The Prettiest Car That You Have Never Heard Of
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Published 2024-07-06
The Intermeccanica Italia is a stunning car. With its carefully designed chassis and various Ford V8 powerplants, as you will soon find out, it was a VERY solid car for the period especially given its attractive price point.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 The Backstory & Initial Variants
6:00 Chassis & Powerplants
7:41 Why The Car Was So Good
8:32 Sales & Legacy
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Sources:
-www.caranddriver.com/news/a39174906/1969-intermecc…
-www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/automotive-history/cars…
-www.speedholics.com/post/intermeccanica-and-the-ep…
-www.supercars.net/blog/1968-intermeccanica-italia-…
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All Comments (21)
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You just saved me from believing that I might be crazy. As a young grease monkey In the mid '70s a car rolled in the door at the Lincoln Mercury store I was working at. The customer was experiencing carbon monoxide poisoning when he drove the car and ended up in the hospital. The car was an Italia. It turned out to be an easy fix, The trunk gasket was missing which allowed the exhaust to roll into the trunk area and then into the passenger compartment. At the time we worked on a lot of Pantera's but that was the only Italia that I ever worked on, and I always wondered after almost 50 years if I remembered the name correctly.
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I will admit at 50yrs old and a mechanic most of my life. I have never heard of or seen one of these. Thank you for the info.
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Indra? Yes please. Looks freaking awesome!
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My 1965 MG with its shoe-horned 289 and C4 was the cat's meow.
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Beautiful car! Has the perfect lines like the old Ferraris and Jaguars. Love that V8 too.
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Sort of related, I used to work at an electronics store in Monrovia, CA (it's no longer there). One Saturday, a guy shows up in a gorgeous GT car that I've never seen before. My manager helped him find some components and inquired about the car, it was an Iso Grifo. One of those rare Italian cars that had American muscle! Had a Chevy 454 packed under the hood and it sounded fantastic.
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This is absolutely a beautiful car but, for me, the DeTamaso Pantera will always be my favorite.
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I actually own the very first 2 cars of this series. The prototype Griffith 600 still retains the 289k while the rest (6 cars or so) received other manufacturers engines. The following 33 Omega are also Ford powered.
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I remember those cars I was a foreign car mechanic in the early 70s we said it was the best of both worlds. American muscle with an Italian sports coat.
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"The youth of today" will never be able to afford sports cars. :( Good video. Thanks!
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Bring more Intermeccanica please
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The Buick 215 was sold to rover cars in the UK and became the rover 3.5 litre which is an iconic engine here in the UK.
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I had a Iso Rivolta 1964 all Chevy running gear hand built Italian!
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I was feeling like I was the only person that had an Italia. 1973 coupe with the Cleveland engine. 8,000 on the tach with no redline. Rally Motors in Paramus New Jersey used to sell them. My friend George had the Yellow Convertible. Thanks for the memories.
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Would be great to hear about the Indra!
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Yes to the Indra video. So very interesting to hear and see the details of rare cars.
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Great vid! 👍 .. Yes please make a video on the Indra 🚘
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Thank you for not being an F'n AI channel
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A yellow Italia convertibile appears into 1971 Walt Disney movie "The Million Dollar Duck". Interestingly, into the more known 1969 "The Love Bug" - another Disney movie - appears an Apollo GT.
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4:10" - "heavily inspired by Ferraris" and shows us the Fiat tail lights. :D Great timing!
