The Worth of a Speedster, pt. 1

Have you ridden in a speedster on a perfect day, felt the curvy road unwind before you as you adventure on with your companion? The value? Priceless!

But: how much does it cost these days to own that seat? We’ll look at some recent auctions and price us a few to get a perspective…

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Speedster — Variations on a Theme, pt.3

Why would a stately luxury brand need a speedster in its automobile lineup? To go fast? To tear around corners? Why, Jeeves, what nonsense–slow down–you’ll spill our brandy!

In this episode we’ll look at the speedsters in three series of Packards, but also, check out their variants!

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Speedster – Variations on a Theme, pt.1

What if you wanted a speedster to haul all of your best buds around in? Speedsters were typically designed to carry one or two and had seating for such. What’s a poor fella or gal to do with that arrangement?

This episode features a few companies that did a work-around to address that limitation!

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Havers and the Knickerbocker Speedster, pt. 1

Some auto firms were just too good to last, and for the Havers Motor Car Company of Port Huron, this was to be their fate. Nevertheless, during five years of eastern Michigan weather, Havers produced a quality mid-priced luxury car… and also, the classic Knickerbocker Speedster!

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Porsche Boxster Celebrates 25 Years

Porsche has always been a small company with big ideas. Porsche cars began life on a sawdust floor in Gmund, Austria, where the company hunkered down in a sawmill until occupying forces allowed them to return to Germany and produce their cars. Fast cars and speedsters have been a part of Porsche DNA since 1950, and the Boxster continues this storyline!

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The Short But Fast Life Of The Sharp Arrow

Bill Sharp was a photographer, a tinkerer, a car dealer, and a lover of fast autos. Somehow he rallied his passions behind an idea for a speedster of his own manufacture. Thus began the short but fast life of the Sharp Arrow Speedabout!

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