During the last three episodes of this series we have focused on sketched ideas of reader-designed speedsters of the nineteen-teens. In this issue we’ll share some photos of reader-designed speedsters.
Read MoreReader-Designed Speedsters, pt. 3
We came across some more reader-inspired speedster designs from the nineteen-teens. Check out what we found!
Read MoreModel T Speedster Body Makers, pt.4
This episode closes out our look at Model T speedster manufacturers. Oh, sure, there are many others to cover, but we’ve given you a taste of the variety that were available. Here are two more to check out!
Read MoreModel T Speedster Body Makers, pt3
In prior posts we have looked at several manufacturers who made speed bodies for the Model T Fast Ford crowd: Ames, Bub, Mercury, and PACO, to name several. This issue will check out another pair.
Read MoreFord and the Model T Speedster: Did One Cause the Other?
Model T speedsters are venerated antique sports cars that are affordable, fun, and fast. But who made them? The next post explores a look at Henry Ford’s inadvertent groundwork - in the realm of speedsters.
Read MoreThe 1914 Metz Speedster; pt. 3 in a Series
How does a car company follow up after winning the prestigious Glidden Reliability Tour with a perfect score for all three of its team cars? Why, introduce a speedster model for the next year. Of course! And thus emerged the Metz Speedster for 1914!
Read MoreCharles Metz, The Auto Magnate: pt. 2
Part 2 of our story on Charles Metz and his Metz Speedster.
Read MoreCharles Metz: The Man, The Company, and The Speedster, pt. 1
“Winners write the histories” is an often-quoted phrase. In the ash heap of the early twentieth century lie scores of dusty histories of car companies. Stories that, for some reason, have been long neglected. Metz is such a company whose story is not often retold. And it built a speedster!
Read MoreThe Packard Speedster Experience
“Ask the man who owns one” - a company slogan made all the more famous by the widespread accomplishments of its car. A fly-on-the-wall confrontation inspired Packard’s birth, and a merger made in haste brought it to its knees. In between all of that, 59 years of notable luxury automobiles, powerful engines for famous boats and aircraft, and yes – the Packard speedsters.
Read More911 Speedster Auction: The Porsche World Was A-Buzzing!
With RM Sotheby’s auctioning off the last of 1948 Porsche 911 Speedsters for a United Way COVID-19 fundraiser, the Porsche world is ablaze with interest. Here’s the story!
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