
Originally Posted by Fear the Yorkie! Phil IM356D:

Paul, I'm a Newbie with a recently purchased 2009 IM.  My car had the "tall person" setup.  I am 5'7" so I had to raise the seats.  If you have the standard version and you need a little more head room its a pretty easy fix.  You have to remove the seats.  There will be spacers between the adjustment rails and the seats themselves.  Just remove the spacers and install shorter 1/2" bolts.  Lowers the seats about an inch. Just look under the front of the seats to see if there are spacers present.  When you lower seats adjustment bar will be below the front support strut instead of above it.  Enjoy.

I had to do the same with my old Red Rooster (my second IM).  It had Recaro seats, and they were too low for my height.  Henry actually fashioned a solution, and mailed it out to me. 

Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member

Congratulations, Paul....What a great treat!

 

At 5'6" I never had much of a problem fitting into cars - maybe you "short-challenged" guys are just looking at things from the wrong perspective??  Like, you all make terrific wind-breaks to draft when riding a bicycle!  

 

This is me and my biking friend, Scott, a short-challenged 6'6" whom I drafted for over 400 miles last year - What a marvelous wind-break!!

 

 

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Originally Posted by Gordon Nichols - Massachusetts 1993 CMC:

Congratulations, Paul....What a great treat!

 

At 5'6" I never had much of a problem fitting into cars - maybe you "short-challenged" guys are just looking at things from the wrong perspective??  Like, you all make terrific wind-breaks to draft when riding a bicycle!  

 

This is me and my biking friend, Scott, a short-challenged 6'6" whom I drafted for over 400 miles last year - What a marvelous wind-break!!

 

 

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Gordon:  I think 5'6" is the perfect height...

 

HossHoss

In the FWIW department, I lived in Oak Park, IL, for over 20 years and there were constant reminders of FLW, including but not limited to his home and studio, many houses, the Post Office and the Unitarian Church.  He was a genius in my opinion, but like some with his towering mental abilities, he was a little crazy.  Picture a skyscraper he designed that was to be one mile high; he designed it and was miffed that it was never built.    

Tom BlankinshipTom Blankinship2010 Beck-Dearborn, MI
My eldest is a U of M Architecture grad & I'm a FLW fan, so we toured Oak Park, FW, & Talleison (sp).

At Falling water I wandered around muttering 1930's.  This was designed in the 30's!  He also whipped up the design within a few hours because the client was on the way to visit him I his studio.

He was not the nicest guy, to say the least, but had an eye for design.
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Hoss…that mile high is still pretty cool.  The Transamerica Pyramid in SF looks a bit like it.

 

Wright was a true American, a maverick genius……and a bit ahead of his time, his designs look modern 100 years later, like Speedsters good design has a timeless quality…….Wright had a passion for cars too, designed some custom bodied one-offs…….a Jag, and I think it was a Packard maybe, that led the Rose Bowl parade one year…….the fella that started Domino's Pizza owned it. For awhile there he was a big collector, had a FLW museum in Ann Arbor.

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