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Ferrari Other (1967)
for sale

Price: US $89,000.00

Description:

Automobili Intermeccanica was founded in 1959 in the heart of Italy’s automobile manufacturing capital—Torino, or Turin. While Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini designed and constructed both the bodies and drivetrains for their exotic cars in Italy, a number of specialized manufacturers, the likes of Detomaso, Iso, Bizzarrini, and Intermeccanica had their stunning and innovative coachwork conceived by some of the most renowned and progressive Italian automotive designers of the 20th century, but equipped their cars with the powerful and ground-shaking, yet ultra-reliable Ford and Chevrolet engines found in Shelbys and Corvettes. These cars, known as hybrid exotics, have now become amongst the most sought after exotic collector cars, as they represent the formidable combination of 60’s and 70’s Italian styling, coupled with American muscle car drivetrains—resulting in mobile beauties powered by beasts.
The Intermeccanica logo portrays a “Prancing Bull” obviously emulating…but at the same time provoking and challenging Enzo Ferrari’s “Prancing Horse and Feruccio Lamborghini’s “Raging Bull.
The Intermeccanica Omega was one of the most beautiful and potent Italian-American hybrids of the 60’s and 70’s. It’s sleek styling was conceived by Franco Scaglione and Robert Cumberford, while it chassis was designed by Intermeccanica’s founder and engineering genius Frank Reisner, with the assistance of Formula 1 Engineer John Crosthwaite.
The bodies for the Omega were meticulously handcrafted at the Turin facility using steel panels that were actually hand-hammered over wooden bucks…representing the epitome of traditional coach-building. The bodies were then welded on to 4 inch square tube frames and shipped overseas to the legendary racing shop of Holman-Moody—YES….HOLMAN-MOODY! in North Carolina where final assembly was completed. With a direct connection to Ford, the Holman-Moody crew would, in the company of Carroll Shelby, prepare GT40’s and other exotic race cars for Le Mans and countless other international races.
A MERE 33 EXAMPLES OF THE OMEGA ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THEIR TWO YEAR PRODUCTION RUN BETWEEN 1967 AND 1968. This is far fewer than the Italia model that succeeded it, and has given the Omega the tremendous significance of being amongst the rarest and lowest production “modern” exotic cars in existence.Indeed, the costs of building the Omega were so great, that their continued production could not be justified. Carrying a true exotic list price of between $8000 and $9000, the Omega was twice the price of a Corvette or a Porsche, and not a far cry from the price of a Ferrari 275GTB, which cost (a mere!) $14, 500 at the time.Take advantage of this very rare opportunity to purchase Omega serial # SIC101109 which, according to the book, “Intermeccanica: The Story of the Prancing Bull” written by Andrew McCredie and Paula Reisner, was the 3rd of the 33 Omegas built. It was owned by the same gentleman from Pueblo, Colorado, for the past 25 years, having been purchased by him in 1990 from a renowned engine builder from Colorado Springs, Colorado, who purchased the car back in 1980. In the past 25 years, a mere 1500 of a total of 56, 699 miles have been put on the car, which were strictly in fair weather, mainly to and from local car shows.The car is equipped with its correct Ford 302 drive train as originally built by Holman-Moody, which was freshly rebuilt back in 1990 with 360 degree lifters, 12 to 1 compression, and a Le Mans cam. With the exception of the Le Mans cam, the engine has all of the specs of the infamous GT40 small block built by Holman-Moody in the late 60’s, and is equipped with its original 4 speed transmission. The car runs and drives beautifully as it was intended to perform, with no mechanical issues.The car was also fully stripped and painted in its current color of silver by the previous owner, which still shows as pristine, and has just been wet sanded and polished to a beautiful finish by renowned restorer Skip McCabe of Chicago, who has gone over and sorted the car in full. The car was ordered without its front and rear bumpers, which gives it a clean and refined look, however, the bumpers are readily available and reasonably priced, should the new owner prefer to have them on the car.The car also sports beautiful, hand-crafted Gotti wheels, purchased from Phil Wood in California. The original Kelsey-Hayes Magstar spare comes with the car, and these wheels are also readily available should the new owner prefer to have them on the car.There is a binder of documentation that goes with the car, which includes original Intermeccanica Owners' Club Newsletters from the 70's, a car show trophy and a newspaper clipping featuring the car.The car is being sold as-is and where-is with no warranties or representations, so interested parties are strongly encouraged to inspect the car, which is located and available for inspection at the shop of Skip McCabe in Mundelein, Illinois, just outside of Chicago. Interested parties are invited to contact me directly at 416 258 5781 to ask any questions.
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