My thanks to Henry Reisner/Intermeccanica

I just needed to post that Henry is a stand-up guy. Without a lot of detail, there were some discrepancies between posted specs on a used car ad that Henry sold almost two years ago and the reality of the car I bought from his buyer... Henry has gone far and beyond to make it right for me. Seriously, there are plenty of reasons to take a hard look at IMs, EVEN used 2nd/3rd-hand ones. Henry stands behind what he sells, no matter when or who is current owner. If anyone is closer to him than I am, shake his hand for me next time you see him.

To quote Grace, from Ferris Bueller's Day off, "He's a righteous dude." :-)

What Ron said x2!

Henry is super good at what he does both in product and customer support ~
They even make a candy bar in his honor..... " Oh Henry " ~Alan

Come to Carlisle next year and thank him yourself. He's a great guy to have some beers with.

Henry is definitely one of the good guys in the mfg. ranks. I have heard only entirely positive feedback on him. And a good man to talk cars with too!

I understand the Pope is considering him for sainthood...

Actually Vince, Henry has a direct line to a higher source...;-)

Vince--you kill me. I wanna see those bee hives!!

Vince wrote, "I understand the Pope is considering him for sainthood..."

Aboot fookin time!

Can you imagine? There you are, in St. Peter's, looking up at the balcony. Henry's up there with the Pope, and somebody nudges you on the elbow.
"Who's the German guy up there with Henry?"

Bwaaaa-haaaa-haaaa!

I still say he is an alien. He lives inside your head while your having a car built........;-)

Nothing but good things ever since I met him in the Spring 2006.

Customer service.....I think not......it's more like your part of the family once you own a Intermeccanica.

I gotta throw in my two cents, and I appreciate Vince's humor because a lot of one-up-manship always peppers this site, but jump in the way back machine with me for a minute.

A gang of us are headed for the Replica Rendezvous. It was the year Bruce Williams' engines took a dump. I was coming up behind (getting an oil bath)Bruce to holler, "Shut er down" the carb linkage gave way on Butch. Bruce and I both get towed into LA. His car stays at JPS and I get patched up and back on the road to the show.

I meet Henry and he is being polite about my car. The story turns to why I was a late arrival. He looks over my engine, utters a few of his classic, "What the Focks" when he sees the repairs.

The dude calls his shop and has parts overnighted to the hotel and fixes my linkage in the parking lot THE RIGHT WAY. Mind you I never asked, he just cringed when he saw what was done and made it right.
And wouldn't accept any money, even for the Fed Ex!

Henry is all right in my book. He builds great cars and he wants happy customers. What's wrong with that?

Itchin' to get back behind the wheel of something low and fast,
Paul in Benicia

I have to agree. I'm only sorry that I ran out of that special maple syrup I used to send to him and his kids at Christmas.

Always a top notch individual.

This is get'n to be like a eulogy and Henry, is still with us.

i feel like i need to send flowers..

I'm getting all teary, but agree with the crowd.

Hi, Been awhile. My brake lights went south. Henry overnighted me two brake light switches after he dx'd the problem over the phone. One of the good guys in the industry for sure. Customer service always wins out. Why don't more people realize that??? Its not about the NOW buck, but further on down the road that really counts.

Carlisle 2008.
About 5 min. after this photo the sky opened up with thunder and lightning and tornado warnings. ( no kidding ) Henry completed a carb disection and repair under an umbrella, getting soaked to the skin, ruining his pants and arriving very late to the banquet.
Whatever you may think about the product, that, to me , is standing behind it.

Better picture of Henry doing what he does everywhere he goes...

Good shot of Dale at his best also

Reminds me of that old buddy of mine, Ben Dover.

Don't go getting all worked "up" Vince.

Is that a wide body?

to say the least

.....and his partner: C. Howard feels.

I think Henry would be a great person to know in whatever business he's conducting! Here's a pic of Henry in one of his 'parking-lot fix-it' modes!

Don't let that mild mannered facade fool you, he can be a wild and crazy guy like the rest of us.
This is after his 1st drive of the Hoopty.

~WB

The story I got from my wife after the "Henry-rebuilt-my-carbs episode" on Al Shapiro's car (the infamous "Ruby") went like this:

She was sitting in the Hotel Carlisle room with our two Jack Russell Terrors and allowing me to be MC of the Saturday evening gala event, and as she was watching her favorite TV channel (the Weather Channel) she saw, to her horror, that there was an immediate tornado alert for Carlisle and Hershey, PA. "HOLY SHIT", she thought, "Those stupid car guys are out in the parking lot working on a car!!"

So she leaves the dogs in the room (which, given that they're JACKS and all, we never do) and runs out to the parking lot and, sure enough, there's a small crowd gathered around the back of Al's car, holding an umbrella over Henry (with a lot of lightening about) and Henry is the ONLY PERSON WORKING ON IT!!!!

So she walks over and says something like: "I don't know it you know this, but THERE'S A TORNADO WARNING ON RIGHT NOW FOR THIS FRIGGIN PARKING LOT!!!!!!!!

"Yeah, OK.....We'll be done in a minute!! Was the reply.

"Just like my kids", she thought, as she walked back to the room.......

Some things are set in stone and will forever remain unchanged.
i.e. "We all shall in some fashion, remain a kid always and forever."

What can one say?

Too funny......yep this is way more fun than a real 356....;-)

Funny until Henry leaves...

The first time I saw Henry, he was working on a customer's car at the hotel bunch of us stayed at for the Knott's show (the year that Bruce's engine blew up, and Paul's linkage broke). That was the first time I met any of those suspects as a matter of fact.

The second time I meet Henry he was working on another customer's car - this time at a BBQ in Dixon, CA.

This guy is one class act. If I ever win the lottery, this is the person/company I would commmission to build my masterpiece (my masterpiece - every else's nightmare - LOL)!!

I've never heard Henry utter an unsavory comment about anyone or any of our sometimes wretched cars. Never once. Guy is a class act.

angela

I understand the Pope is considering him for sainthood...

Actually I think the Pope is jealous that Henry gets more respect than he does.

I heard the Pope has commissioned Henry to build the next Popemobile.

Word is an unnamed Islamic cleric whats Henry to build him a new speedster. It will be called the 'Intermecca'

Bwaahahahaha