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Aug. 08, 1956 - Austin Healey Breaks Sixteen Year Old Speed Records At Bonneville Sale Le Flats: With Mr. Roy Jackson Moore of Los Angeles at the wheel - this modified Austin Healey Hundred recently broke international Class D and American records art Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, U.S.A. The car covered 200 miles at 152.51 m.p.h. and 500 kilometer at 152.32 mp.h. - breaking records previously set up in 1940. The car is basically a standard Austin Healey Hundred Cassie and body slightly modified to adapt it to a single seater and to improve streamline characteristics. The car is fitted with Duhlop disc brakes, disc wheels and high speed tyres. Photo Shows L-R: Carrol Shelby of Dallas; Roy Jackson-More of Los Angeles and Mr. Donald Healey, with the car after setting the records. The car is background is another Austin Healey which further record attempts may be made at Bonneville

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Adapt Attempts Basically Bonneville Brakes Breaks Broke Carrol Cassie Characteristics Dallas Disc Fitted Flats Further Healey Improve Kilometer M.p.h Modified Previously Seater Shelby Sixteen Streamline Tyres U.s.a Utah

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