New happy owner of IM 356 Roadster

Beautiful car. You’ll really enjoy having the roll up windows and sealed top on this one. Enjoy the ride and begin making epic adventures with many happy memories.

Welcome to the madness!

I've always been partial to that Blue.   It's a beautiful little car that I am sure you will both enjoy.

Now - Get out there and do some Road Trips before the cold Winter Weather sets in!

Congrats, Eric.

The best thing about this is that you’ll now always have a way to remember when your wedding anniversary is.

Congrats and Welcome to the Madness. One of my favorite color combos.

try not to sleep in the garage with ur car......this will come later butterfly..

Haha, @barncobob it's crossed my mind.

Thanks for the welcome guys!

I was trying to search for westcoast owners but didn't find too much. Anyone here know of any Vancouver or Seattle owner meetups?

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Eric, these cars can be sparse on the ground in many places.

Sometimes it's easier to look up local vintage VW clubs, where our cars are usually welcomed. You may find other replica owners or vintage Porsche folks that way, and it's a good way to connect with local air-cooled mechanics and parts sources, too.

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Suweeet! That's one classy looking  car you have there Eric! Welcome

@Eric Lee posted:

I was trying to search for westcoast owners but didn't find too much. Anyone here know of any Vancouver or Seattle owner meetups?

Top of the page in the black header bar select "Members". New page opens up and on the right side of the page under "Post Content" in the grey box select "Advanced Member Search".Ne page opens up and in the middle of the page in blue writing is "Search by geographical data" click on that and some new fields open up. Choose your country, choose your zip code, and select how far you want the search to look for members. This can be tricky because it'll list everyone who has ever signed up for a free SOC account. Your best bet is to look for "Supporting Members" and send them a PM. Or you can hover over each name and see when they last visited. It's a rabbit hole of a search as you find yourself trying to find others and at the same time get used to the platform.

Instead of searching by zip code after you select "Members" at the top part of the page next to the blue "Post Content" box it reads "Sort by name" you could change that to "View as map" and zoom in on the area you want to search and find people near you.

enjoy ur car..i was interjecting a little humor from my past life:}

https://www.speedsterowners.co...5#702486604232049965

Wow! That is a detailed tip. Thanks!

Hmm. Still learning the reply feature

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@Eric Lee

Eric, NICE score on that beautiful IM! Here's wishing you & wife many years, miles & smiles of top-down cruising in that bad boy. "Welcome To The Madness" known as replica 356 ownership.

Here is a link to a clip comprised of many of your now fellow SOCers enjoying their rides at various SOC events across the U.S.A. Hope to eventually see you guys at one of these future events.

https://vimeo.com/262306746

@Sacto Mitch posted:

.After  you've posted any comment, you can go back and edit what you wrote (within one hour of posting it) or delete it if you're having second thoughts. The 'edit' option is under that same 'gear' icon.

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Thanks for reminding me what I wanted to ask @Theron about Mitch!

@Sacto Mitch posted:

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Replying:

At the end of every message are two icons. Find the posted message you want to reply to, hover the cursor over the icon that looks like a gear, and choose 'Reply with Quote' from the pop-up menu.

You can then include the whole quoted post or edit the text (i.e. if you want to delete parts of the original post that don't relate to the point you want to comment about). Or, you can boldface or italicize quoted words you want to emphasize.

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Thank-you!

@MusbJim posted:

@Eric Lee

Eric, NICE score on that beautiful IM! Here's wishing you & wife many years, miles & smiles of top-down cruising in that bad boy. "Welcome To The Madness" known as replica 356 ownership.

Here is a link to a clip comprised of many of your now fellow SOCers enjoying their rides at various SOC events across the U.S.A. Hope to eventually see you guys at one of these future events.

https://vimeo.com/262306746

Yes! I'm looking forward to joining some owners meetups, but I bought this at the end of summer so have to anticipate for next spring. Also, seems like it's hard to find any westcoast meetups?

One thing that I was really happy about with this purchase was that Henry gave me the detailed handover of the vehicle! Felt like I was buying it new from him from his shop.

I’m guessing Henry is pretty nostalgic about handing new owners their keys these days.

Eric:

Here is a link to a Facebook page 'Friends who like Intermeccanica'.  There are a couple hundred owners on there, but it's not that active, so it won't overwhelm you.  You should be able to make contact with some west coast owners there.  I'm really close to the guy who manages the page.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749286561969192

Nice car you have. 

@dlearl476 posted:

I’m guessing Henry is pretty nostalgic about handing new owners their keys these days.

Yes. You can definitely see that he still has that passion for his cars.

@Bob: IM S6 posted:

Eric:

Here is a link to a Facebook page 'Friends who like Intermeccanica'.  There are a couple hundred owners on there, but it's not that active, so it won't overwhelm you.  You should be able to make contact with some west coast owners there.  I'm really close to the guy who manages the page.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749286561969192

Nice car you have. 

Thanks for the link!

Beautiful

I think Luis is in Seattle and has a vintage speedster and comments on the list with a lot of great research, he might be our resident Speedster wheel guy

Welcome Eric congrats on the car...

After you get used to the old/new technology you can venture out as You are close to the USA Hwy 1,  that is a trip worth taking in a convert and probably a good time to do it before the snow hits Portland but better in April May next year.

Took my IM down from Van to Monterey and back on it's maiden voyage awesome trip.

Yes, I've done that hwy on my motorcycle a few times. Looking forward to making that a trip in my IM.