a 255-inch Ford Indy engine and a basically stock fastback.
They were shooting for a run at 200 mph during the private Bonneville timing session scheduled by Arfons and two streamliner teams.
After successfully setting both D/Production Sedan FIA records at 136.645 (standing kilometer) and 150.134 (standing five-mile), they tipped the can for back-to-back nitromethanated blasts of 171 and 175 before a burned piston ended the outing.
From start to finish, the ambitious project spanned just 34 days in late October and early November.
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