One of our favorite games is Name that Car, so when we saw this poorly photographed barn find we knew it would be a good challenger. Reader Jim S. tipped us off to it, so special thanks go out to him! We will run a follow-up post with the answer. Good luck everyone and let the guessing begin!
Jamaican ?
Marcos Mantis?
Apollo.
I believe your right Mark.
kelmark gt kit car,modeled after the ferrari dino?
It’s a 1969 Intermechanica Italia.
Intermecanicca
I say it is an Intermecchanica Torino
Intermeccanica
what is it i need to know.
Datsun 240/260/280 series
Intermeccanica Italia
Fiberfab
I agree with Tim; Jamaican.
Intermeccanica Omega or Italia. It needs a home; I have one.
Intermeccanica Italia
Griffin
Italia?
I think it’s a Griffith 600 Coupé.
Ummm… It’s hard to tell from the picture, is it a Datsun Z?
Devin.
tvr?
italia.
I’m leaning towards a Fiberfab Jamaican too. The right fender looks torn through the headlight bucket area, more than rusted away.
I am going with the Itermaccanica Torino group on this one.
Great responses guys. I wanted to say what it was, but so many have already answered, so I just engaged my sleuthing skills and found the actual car pictured;
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Intermeccanica-Italia-GT-1969-intermeccanica-italia-gt-built-in-torino-italy-/161135898147
Good work Robert, but you were supposed to let us announce it in the followup post!
dusty purplish barn find thingy
$8100
In storage for almost 40 years
Front end damage.
Seems like kinda crazy money, but the seller does state:
“Clearly a collector’s item that will be worth more than $100k once restored.”
Of course it will.
A Datson Z series
Datsun 240Z…..
I’m pretty sure this one will buff up nicely.
1969 intermeccanica italia
My first impression was Datsun 240Z
Datsun Fairlady
Yes, the front does look like a 240 Z, and the quarters like a Corvette. I have owned and restored a 67 Omega, for over 20 years. It is an unappreciated car by most and there are a few good reasons why. But, the car was hand crafted out of steel, over one of the strongest frames you will ever see. It is small and light. The down side is the amalgam of parts used to build the front end but that can be easily rectified today, and the “Kit” concern.
But it is a well built, strong great design car. Parts are hard to come by. We had to make bumpers for my car.
Intermeccanica Italia
DatsunZ series 260?
Datsun 280Z
…ummm, a Peugeot?
;)
Ferrari 275 GTB4
Lots of good guesses guys! Here is our followup post with the answer: http://www.barnfinds.com/storage-unit-find-revealed/
A way to tell this from a Z car is that on the Z car the hood opening goes all the way to the front of the body, while on this Italia there’s a hood opening that’s surrounded by metal all the way around.
Looks like a Bowell to me
http://www.bolwellcarclub.com.au/BCCA_Images/BCCA_CARS4SALE/Picture%201.JPG
Change that to Bolwell , sorry :)
It might be one of those beautiful Beetle chassis sportsters from Brazil.
the very rare Marcos model
…..Nieman Marcos!