In 2005, Speedster
Motorcars unveiled their Z-Series line of automobiles. Based on the famed
ScrapeÓ, a custom chopped, channeled, and slammed 1939 Lincoln Zephyr built
by custom car builder Terry Cook. Mr. Cook had been producing replica
bodies for sale for years and he approached Speedster about building a
turnkey version of his car.
This was to be a hot
rod for the masses. Being that a custom car would take someone years to
have built or build on their own, with the Z-Series you could just walk
onto the showroom floor and purchase a brand new hot rod at a decent
price. With a coupe and a roadster available, Speedster Motorcars was
ready to take the world by storm with their new car. The first Z-Series
cars rolled off the production line in January 2005 to rave reviews from
customers, as they were selling quicker then Speedster could produce them.
Later adding a Z-Series custom line in 2006 that showed you could build a
show quality car in less than two months. All in all, Speedster Motorcars
produced forty-one Zephyr replicas between 2005 and 2006. The high
watermark in sales being an Alice Cooper themed Z-Series that ran through
the famed Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction bringing a cool quarter
million dollars.
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