Stunning custom speedster

LQQK at this one if you are a potential buyer...

Not mine but was mine, a few summers ago....

This speedster IMHO is the nicest one I've owned. It started out as a stock IM and had the unique suttle one of a kind flares added.
The body and paint are absolute show quality and the street rod graphite gray leather interior, very custom top and hard quarter tonneau was valued at ten grand when done by Mike Haverstock ( also the car builder) in Chambersburg, PA.

Again not mine but because it's such a unique high end car I highly recommend this speedster !

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very tasteful. i dig the interior & quarter toneau

The integrated interior design is a work of art, just beautiful ! ! ! The materials, dash treatment, console, everything all working together, VERY SWEET, I LOVE your work !

And of course, those neat tail lights . . .

Tom, the tail light lenses are from new Beetle side markers.
I wish I could take the credit on the build, I only did minor changes i.e the Auto Meter gauges and motor work.
Car was done by a Mike Haverstock a high end street rod guy and it shows. I hated to drive this car much though as it is one of those true show machines however, it is very streetable.

This car is a beauty. He should include a photo with the top which is really nice.

LQQK at this speedster...it's up for sale again and the price has been lowered, not mine but I can tell.... you this car is something else and would cost $35k to build it. Someone needs to jump on this! ~Alan


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This is sad, very sad that no one has an interest for one of the best custom street rod styled speedster's out there.
An absolute super deal ( not mine but I have owned it in the past) ~Alan

It is not a great time to be selling a nice car. I went to the local hot rod shine and show yesterday. There are about 300 cars that show up each week, just for the fun of it. There were at least 20-30 cars for sale, most of them VERY nice. A guess on my part, but that guess is most of the cars could be bought today for 30-50% of the cost of their build, with a lot of free labor not even in the equation. Example, a 3 year old 427 (428) Cobra, very nicely done up, looks professional in all respects including suspension, underbody, interior, engine, paint----less than 2500 miles, $24,000 asking. Another sitting beside it was $38,000....no real apparent difference other than asking price. And no buyers or even serious lookers at either price. To buy either of them new factory turn key would cost in the $75k neighborhood, or more....

I also notice that many of the people wandering around looking at cars are on the wrong side of 40-50-60....not a lot of "new blood" in the game....I notice the same on BJ and Mecum auto auctions...a lot of us older generation represented.....too much so for the health of hot rods/Speedsters, Spyders etc.....

10 hours left and not one bid should tell you something market is way down

Often talked about the value of classic and antique cars once "we" are gone, the younger generation will have little use for them unless it has a 20 speaker 100,000 watt sound system and a fart box exhaust.

The Depends for Men Club . . . a new member every 14 seconds.


A LOT of the hotrods and customs these days seem to have the "old lady knitting in the passenger seat" option. It took a while to figure out that the Old Farts needed their wives on board to drive the car home for them. Night blindness among elderly men can be a bitch.

Every generation wants the cars they enjoyed in their youth, or the ones they couldn't afford in their youth. What did your Dad want? Probably something a couple generations removed from what you want. Human nature I guess. Then there are those who appreciate every generation of automobile. Expensive form of lust!

I'm just on the other side of 30. Not sure if that is considered younger generation or not. My father passed on his love for these cars to me. I learned it from watching him. There is hope...

The 20- and 30-something fellows that I work with love my Speedster. Maybe not enough to buy one, though. They're too busy saving and investing. Odd, huh? Still, the car's "cool factor" is not lost on them.

I'm fortunate to work with some unusually smart folks.

30 years old. Just bought my second (project) speedster after selling a coupe. My first speedster was my favorite car I've had. One of the guys I work with has a speedster as well. It is alive and well with the (younger) crowd. Sometime when you are 20, 30 or however old justifying a second, third or fourth car doesn't make sense.

Crate - with this group, I don't think 'making sense' was ever part of the formula! Welcome (Back) to The Madness! Hope you will join us on the run to Mullin Museum (with whatever car you bring)!

Anyone here even remember being 30? Bwaaahahahaha

Alan:

I have shoes older than 30.

I also have twin 9 year old boys I am anxious to get involved in the love of cars. Expect to take delivery of my first speedster in the next couple weeks. My boys can't wait, and I'm in the same boat with them. Wife is apprehensive, but coming around after I took the lead from someone on the site who suggested that these are like motorcycles with two seats and a body. She likes bikes and that got her into a more favorable frame of mind.

Bob. "Like motorcycles" is right, but there is no goffy helmet required and you can fall off of it!

Er go, the wisdom of driving a speedster. She would never wear a helmet anyway. Gets in the way of the designer sunglasses and crushes the hair.

WHAT A STEAL !
Take my word on this.... Should you be in search of your first speedster and or looking for a street rod styled speedster, this is this the bomb!
This is one of the nicest custom speedsters I have seen to date both in the cosmetics and mechanical end of things. An IM with suttle flares added. Very high end custom leather interior with a unique one off custom low bowed street rod top and tonneau, it's now down to $15k and the seller probably will talk. I can't say enough about this speedster. Just beautiful in and out and ... flawless ! Not mine but did own it a few years ago. ~Alan




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