IM or Not???

I'm not an expert, but I would guess if this car is an IM then it would be circa 1985-1988 or so. If that's the case, then there should be a metal tag with IM# mounted somewhere on the fuel tank or door sills. If not then most likely CMC.

I asked yesterday and have not heard back from the seller.

CMC knobs/switches...

 

I've seen a few IM's of this vintage. One thing I found on both of them was that the rear decklid hinges were cast and they had 'Intermeccanica' embossed on the decklid hinge. (The part that bolts to the deck lid.)

 

I'm not sure if all IM's have this, but both the examples I've seen have had this.

 

 

 

Ted

We sell a similar knob for your headlight, wiper switches. Our face is more flat however. CNC'd t6061 aluminum.

 

http://www.seductionmotorsport...ghts-wiper-dash-knob

 

 

I do like the towel rack over riders on the bumpers - although they are not particularly well done.  Believe those Vintage gauges were strictly a CMC Miami venture - although the gauges were advertised separately in kit car magazines back in early '90s (for $325).  I looks like a real mish-mash of parts - VS door panels.  My CMC didn't come with switches - I think those are just generic FLAPS switches.  I wasn't aware that the VS luggage rack would fit between the grille pieces on a hibachi grill - guess stuff could be bent to fit. 

I've yet to see an IM with the awkward spaced front wheel to tire opening that this one has....nor a 'shine-down' light with tear drop tail lights instead of beehives.

Call Henry.

If it were closer I would be happy to go cruise out for a look. A bit far for me given my brutal schedule right now.

There is to much CMC stuff on the car to say its something other than a CMC kit. I had a late production CMC a few years ago Im guessing the build was the late 80's (88-89) It had IM deck hinges just like the car in question. The grill, gauges, and kit built tell tail signs lead me to believe its a kit built CMC

       
       

I'm not interested in the car at all,  just curious about what I was seeing.

Not a CMC expert either but with those gauges and those seats (deeper than VS for sure) and rounded door top rails in addition to the rear grill......unless IM used some of the same parts or things were replaced with whatever was available.....

The door panels are VS,  I think.

...and I think that Art's 'thinking' is correct

Ignition switch in steering column is CMC, not IM.

As mentioned elsewhere, early California built IMs are essentially the same as CMCs with hibachi grilles etc.

 

That same manual was used by CMC (with IM removed from the cover) for a time.