Back in the June 2008 issue of Vintage Racecar we announced that two special 4-cylinder Austin-Healeys were being prepared in Australia for the purpose of retracing the steps made by the Donald Healey Motor Company at Bonneville in 1954. Back then, with the likes of Carroll Shelby, Roy Jackson-Moore, and Donald Healey himself behind the wheel, a production-based endurance car ran at 132 mph, while a streamlined version set an outright speed record of 192.74 mph.
The reconstruction of both cars was completed in July of last year and it was planned to exhibit the cars at the Historic races at Monterey and then head off to the World of Speed at Bonneville.
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