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153.22mph The fastest speed achieved by a 1004/ EVER!
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2009 a season of testing
This year has seen various tests take place to evaluate aerodynamics and gearing on the car. To attain those vital few mph that make all the difference to getting a record, a lot of detail work is required and furthermore produce the stability for an endurance run . This car has to run for a minimum of 4 hours at 150 mph and driving on a banked circuit at high speed is not easy so keeping it stable is a major issue.
Car Road Test
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The new ‘Healey Endurance’ record car gets approval from ‘the expert’
Roy Jackson Moore visited the premises of Denis Welch Motorsport on the 7th May 2008. This was a historic visit to celebrate an historic event, the official launch of the Healey Endurance car to the public.
A new beginning, a new ‘Endurance’ record
In 1953 Donald Healey had an ambition to take the 200mph production car speed record, and the 24-hour endurance record. He had built one of the most iconic sports cars of the Fifties and teamed up with Austin to produce it in volume. The car had wowed the public at Earls Court motor show but it was felt that record breaking would prove both the design and the integrity of the Austin Healey and its components. Consequently in 1953 standard production cars were used to take the production car records covering 3100 miles in 30 hours at an average speed of 104.3 mph.
