1972 Intermeccanica Italia

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Engine: Ford 351 Cleveland V8
Colour: Burgundy

The Intermeccanica Italia is a rare Italian-American grand tourer produced in Turin between 1967 and 1973, with fewer than 400 examples built. Combining hand-formed steel coachwork in a classic Italian idiom with a Ford 351 Cleveland V-8 engine, the car offered genuine performance alongside elegant styling. This U.S.-specification example was delivered new in January 1972, spent decades in single-family ownership, and has since undergone a comprehensive bare-metal restoration including a full mechanical rebuild by specialist Gary Bobileff of Bobileff Motorcars.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold US$123,200
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1972 →Private sale
Larry Simon
full documentation
Original retail buyer from Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania, who drove the car lightly over roughly four and a half decades before commissioning a full restoration through specialist Gary Bobileff.
1972-01-11 → 1972Factory delivery
Joe Vos
full documentation
U.S. distributor based in New York who received the car directly and subsequently sold it as new stock.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Current consignor
partial documentation
Acquired the car after restoration work was completed; only minimal test miles added during this ownership.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

—Restoration
Bobileff Motorcars
Comprehensive restoration covering a full mechanical rebuild and complete removal of paint down to bare metal; refinished in burgundy with a new burgundy leather and tan suede interior.
Work commissioned by Larry Simon and carried out by Italian car specialist Gary Bobileff. Only test miles driven since completion.

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