This was the 2nd 1954 works team car and was the designated lead car for Le Mans. It was fitted with a tail fin for this race. At the June 12-13, 1954 Le Mans, Sterling Moss and Peter Walker running as #12 set the fasgallery.adamsviews.net/artofsteel2015/ time in practice and set a new record speed of 172.79 mph on the Mulsanne straight. They led the race before retiring with brake problems after midnight. On July 4th at the Reims twelve-hour sports car race, Moss and Walker did not finish. For the September 11 Dundrod Tourist Trophy, Peter Whitehead and Ken Wharton finished 5th where the car was fitted with a 2.5 liter engine, #E 2005-9. After the race and by November 30 1954, it had be fitted with a 3.4 liter engine, #E 2004-9 for gallery.adamsviews.net/artofsteel2015/s and was used as a gallery.adamsviews.net/artofsteel2015/ car by Norman Dewis over the winter.
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