[Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville -car #204

[John Szalay]

 Ok there appears to be two images of the 204 Ford
 neither is really good
One shows the 204 Ford in the wait line behind the 239 Coupe
and by playing with the contrast and color depth I can make out
the words on the rear fender

            ELLICO      Ford
            Alhambra Calif

  http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/7395af45479ab76c_large
 http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/dde972dd0be24680_large

 and to muddy the waters a little more,  the Howards cams twin tank
also has the number 204 , and its push vehicle is a yellow truck  same shade 
of
yellow paint..and seen in a couple of images with the twin tank.

 http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b74e7c71b97967b8_large



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From: "Ron Gibson" <ronggibson at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 9:01 PM
To: <speedtimer at beyondbb.com>
Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville -car #204

> Glen
> In the Email from John Szalay this morning, The first picture says 1954
> Bonneville and shows a 54 Ford. Just going on what is shown. Could a 54 
> that
> looks stock run in comp coupe back then? Don't know what the rules were 
> back
> then.
> I just thought if it was the same car, I would try to get a hold of the
> owner to tell him about the pictures. Really some cool pictures.
>
> Thanks for looking.
> Ron
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 4:34 PM, <speedtimer at beyondbb.com> wrote:
>
>> 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