 1965 Apollo 5000 GT Coupe |
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| Manufacturer | International Motor Cars |
|---|---|
| Production | 90 |
| Model years | 1962 - 1965 |
| Assembly | Oakland, California, United States |
| Predecessor | Inter Meccanica Puch |
| Successor | Vetta Ventura and Griffith GT |
| Class | Sports Car |
| Body style | fastback coupe or convertible |
| Engine | Buick |
| Transmission | 4 speed manual (automatic optional) |
| Wheelbase | 2,464 mm (97.0 in)[1] |
| Length | 4,445 mm (175.0 in) |
| Width | 1,676 mm (66.0 in) |
| Height | 1,270 mm (50.0 in) |
| Curb weight | 1,030 kg (2,271 lb) |
| Related | Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica |
| Designer | Ron Plescia & Franco Scaglione |
The Apollo was a United States-built sports car/personal automobile manufactured from 1962 to 1964 in Oakland, California.
Engineered by Milt Brown with designed by Ron Plescia it featured Italian handmade aluminum bodywork with a choice between two-seater convertible or fastback styles. Power came from a 215 cu in (3.5 l) or 300 cu in (4.9 l) Buick[2] engine to a 3 or 4-speed manual. Ninety[3] units were produced before it was renamed the Vetta Ventura and made until 1966 by Vanguard Inc of Dallas, Texas.
History [link]
Frank Reisner, a former chemical engineer born in Hungary, raised in Canada and educated in America,[4] established a company that later produced the Apollo (and the Texas-built Vetta Ventura). Reisner, on holiday in Italy in 1959, decided that he loved Turin and set up shop there as Intermeccanica producing tuning kits for Renaults, Peugeots, and Simcas.
The Apollo project was the dream of a young California engineer, Milt Brown, who desired to build an American answer to European GTs, such as the Aston Martin DB4 and Ferrari coupes. Brown, who was looking for a coachbuilder, met Reisner at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1960. A deal was made and the first Apollos were built by late 1963 by Intermeccanica. Intermeccanica made and trimmed the steel bodies in Turin, Italy and then sent them to Oakland, California, where the drive train was installed. The prototype's design was by Milt Brown's friend, Ron Plescia, but the nose was too long and the rear vision limited, so Reisner commissioned former Bertone stylist Franco Scaglione to revise it.
The finished car, sold by Brown's International Motorcars of Oakland, was well received and had famous owners such as Pat Boone. The base price was $6000 and the top speed was claimed to be 150 mph (240 km/h).
A prototype 2 + 2 with a Chrysler engine was shown in New York in 1965. It was shown again in 1966 as the Griffth GT.[4]
International Motor Cars sold 41 cars (40 coupes and one spyder, including the prototype) before production stopped in mid-1964 due to lack of financing. IMC then made a contract with Reisner (to keep his operation going) allowing Intermeccanica to supply body/chassis units to Fred Ricketts, owner of Vanguard Industries, an aftermarket supplier of auto air conditioners in Dallas, Texas. Vanguard sold it as the Vetta Ventura. The intent was to give IMC time to find new financing as well as keep Intermeccanica alive.
Vanguard built only 11 cars, with shop foreman Tom Johnson purchasing the leftover 11 body/chassis units and completing them as late as 1971.
A third attempt to produce the Apollo was by attorney Robert Stevens. His Apollo International company of Pasadena, California completed only 14 cars, with foreman Otto Becker finishing another six. Four body chassis/units were never claimed by Apollo International and were sold by US Customs to Ken Dumiere.
The Apollo was featured in The Love Bug, a 1969 Disney movie.[5]
Reisner later developed projects such as the Griffith, the Murena GT, and the Italia by Intermeccanica. Intermeccanica went on to produce the Veltro 1500, the Griffin (which was a version of the prototype Apollo 2+2), the Phoenix, and the Omega among others.
Info [link]
| Engine | Max power | Transmission | Wheelbase | Length | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 350CID Buick V8 | 225 hp (168 kW) | 3-speed | 97 in (2,464 mm) | 177 in (4,496 mm) | 2,540 lb (1,150 kg) [1] |
References [link]
- ^ a b "1963 Apollo GT Convertible performance data, specs & photo". Automobile-catalog.com. https://www.automobile-catalog.com/make/apollo/apollo_gt/apollo_gt_convertible/1963.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Gunnell, John A., ed. Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-027-0.
- ^ Burgess Wise, David. Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Wellfleet Press. ISBN 1-55521-808-3.
- ^ a b Rogliatti, Gianni (Spring 1971). "Frank Reisner's Intermeccanica - One of the Few That Made it" (in US English). Automobile Quarterly (40 East 49th Street, New York, NY 10017 USA: Automobile Quarterly) 11 (3): 309–311. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 62-4005.
- ^ "1963 Apollo 3500 GT in "The Love Bug, 1968"". IMCDb.org. https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_4609-Apollo-3500-GT-1963.html. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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