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Stude’s last 230-mph record run lasted only one year. In 1962, a similar-bodied ’53 upped the A/Comp record to over 232 with a 237 one-way. Still, Belmont SanChez’s slippery Stude influenced the shape of land speed coupes until the late ’70s.
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Stude’s last 230-mph record run lasted only one year. In 1962, a similar-bodied ’53 upped the A/Comp record to over 232 with a 237 one-way. Still, Belmont SanChez’s slippery Stude influenced the shape of land speed coupes until the late ’70s.  View Related Article

 

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