> On Fri, 13 Jan 1995, John Lupien wrote:
> > > A Hot Shot won the Sebring Index of Performance in '51 and did well at Le
> > > Mans. In stock trim it could do about 77 mph. Speed shops soon came up
> > > with some goodies that increased top speed to around 90 mph.
> > Hard to imagine doing 90 through Les Hunandierres while the big guys wailed
> > by at 180.
> Not very many were wailing along at 180 back in 1951!
> Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
I think some were - in any case, from what I have seen since writing this,
it would appear that the Crosleys which went to LeMans were specials that
could manage a fair bit over 90 mph.
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John R. Lupien
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