[Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville -car #204

[speedtimer at beyondbb.com]

John
I couldn't fine any other info on the Ford. The 239 coupe in front of him is 
Mickey Thompsons twin engine car. Had two flats heads in it in 54, the next 
year it had a flat head and a Chrysler in it and ran 194 mph as I recall. We 
were in the same class with a 34 coupe with 1 blown and 1 unblown flathead. 
Didn't do to well around 160 mph, had handling problems.
Glen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Szalay" <jpszalay01 at insightbb.com>
To: "Ron Gibson" <ronggibson at gmail.com>; <speedtimer at beyondbb.com>
Cc: "land-speed" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] 1954 Bonneville -car #204


>
> 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
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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