Rickard Electric Special Edition – Owner’s Manual
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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of electric drive automobiles. This owners manual
describes features and functions of the EVTV Rickard Electric Speedster.
Special Editions Inc. has produced the Beck Speedster replica kit car for many
years providing literally thousands of cars to very satisfied and loyal owners.
The Beck Speedster is consistently viewed as one of the finest kit car replicas
available and the definitive reproduction of the 1957 Porsche Model 356A
Speedster – certainly among the most iconic sports cars ever produced.
As one of our many conversion projects, EVTV designed a ground up electric
drive speedster based on the Beck Speedster rolling chassis. Among our most
popular series of episodes, this design has been built by many of our individual
viewers and is now widely copied by dozens of conversion shops across the
country. It is rapidly emerging as the definitive electric drive replica car in the
genre.
EVTV is widely viewed as the definitive information source for custom electric
car conversions worldwide. And our business is producing very technical
videos for a demanding engineering audience. But we’ve received so many
requests for this car from people who lack the ability or time to do their own
conversion, we’ve begun small scale production of these vehicles in our shop
and production set in Cape Girardeau Missouri.
Over the years, kit car builders have fitted Beck Speedsters with internal
combustion engines of ever higher performance and horsepower, achieving
truly impressive performance on this sturdy frame. But the elegance and grace
of the original Porsche 356A Speedster was most noted for balance, elegance
and refinement in handling. In designing this Rickard Electric Speedster, we
specifically referenced the performance of the original 1957 356A Model with
the 1600cc S motor as the design criteria.
We think the resulting vehicle is astonishing. It goes quite beyond simply not
going to the petrol station for fuel or even reducing auto emissions. It is an
experience many will find totally new, totally refreshing, and very much in
keeping with the Porsche tradition.
We do very much hope and intend that your purchase of the Rickard Electric
Speedster provides you years of driving pleasure and pride of ownership. We
believe it will open a world of quiet power and smooth elegance you’ve likely
never experienced before…
