"Fourintune 100 S "shelbyized"....."

The Austin Healey 100 S restored by Fourintune several years ago, #3802, for Robert Griffin will be at the Toronto Auto Show this February. The show is honoring Carroll Shelby and will have a special display of his race cars. Shelby crashed a 100 S (SPL256BN) in Mexico during the 1954 Pan American Road Race - a car that the company apparently later scrapped.

Griffin's car will be fit up with all the decals used in 1954 for the race and will be on display at the Wednesday evening Carroll Shelby Gala. For details about the gala visit Shelby Gala. The Shelby display will be part of the show which runs from February 12th thru the 21st.

In 1954 race, two Austin Healey 100 S cars competed in the Sports +1500 class.While Shelby broke his arm in the crash, his co-driver, Roy Jackson-Moore, was not injured. The other 100 S was driven by Donald Healey/Lance Macklin (SPL258BN) and is listed as disqualified (overtime).

Starting in 1950, the Mexican Government scheduled a six-day, border-to-border race celebrating the completion of Mexico's portion of the Panamerican Highway. Beginning in Juarez, the race lasted six days and covered 2,096 miles. After the 1954 race, the era of the Carrera Panamericana came to a an end because of the high number of spectator and driver injuries and fatalities. The race was revived in 1988 and continues to challenge those who attempt it!

Carroll Shelby at the 1954 Panamerican race, from Art Evan's book,"Shelby, the Race Driver" released in October 2008.

Roy Jackson-Moore (left), co-driver in the Panamerican, also drove the 1956 endurance car along with Shelby and DMH at Bonneville in '56.