Ron
The only thing I found was a #204 that ran in 1957 and Entered as Stern &
Mahoney from Venice California, Speed was 182.92 mph. It ran in the D comp.
coupe class.Looks like it was 1st. in class that year. The record they ran
against was Christmans coupe of 190 mph set in 1956. Hope this helps.
Glen
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From: "Ron Gibson" <ronggibson@gmail.com>
To: "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:11 PM
Subject: [Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville -car #204
> In the Life pictures, does anyone know where the #204, 54 Ford, with the
> weird paint job was from?
> Just curious. A friend here in Omaha was doing some rust repair on a 54
> Ford and it had an old "Bonneville participant 1954" adhesive sticker on
> the
> firewall. Supposedly had been run at the salt. Had a McCullough blower on
> the 239, was told it was an option in 54. Just wondering if it may be the
> same car.
>
> Ron
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