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The recently "discovered" and as yet unrestored Coupe ran at Bonneville. STILL painted on the door is "227 mph". That was with the original (still in the car) 289.
Top speed has far more to do with aerodynamics than it does with raw horse power. Some "race" cars have been known to exceed 200 with as little as 350 h.p.
Considering they had no wind tunnel and aerodynamics was little understood at the time it's an incredible design.
Ernie
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