That photo would be just before the one I have during push off.
DW
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--- On Thu, 3/18/10, John Szalay <jpszalay01@insightbb.com> wrote:
From: John Szalay <jpszalay01@insightbb.com>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] car #204 solved
To: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 1:33 PM
Great,
the second photo I found of the 204 Ford shows it in line behind the 239 twin
flathead...
also explains the second person sitting in the shotgun seat in both images..
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/7395af45479ab76c_large
Thank you
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From: "dan warner" <dwarner230@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:08 PM
To: "land speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Subject: [Land-speed] car #204 solved
> I have solved the confusion surrounding the photo from the Life magazine
> archieves.
>
> I have a book that was given to the attendees at the NHRA Mickey Thompson
> exhibit presented by Gale Banks.
>
> Page 6 shows a photo of #204 pushing Mickey's twin engined Bantam coupe,
> #239.
> The caption reads:
> "In 1953 Mickey entered the infamous Carrera Panamericana (Mexican Road
Race)
> in a six cylinder Ford sponsered by Alhambra's Ellico Ford. He had a tough
> time in the grueling contest, but the Ford survived to serve as a
Bonneville
> push car."
> >
> DW
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