54, hit a rock, according to Caroll's account of the event:
http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/features/columnists/222651/carroll_shelby_january_2008.html
I guess there still must be some 100S parts in the Oaxaca area!
cheers from sweltering Los Angeles,
Bert
--- On Wed, 9/29/10, Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> From: Patrick and Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
> Subject: [Healeys] Shelby and the Pan Americana
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 12:17 AM
> G'day
>
>
>
> I recall reading the detail of the Carroll Shelby drive in
> the 1953 (or was
> it 1954?) Carrera Pan American in a 100S. That when he hit
> a mile post and
> rolled the car, breaking his arm.
>
>
>
> Would anyone have that or something like it at their
> fingertips?
>
>
>
> Hoo Roo
>
>
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Sydney, Australia
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