Intermeccanica Int, Inc. Is this the same bunch of people that ran CMC when it was in Florida? I had thought I had read that the CMC people got in trouble with the Feds and ran off to Canada.
Paul
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Intermeccanica Int, Inc. Is this the same bunch of people that ran CMC when it was in Florida? I had thought I had read that the CMC people got in trouble with the Feds and ran off to Canada.
Paul
Paul
Rumor has it that CMC and Street Beasts are one of the same, now I can't say for sure though as it's just, a rumor.
Alan
Don't forget "Innovative Street Machines" (ie CMC,Street Beast)
Don't forget "Innovative Street Machines" (ie CMC,Street Beast)
Well there was a brief close association between IM and CMC -
See History of early IM (click on History)-
http://www.intermeccanica.org/
Which states -
"In order to produce the Speedsters, Mr. Frank Reisner formed a partnership with Tony Baumgartner in Santa Ana, California. This company, Automobili Intermeccanica, produced about 600 of these fibreglass-bodied and VW-based beauties before Frank sold off his share to Tony and the whole project was sold to Classic Motor Carriages in Florida." (This must have been around 1977-1978) So initially all came from the exact same body mold.
CMC later let "XXit" hit the fan in FL -
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/7/70/Lotsoffingerpointing.pdf
I was always enamored by FiberFab in my youth - They produced many different vehicles and chassis combo. Probably way too many to be profitable --- but way cool cars! When CMC bought them in 1983, CMC killed off all but a few models. Remember the FF Jamaician, Avenger (GT40-like with VW to V8 engine), Valkyrie, 3 wheel Scarab, Aztek, Vagabond dune buggie, Mercedes SSK100, Tiffany, etc.
See -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberfab
In 2003 FF came back and is now producing replica again!
http://www.fiberfab.us/
Wish IM would bring back the Omega Italia!
See History of early IM (click on History)-
http://www.intermeccanica.org/
Which states -
"In order to produce the Speedsters, Mr. Frank Reisner formed a partnership with Tony Baumgartner in Santa Ana, California. This company, Automobili Intermeccanica, produced about 600 of these fibreglass-bodied and VW-based beauties before Frank sold off his share to Tony and the whole project was sold to Classic Motor Carriages in Florida." (This must have been around 1977-1978) So initially all came from the exact same body mold.
CMC later let "XXit" hit the fan in FL -
http://www.crankshaftcoalition.com/wiki/images/7/70/Lotsoffingerpointing.pdf
I was always enamored by FiberFab in my youth - They produced many different vehicles and chassis combo. Probably way too many to be profitable --- but way cool cars! When CMC bought them in 1983, CMC killed off all but a few models. Remember the FF Jamaician, Avenger (GT40-like with VW to V8 engine), Valkyrie, 3 wheel Scarab, Aztek, Vagabond dune buggie, Mercedes SSK100, Tiffany, etc.
See -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiberfab
In 2003 FF came back and is now producing replica again!
http://www.fiberfab.us/
Wish IM would bring back the Omega Italia!