The Intermountain Manufacturing Company (IMCO) was a US

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of the 1960s based in

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that produced

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. IMCO was formed in 1962 to purchase the assets of the failed Call Aircraft Company, and the following year commenced new production of the

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. IMCO also developed an enlarged and refined version of the aircraft, designated the B-1.

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, a division of

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purchased IMCO in

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and relocated production to

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the following year.

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