Intermeccanica Italia Advice

Italia Spyder, you have a PM.
In regards to the Jaeger tach, here goes...
English Smiths instruments were apparently licensed out to Jaeger sometime in the Sixties for Italian cars... that said, They are basically the same. It gets more complicated.
I chose to convert an Aston Martin DB5 from points to a Crane Cams T700 ignition system way back in the mid Nineteys... No problem with the Smiths tach, but I had to convert the car to negative ground... no other complications.
Ok, a year later I converted the Italia to an MSD ignition and the effect was profound... But the tach would not work as it is a Jaeger. I took it out and sent it to Nisonger Speedo service and they duly sent it back. After reinstalling it it did not work. Sucks, So I took it out again and sent it back. Reinstalled it... did not work. took it out again and sent it to Palo Alto Speedo... reinstalled it and it worked.
I hope this helps with your saga. Italias are surprisingly easy to work on.. maybe because they were made by hand. Painless Wiring harness products are well worth looking into, if you get my drift.
Ciao,
Rob

 

rob
thanks for reply and referral
i must ask now, the jaeger tach in the torino is a voltage sensing type tach sensing voltage change ,correct? as i see no evidence of an internal coil (coil winding ,induction)but i may be wrong


palo alto it is
but in the meantime
did you have to modify it or just clean and repair it i am only going to go thru pertronics (no pts) with no other ignition changes

after finding it didnt work when held in my hands and dash pod out of car i noticed that needle of tach would not freely ''wobble' when rest of guages did
told it just might be frozen needle after 35 yrs of sitting around and not started ....at any rate
palo alto it will be
can you tell me how you hooked it up to your ignition coil? same way as conventional ,like handheld tach/dwell i assume?

thanks again rob
andy

 

Gentlemen,

As I am just discovering this wonderful car, what does one do for parts? Like bumpers, trim pieces etc.?? Is anyone making reproductions?

 

Andrew,
Bear in mind that I am working from memory and that I installed an MSD system.... I tried to use a tach adapter to trigger, but that did not work. the Jaeger was voltage triggered from the distributor. I made several calls to Palo Alto to get it set up correctly. They will dismantle it and clean it and tailor it to your distributor. Hope this helps.
Rob

 

George, italia reproductions is the best source. Italia Apollo And Intermeccanica Replacement Parts | Italia Reproductions. The owner is a real hero.

 

Awesome, thank you!

 

Jon Rocks!

 

Italia / Torino for sale on eBay. Not mine
Other Makes Italia Torino Torino | eBay

 

With the usual caveat about dealing with GWMC, they have two Italia's in stock that might be worth a look. They have both been customized a bit and are missing a few parts. And one is an automatic. The fresh quickie paint job is suspect also. But still worth a look.

Note that you can bargain somewhat with GWMC. They've got some room for that built into their pricing.

1967 Intermeccanica Italia -

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1971 Intermeccanica Italia Spyder Serial Number 50375414 - main page

Wow!

Maybe someone with more technical expertise can post the photos and description for posterity.

 

Has anyone seen this car in person. The pictures look spectacular!!

 

Here are some pictures of this spectacular car.
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OK, someone help me out here. When did they go to disc brakes on all four corners? The earlier cars are drum brakes so the best you can do is use the fake wire wheel cap. This is a fantastic car with an impressive price. I'll bet it won't be around for long.

 

That is a fabulous Italia. Excellent modifications that still look period. Round taillights are a big improvement over the rectangular OEM ones.

 

George I think that they went to 4 wheel disc brakes with the handful of Griffith 600's produced, and the Omega and Italia GFX which followed.

 

Ah, thank you!

 

These cars are really beautiful! Bummed I've been ignoring them all these years, big mistake, wish I had acquired one before the big $$ show hit collector cars.

 

You missed it

Other Makes Torino Italia | eBay

 

Everyone is talking about what beautiful cars they are but how do they drive? Anybody with seat time care to comment?

 

I have heard that the suspension is quirky but I have no first hand experience.

 

So was the 250 Testarossa's until Bizzarrini fixed it.

 

The driving experience is about what you would expect with a relatively high power-to-weight ratio. A lot of grunt and giddy-up and surprising rigidity for an open top car because the body is welded right to the box-tube frame. The suspension set up is pretty simplistic although it's a bit of a parts mashup in the front. I am trying to work out a new front end setup from Heidts or something similar. It's a really fun car but not something I would want to put on the track. The rear end steps out way to easily.

 

The blood red car on this page 'reeks' of a Tom Meade rendition Ferrari...many ways, great looker.

 

Good call, I agree it says Tom Mead loud and clear, compliments to the owner and body man who took the time to make a great looking car even better.

 

Does anyone know what the Cromadora Wheel (14 x 6½) part number is for the Intermecchanica Italia?