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Kees van der Westen announces production one group Speedster!

Postby zin1953 on Thu May 22, 2008 9:57 am

http://www.keesvanderwesten.com/at-the-workshop_new-speedster.html
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Postby cannonfodder on Thu May 22, 2008 10:09 am

No, no, no!! Must resist, don't need another espresso machine. The Speedster would be the only thing I would sell my beloved Elektra (and wife, kids, car, motorcycle...) to get. They have rumored at a production run of these for a couple of years now. Chris Tacy will probably be #1 in line for this baby.
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Postby IslandAddict on Thu May 22, 2008 12:27 pm

http://www.keesvanderwesten.com/earlier-work-speedster.html

Wow, that is incredible. Something has to be done to stop it. If this machine comes to market, it will destroy families and cause incurable espresso machine envy.
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Postby CGP4 on Thu May 22, 2008 12:49 pm

I hope there's a version for North American power -- last I inquired, he was only planning to do a 220V version.
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Postby cannonfodder on Thu May 22, 2008 1:01 pm

Doesn't everyone have a 30 amp 220 run to their espresso bar? I also dropped 2 20 amp 110's and a filtered, regulated ½ inch water mains. The wife thinks I am a bit excessive; I just like to think of it as prepared.
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Postby zin1953 on Thu May 22, 2008 1:05 pm

cannonfodder wrote:No, no, no!! Must resist . . .

Yeah -- wouldn't you know this comes right AFTER I get my Elektra!!! :roll:
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Postby cannonfodder on Thu May 22, 2008 1:18 pm

I can almost guarantee, the speedster will be nearly three times the cost of a sixties series Elektra. I would guess near $10K with shipping.
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Postby roblumba on Thu May 22, 2008 1:26 pm

cannonfodder wrote:I can almost guarantee, the speedster will be nearly three times the cost of a sixties series Elektra. I would guess near $10K with shipping.


Alright, we have a $10K number. Let's start hearing the complaints about how overpriced it is! ;)

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Postby shadowfax on Thu May 22, 2008 2:27 pm

Why complain about the price of outright artwork? If you weren't wanting to pay the super-premium for the artwork, couldn't you just buy a GS3?
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Postby A2chromepeacock on Thu May 22, 2008 2:48 pm

please please please please *please* let this herald a future production of a one-group idrocompresso!
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