It started as a request from Dr Rick Velaj from Connecticut – “I want something a bit special”. When you are a customer of Eagle E-Types, something ‘a bit special’ is standard. Conversations started between him and Paul Brace from Eagle, and the word Speedster’ was mentioned.
Paul got out his pencil and sketched a shape. Rick loved it, and that was the start of Eagle Speedster No.1. Over the next months, in tandem with running the main Eagle business, Paul worked to design and perfect the details of this truly unique and extraordinary E-Type. Between Henry Pearman, the owner of Eagle, and Rick it was decided that there would be no time or budget considerations and this would be a unique chance to create an extraordinary motor car.
