Gail Phillips and her Husband Al are Partnered with Doug Odom who built the
car..... Doug is a close friend of mine... if any of you have the chance to
go hang out down there be sure to say hey..... and Please pass me back the
results each day if you can....
Doug owns the only other Austin Healey Landspeed racer currently in
exsistance other then Mine.... and My front end came from Doug's Mold.....
Doug's car has recently been Highly modified from the 202 mph pass it made
to get Gail in the Bonneville Two Club.... as Doug Crashed the car in
November and they had to rebuild it..... they even used some of my Sprites
Body parts to put it back together.....
This list helped put it back together as we found a Bugeye body here in ONE
day and had it in Dougs hands the Next day.....
I am sitting here Green with envy..... Doug and Gail invited me to come and
crew and drive down there.... and I just couldn't take the time off from the
business this year.... They arrive at Lake Gairdner today.... worst case
senario I will let you folks know how they do here at the end of the
week....
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy at avaya.com>
To: "spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 1:32 AM
Subject: [Fwd: 322km/h Sprite]
> Saw this on the mgs list, look out Keith.
>
> Gilroy
>
> Eric wrote:
>
> > Yes, it is F1 weekend in Australia so we are all thinking SPEED!
> >
> > Here is a challenge to the MG world (how is that land-speed record
> > going, guys)?
> >
> > Here is a photo from out local paper, titled "Gail Phillips and her
> > modified Austin Healey Sprite. She hopes to clock 322km/h at Lake
> > Gairdner"
> >
> > "The Californian is in South Australia with her specially modified
> > Austin Healey Sprite aiming to become the first woman to officially
> > clock 200mph (322km/h) over the mile in Australia"
> >
> > Based on a 1959 Bugey, it is powered by Chevy V8 that generates about
> > 500 horsepower. Gail is one of only 8 woman inducted into the
> > 'Bonneville 200 Club' after her 2-way average over the mile of
> > 202.098mp/h on the Bonneville salt flats in the US.
> >
> > She reckons she may be able to pass 210mph in this attempt!
> >
> > And here is the picture from the 'paper:
> > http://www.erickson.on.net/mgb/misc/322ksprite_sml.jpg
> >
> > I'm not looking for 300km/h out of *my* new engine, but I commenced the
> > installation process this weekend and I can tell you that I am starting
> > to get a little bit excited.
> >
> > Now, back to the television... and more racing!
> >
> > Eric
> > '68MGB MkII
> > Adelaide, South Australia
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