Man, that thing just has buckets of style. I am not so sure about the exposed belt and safety, but it sure looks damn cool.
Photography Courtesy Mecum
If the kind of car someone buy says a lot about them, what would this pre-war cycle car say about its owner?
Probably that the person prefers to commute as dangerously as possible, they are simply insane or, maybe, a mixture of both.
Regardless, what you are looking at is an IMP Cyclecar from 1914. The IMP was a product of the W. H. McIntyre Company and was produced during the cyclecar craze of the early 1900s.
Powered by a Rochester Motor Company V-Twin engine, this IMP makes use of a variable friction transmission, leaf springs front and rear and two belt drives–one on each side of the cyclecar–to power the rear wheels.
Find this 1914 IMP Cyclecar Model Z up for auction from Mecum on February 1, 2025.
Man, that thing just has buckets of style. I am not so sure about the exposed belt and safety, but it sure looks damn cool.
I want to know who did the brick work behind it, WOW!
Ditto on the brickwork: since when do they do columns like that in brick?? Anyway, the car is amazing and who doesn't want an exposed drive belt next to their bodies spinning wildly at speed? I like the look of the car but it needs an LS. 
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