Is this Peter Brock's Greatest Bathurst Victory?

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  • @astrawally8448
    @astrawally8448 Рік тому +29

    "1979 was the last year of HDT" isn't right.
    In 1969, Holden formed the HDT through an elaborate, arm’s length ownership structure to keep within GM’s global “no motorsport” rules.
    They appointed Harry Firth to run it, and upon his retirement, John Sheppard took over.
    1979 was the last year that HDT had Holden backing, as Holden pulled the pin on funding as Ford had done the same.
    Beyond 1979, the team was sold off to Vin Kean (the South Australian Holden dealer), who rallied together a bunch of Holden dealers to help fund the race team with support from Marlboro and later Mobil, which also resulted in the HDT road cars, which were backed by Holden and sold through the dealers which helped finance the team.
    The 1980s were arguably HDTs best years, they won Bathurst 5 times (from 8-10 attempts), Sandown twice, the ATCC once (with multiple placings), won odd ball events (Pukekohe 500) and several rounds of the European Touring Car series.
    So perhaps 1979 was the last year HDT was owned by Holden but certainly not the last year of HDT.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +7

      Thanks, have fixed the description. Funny thing is I knew that HDT continued after 79 but obviously wasn't thinking when I wrote that.

    • @baabaabaa-El
      @baabaabaa-El Рік тому +4

      Good get mate!
      Kean had a workshop somewhere down near Goodwood (forget the name of the suburb).
      My uncle had been a welder at Woodville & was seconded to fab gear up at the workshop from time to time
      My old man was at Elizabeth in Research & Development in the mid 60s, first brand new bus we ever had was an EH wagon, that was fond of rusting!
      Holden thru & thru (bar a Hilman Hunter Royal!!).

    • @MrBrentles
      @MrBrentles Рік тому +3

      The had a HDT VE Holden Commodore in 2006 I think.

    • @Timberstuff
      @Timberstuff 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@baabaabaa-ElI had a Hillman Hustler with twin CD Strombergs and extractors in Green with black accents

    • @romemancer7905
      @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому +2

      Peter Brocks own little workshop was at the city end of Sturt street South Melbourne not far from where i worked...it was here the first Brock Commodores were born...we would go down for a gig at lunchtime...the guys were always welcoming...about 1980...

  • @alistairmills7608
    @alistairmills7608 Рік тому +14

    Yes because he led from start to finish in an Holden Torana A9X, the best car he ever piloted and he won by 6 laps. Stunning. I still remember it. This is where he received the "King" title.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +5

      I think the way he won was great from a team perspective too. It wasn't just raw pace, it was the ability to maintain that pace for longer than everyone else. There were other teams who could go quick too but their cars couldn't take it. Lap record on the last lap showed the ultimate superiority of the driver AND the team.

  • @t0mn8r35
    @t0mn8r35 Рік тому +36

    I shed a little tear every year that Brockie is gone. Now that there is no more Holden I don't even watch the race anymore. *sob, sniff*

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +2

      Same here

    • @davehad-enough2369
      @davehad-enough2369 10 місяців тому +1

      same

    • @MarkHenstridge
      @MarkHenstridge 5 місяців тому +2

      I feel the same way

    • @qre268Zrtb
      @qre268Zrtb 5 місяців тому +1

      Same, I always watched Bathurst, it was the weekend after the AFL Granny. Now I don't give a damn about Bathurst. No Ford or Holden. Yes I know there are fords but not Aussie Fords.

    • @Danny-2218
      @Danny-2218 5 місяців тому

      No more Bathurst for me either . It’s just not the same anymore

  • @johnkearney478
    @johnkearney478 Рік тому +39

    Brockie, l swear he's the greatest driver l've ever seen. That A9X was just something else and being a Ford man l dip my hat to the Legend👍

    • @baabaabaa-El
      @baabaabaa-El Рік тому +4

      That yer real name John!?!
      Mates at the pub will bar you if they read this!!👍

    • @twilightroach4274
      @twilightroach4274 6 місяців тому +6

      The funny thing is, I am a Holden man, and was a Brock fan, but as I’ve aged I actually admire and respect Allan Moffat and Dick Johnson more each year.

    • @psk5746
      @psk5746 6 місяців тому +3

      Jim Richards is better than them all, and of course co drive with Brock many times

    • @MarkHenstridge
      @MarkHenstridge 5 місяців тому +1

      @@twilightroach4274 FYI, did you know that some people go a bit bonkers as they get older

    • @twilightroach4274
      @twilightroach4274 5 місяців тому

      @@MarkHenstridge ohhh yes I’m definitely going bonkers as I age! lol 😆

  • @grantjohns
    @grantjohns Рік тому +21

    lap record on the final lap.........legend

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +4

      He also tried in 78 but got blocked in the esses

  • @bjc9520
    @bjc9520 18 днів тому +3

    Jim Richards was a class act.

  • @stevenwilson5347
    @stevenwilson5347 Рік тому +20

    That's why he's the king of the mountain always has been always will be

  • @chrispulham4779
    @chrispulham4779 Рік тому +18

    What a LEGEND,,,,,,,,, R.I.P BROCKY.thankyou for the entertainment!

  • @alistairmills7608
    @alistairmills7608 Місяць тому +4

    Bulletproof A9X.
    Gosh they are a beautiful machine.
    Goosebumps head to toe even 44 years later on a replay.

  • @monmorgans9844
    @monmorgans9844 Рік тому +5

    Yes - that bloke. The one and only Peter Brock. The best sales rep GMH ever had. Never let up. Gave it a red hot go from start to finsh. Yes, gotta admit the machinery was pretty damn good too.

  • @aloysiusjones3985
    @aloysiusjones3985 Рік тому +11

    Bathurst and Brock not mentioned, it’s like talking about England and WW2 then neglecting to reference the Spitfire and Churchill. A week after the footy GFs then The Great Race, OMG how great is Australia. RIP Peter Perfect. 🇦🇺👍🍺🍺

  • @ChristopherWHerbert
    @ChristopherWHerbert Рік тому +45

    If you are going to go down that road, Then in 1972 Peter Brock drove the race car from Melbourne to Bathurst and then drove the full 500 miles of the race to win outright, in a single driver effort. For his first Bathurst victory

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +5

      Yeah any win at the mountain is a great effort. I reckon he was probably wishing he could have done it on his own in '73 as well. The first win is definitely right up there....

    • @Nightowl76
      @Nightowl76 9 місяців тому

      He drove the race car to Bathurst from Melbourne.? I don't think so idiot .

    • @Nightowl76
      @Nightowl76 9 місяців тому +1

      Have a listen to this clown. Thinks Brock drove from Melbourne to Bathurst in the race car .....

    • @chopperking1122
      @chopperking1122 4 місяці тому

      he didnt drive the car there , it was taken on a trailer

    • @ChristopherWHerbert
      @ChristopherWHerbert 4 місяці тому +2

      @chopperking1122 go do your reading and research. Peter Brock said in his own words how both he and Ian Tate drive both race cars on the back roads from Melbourne to Bathurst.
      I would not have made the comment if it was not true.
      Peter Brock did shake down the car by driving it to Bathurst City from Melbourne.

  • @stevecam724
    @stevecam724 Рік тому +23

    Brockie plus A9X = Perfect Storm

  • @stephenlatimer1428
    @stephenlatimer1428 Рік тому +10

    was at this race n watched history in the making. while watching this vid it brought bak memories of how easy the car was to drive compared to the other cars. u cud actual hear n smell the strain the other cars where under. the greatest win ever, the A9X greatest touring car/supercar ever n the greatest driver ever, hands down. greatest team ever, brock perkins richards harvey also lowndes n skaife. thx for the memories.

  • @ceedoubleyou
    @ceedoubleyou 6 місяців тому +5

    never forget the first time I saw a Torana liftback, back in the day, painted in matt black decked out in A9X livery, flared guards, fat tyres and rear facing hood scoop, it blew me away, sitting there, just parked on the street, in our local town of Henderson, West Auckland.

  • @Michael-hf7be
    @Michael-hf7be 5 місяців тому +5

    I own an LX Hatch 5 litre and have owned it since 1986 - Watched that race from the top of the mountain sank a few tinnies and knew I was in heaven in the sunshine Never will we see the like again sadly, !!

  • @flatoutt1
    @flatoutt1 6 місяців тому +5

    that lead guitarist is bloody good .he's got a real feel.

  • @robossuperchannel9434
    @robossuperchannel9434 Рік тому +33

    Richo should get some of the credit too. He did most of the driving in the tricky wet conditions.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +5

      Yeah Brocky said he could always trust Richo to keep the car on the track and not lose any positions

    • @ChristopherWHerbert
      @ChristopherWHerbert Рік тому +8

      @@BorkenGarage For his first Bathurst race in 1974. Jim Richards read about the race in a magazine and along with his co-driver flew to Australia. To purchase a car off the car lot and finished 3rd on his first ever attempt. Along with the rain

    • @andrewforbes146
      @andrewforbes146 Рік тому +8

      HE was better in the wet than the great man at that time

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +2

      @@ChristopherWHerbertpretty impressive hey. Didn't know about that one.

    • @danielhansen8310
      @danielhansen8310 Рік тому +3

      Bloody oath mate I rate Jimmy up there with Brocky.

  • @davehad-enough2369
    @davehad-enough2369 6 місяців тому +9

    Amazing - Falcons on the back of tow trucks everywhere and Brock driving around like it's a Sunday cruise with the Holden Torana A9X cementing itself as Australia's greatest.

  • @defender1006
    @defender1006 5 місяців тому +3

    Just brilliant, I can remember seeing coverage on the BBC's Grandstand Saturday afternoon sports program, 'Grandstand' of this event for several years and looked forward to it as the year drew to a close, I just loved it!

  • @joshrawlings2621
    @joshrawlings2621 Рік тому +11

    Ever Owned a Torana…
    They are a point & shoot weapon….
    I still shed a tear over having sold mine…..
    Life lesson learnt….the hard way….!!!

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +3

      Lol show me a bloke who has owned a Torana and I'll show you a bloke who wishes they still have it. And yes, I currently have 2, there are videos on both of them.

    • @stevenowen4150
      @stevenowen4150 Рік тому +4

      Ya hit the nail on the head right there. Back in 1986 I bought a tangerine XU-1 for $3500. It was stock as a rock except a set of 9x13 inch Torana rims on the back with 235x50 TAs and 8x13s with 235x50son the front. That thing stuck to the road like super glue. It was a pig to drive at any speed under 50 mph, it would dance from side to side but still stay in a perfectly straight line. Get over 50 and it would stop dancing and get down to business. The faster ya went, the better it handled. I was the third owner, the previous owner said he bought it at a police auction. It only had 24000 kays on the clock and was straight as an arrow. Looked new even though it was 13 years old. That little 202 with its set of triple Strombergs would rev cleanly all the way to 7500 rpms and e as smooth as silk. I worked out with the 2,73 diff in her, she was doing a tad under 150 mph. That was down hill, she couldnt do that on the flat. Last year a bloke from the Eastern States got hold of me on messenger and was asking what the vin and body numbers were so i went n found them . Id taken them off for safety’s reasons. He told me to have a loook on the back of the vin plate and see kf there was any numbers scratched on it. It hadnt been cleaned since it was put on the car so i cleaned the gunk off the back of it and sure enough there were a couple of numbers scratched into the aluminium plate. He said congratulations, your the owner of a 73 Bathurst XU-1. 1 of 250 ever made. I always thought, and fead the only 150 were made. That is wrong. Its 250. Over 250 engines were made to the Bathurst species and a lot of them were unstamped. No engine numbers. That was for racing reasons, if they blew a motor during qualifying they could wack in another motor with the same numbers stamped on as the blown one. She is 50 years old this year and iv owned her for 37 of them. She is one car I will never sell. Her value jumped a lot when I found out she was a Genuine Bathurst model born on .15/8/73..😁

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +2

      @@JakeDemuss90214 Do they really count though?

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому

      @@JakeDemuss90214 Yeah but I'm sure when Josh made that comment he wasn't thinking about a 4 cylinder auto that couldn't pull the skin off a custard.

    • @andrewksadventures
      @andrewksadventures 7 місяців тому

      Haha, same, had a hatchback with a worked 253 and have never stopped regretting selling it!

  • @dazspeed5952
    @dazspeed5952 Місяць тому +2

    Undoubtedly the greatest finish to Bathurst in the greatest car to ever try to tame the mountain. The winning margin and resetting the lap record on the last lap l dont think will ever be done again. Brocky and Richards punished the opposition that year. Aussie drivers, Aussie cars, Aussie engines. Back when we used to be "The lucky country". Now we watch American cars race around the greatest race track in the world. Just so sad.😢

  • @lauriedooker1031
    @lauriedooker1031 Рік тому +6

    A great recipe and Richards don’t forget him❤

  • @romemancer7905
    @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому +1

    Went for a blast with one of the drivers crew in the HDT Bond number 2 car as a teenager fully race prepared a couple of weeks before Bathurst...before it was put on the transporter...Ive never forgotten the kindness of the team and how they went out of their way for me !!!❤❤❤

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      Wow that would have been a good time. They have to take it for a test run right?

    • @romemancer7905
      @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому +1

      The 2 race cars were heavily publicized in the weeks leading up to the race in Melbourne at a big display...every day after school i stopped to oggle at them...I was gutted when told on friday the cars would be leaving the next day...When one of the Crew told me...be here in the morning at 9 am sharp we have something for you...9am after my long walk...Race Car..Race Transporter and Crew in car park...all waiting for me...one of the crew strapped me in and took me on the 15 minute ride of my life...Booming side pipes and all !!! That my friend was the unexpected ride of my life...and so long ago...

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      @@romemancer7905 Wow that sounds awesome! What a nice bunch of blokes, they could obviously see your passion.

  • @Adrian_3006
    @Adrian_3006 Місяць тому

    Thanks a lot for posting this. Really interesting.
    Wow this race was 45 years ago and I can't believe how many negative comments there are about this race!
    Everyone is entitled to an opinion but holy cow........... BREATH! 😅

  • @BatMan-oe2gh
    @BatMan-oe2gh 5 місяців тому +1

    What people do not really know, and I was there with Brocky the night before and he did the ritual to bring the racing gods to his trailer and gave them a blood sacrifice to make his car unbeatable for the race....lol...
    I have watched many Bathurst's and cannot remember any of them having one team just totally dominate the race. Two of the best drivers in the game, and a car built so well it had no flaws. It was awesome to watch.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому +1

      Yeah when Ford had the 1-2 in 77, Holden took it personal and made this thing bulletproof and as fast as they could.

  • @cheltboy
    @cheltboy Місяць тому

    And to think that we used to make these cars locally ... great times!

  • @area51isreal71
    @area51isreal71 Рік тому +4

    It's a no brainer. Yes for sure it was........and I am sure it will never be repeated by anyone.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Parity is a nice idea but its not the same as everyone pushing their cars and engineering and the rules to the limit.....

    • @saltydog888
      @saltydog888 Рік тому +1

      Beats the crap out of todays race. Boring AF

    • @area51isreal71
      @area51isreal71 Рік тому +1

      I couldn't agree with you more mate.@@saltydog888

    • @noelwebb6843
      @noelwebb6843 Рік тому

      The introduction of the pace car would pretty much prevent it being done again. That doesn't take away from this being the most dominant victory ever, in the many races before & the 8 after this, no other car was able to lead the entire race

  • @peterhoare3219
    @peterhoare3219 Рік тому +6

    Ive sat in the actual car, at Lakeside few years ago. Original seat, steering wheel
    I was like a devout Catholic visiting the Pope

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      That would be an amazing experience.

    • @obiemichaels9675
      @obiemichaels9675 Рік тому +1

      The original seat actually went into the commodore and hasn't been with the car for 40 years. Thankfully the original engine is back with the car.

    • @peterhoare3219
      @peterhoare3219 Рік тому +1

      @@obiemichaels9675 Is that right? It looked bloody 40yrs old. Tatty as hell
      Think it was a SAAS.
      No Momos or Recaros on their budgets....

    • @obiemichaels9675
      @obiemichaels9675 Рік тому

      @@peterhoare3219 yeah the original matched the trim in the car the one that replaced it is black and the original was removed when they raced the commodore in 1980, same as the original wheels aren’t on the car

  • @woosha10
    @woosha10 Рік тому +4

    Awesome 🙌

  • @kw5732
    @kw5732 Рік тому +3

    I love this. thank you for uploading.
    Im gonna say '87 was arguably his best victory, winning by this much in '79 was very cool though. So was that car.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +5

      Yeah everyone is going to have a different opinion. I actually think 75 is right up there cause he'd been given the boot from HDT and they built that car on a tight budget and literally had to win to stay afloat. 79 is the one where he really showed his domination though.

    • @kw5732
      @kw5732 Рік тому +5

      No doubt thatA9X was the best car ever on the mountain @@BorkenGarage

    • @robindodd4761
      @robindodd4761 Рік тому

      He is not king broke like mark a wanker yer he can drive but held back Löwens a blocker of a driver both in nascar would been pitted who bitched to v8 super cars ford is to fast lucky that 6 was not put in. Holden made a crap engine brock bitch at the right time. And you don’t like. What I say well I new a few how ran the race track Holden where all ways bitching and lies. Then 90 % was on the track

  • @The1nsane1
    @The1nsane1 10 місяців тому +1

    The A9X fast back was the best looking Aussie race car by a long way. Second was a fully decked out XB Coupe and third the GTHO Phase 3.

  • @johnalexander3629
    @johnalexander3629 3 місяці тому +1

    This is the most dominant win in the history of Australian motorsport full stop. The orchestrated 1-2 that ford had in 1977 was a farce in comparison with Bond slowing down for moffat to cross the line first and accepting a 2nd place when he deserved the win.

  • @craigalcock6868
    @craigalcock6868 Рік тому

    Yes it was my first year at Bathurst and van see why sitting at mcfellamy park on the last lap you could see he was going for the lap record he was pushing so hard. That car only did 29 laps total around track at start of race not many know this it just sat in pits and not get touched and that was every lap Jim qualy Peter qualy 1st and linning up to start race. A damb good memory and making eye contact with him at summer nats signing atografes only 10 people in line did not stop regret that but good to make eye contact with great driver.

  • @gjmort
    @gjmort 5 місяців тому +1

    The Legend ❤ 👑

  • @jimclarke1108
    @jimclarke1108 Рік тому +7

    Legend, as we all know

  • @MickNol-hi8jn
    @MickNol-hi8jn 2 місяці тому +1

    Brock, say no more, nothing more needs to be said.

  • @andrewgriffith7684
    @andrewgriffith7684 Рік тому +2

    He even did it without crystals that year. Just the biggest budget.

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh Рік тому +1

      like ford in 77

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому

      Yeah apparently 'that' Ford win was the reason Holden went all in on the A9X. They were a little embarrassed....

  • @usedcarscol3654
    @usedcarscol3654 Рік тому +4

    Fantastic video thanks for the upload

  • @baabaabaa-El
    @baabaabaa-El Рік тому

    Cracker of a clip mate!
    We all had to sit round the TV & watch Baffest as a kid (& turn it down if grandad had a nag running!)..
    Where's all the time gone!?;

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      I know right? Was the only weekend I ever got up early.

  • @no-namecrown5510
    @no-namecrown5510 Рік тому +5

    That 308 was pumping out more ponies at the end of the race than when it started the race...

    • @gashy1000
      @gashy1000 Рік тому +5

      She was probably nearly run in by the end of the race. cheers.

    • @philipbrown2514
      @philipbrown2514 Рік тому +4

      Ran in right

    • @MelodyMan69
      @MelodyMan69 Рік тому +1

      Yeh. After 1,000 kms the Engine is broken in and all clearances are at the Design Specifications.

    • @tjr4744
      @tjr4744 Місяць тому +1

      @no-namecrown5510 Also had an almost empty fuel tank

  • @gregolsen2020
    @gregolsen2020 Місяць тому

    Please God bring back Peter Brock and Holden.

  • @johnsribar9543
    @johnsribar9543 16 днів тому

    Dam those Torana's looked good😊

  • @glitched4070
    @glitched4070 Рік тому +7

    Legend in a legend of a car 👍👍👍

  • @djshotty
    @djshotty 5 місяців тому

    When folks talk about Max Verstappen's 2023 F1 season, they should also include the story of the man commonly known as Pee Bee.
    Brock.
    He's not just 'a' legend. He is THE legend all others to come after him aspire to be.

  • @liamgross7217
    @liamgross7217 Рік тому +6

    And then just this weekend we had mustangs and Camaros… I’ve sort of lost interest.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Yep you are not Robinson Crusoe on that one...

  • @raykennett8123
    @raykennett8123 3 місяці тому +1

    Oz muscle cars
    Right On !!

  • @romemancer7905
    @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому

    i did some digging...a Patterson sponsored Monaro came second out rite at Bathurst in 69...one of the first HDT cars...must have been not long after Peter Brock joined them !

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      Brock was driving a Monaro for HDT in 69 and finished 3rd.
      McPhee and Mulholland came 2nd in a Falcon.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969_Hardie-Ferodo_500

    • @romemancer7905
      @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому

      @@BorkenGarage Thanx for the correction...The boys on the Patterson racing website will have to correct their info !

  • @huepix
    @huepix 8 місяців тому +1

    I haven't had a cigarette for 40 years, but I'm off to buy a pack of Marlboro's.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  8 місяців тому

      Didn't expect anyone to enjoy it THAT much that you need a cigarette afterwards 🤣

  • @robertobrien8593
    @robertobrien8593 2 місяці тому

    You mention Holden you better mention the name that went with it, Peter Brock

  • @JohnSmith-bn7bl
    @JohnSmith-bn7bl Рік тому +1

    Torana A9X awesome car. most of the sponsors were cigarette companies.. they sure poured a lot of money into this race, back then. Winfleld, Marlboro, Camel etc. liked those big ford XC coupes/cobras. classics.

  • @dean4817
    @dean4817 Рік тому

    Love the Torry

  • @Bluepilled-c5t
    @Bluepilled-c5t 4 місяці тому

    The Marlboro Torana was the greatest looking touring car ever. How I miss cigarette livery. Such a shame it is gone

  • @markmark5269
    @markmark5269 2 місяці тому +1

    Bit disrespectful to Jimmy Richards wasn't it? Jum was every bit as good as Brock and did his part completely in this race, and the narrator even said "one man" at one point in the video referring to Brock.
    And no, wasn't Brock's greatest Bathurst victory, 1975 would rate higher in a genuinely private team rather than HDT, and 1987 when he finished 3rd with a home grown car against the world's best.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  2 місяці тому +1

      Yeah I thought it was a bit rough on Jim too but back then it was the main driver and then the co-driver and most of the accolades went to the main guy. You have to remember too he was a relatively unknown young bloke from New Zealand at the time.
      I have heard Brocky say that he loved having Jim as a team mate cause he knew he would get the car back how he gave it to him and in as good or a better position so he could relax in between stints.
      Some people think 1972 was Brock's best win against all odds in the little Torana, but that's why I asked the question, cause its not a cut and dry answer.

  • @andrewforbes146
    @andrewforbes146 Рік тому

    TO ME THAT CAR WAS MY FAV AND THE BROCK BROCK TORANA AND THE 93 VP ....

  • @JackSmith-x8s
    @JackSmith-x8s 3 місяці тому

    I nearly bought a used SS Torana hatchback 3300 from a Melbourne car yard in 1987.
    It was $7000. I thought it was too expensive. 🤦

  • @tilapiadave3234
    @tilapiadave3234 5 місяців тому +1

    Peter Perfect

  • @magb123
    @magb123 Місяць тому +1

    Brock the best ever

  • @garyquinlan4075
    @garyquinlan4075 5 місяців тому

    Sheer determination and domination in a master class by the master. What else can be said!

  • @JBofBrisbane
    @JBofBrisbane Рік тому +2

    No denying the bloke's talent, but this victory was largely due to Holden (hiding behind their dealer network) spending more money than anybody else on their Bathurst campaign. It helped to have the most talented driver in that car as well.

  • @matscarborough
    @matscarborough Рік тому

    How things have changed since 79. No safety cars. Just the tow truck driving around picking up crashed cars, as the others race past.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому

      Yeah some people prefer it that way because the field spreads out and the leader isn't disadvantaged by having to bunch up etc but watching old footage there were some close calls with the back of trucks at high speed.

  • @67daffy
    @67daffy 3 місяці тому

    A9X best ever looking aussie V8 and i’m a ford fan

  • @beano9343
    @beano9343 7 місяців тому

    Epic

  • @brianhoffman4861
    @brianhoffman4861 Рік тому

    And still are

  • @craigquinn7887
    @craigquinn7887 5 місяців тому +2

    As superior as the Holden Torana was here, I truly believe PB could have won this and any round for that matter driving a ride on mower ffs!

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому +2

      As long as it had the right diff ratio 🤣

  • @romemancer7905
    @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому

    In the beginning Bill Pattersons Ringwood supplied the cars and backed the drivers !

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      I did not know that. When you say in the beginning do you mean in the Early 70's?

    • @romemancer7905
      @romemancer7905 5 місяців тому +1

      @@BorkenGarage Im sure from the begining with Colin Bond and Harry Firth in the late sixties...Both excellent Mechanics in their own right...Bill Pattersons had been involved in local racing for years ...even having race cars and open wheelers displayed in the show room...Foot note...I Talked Dad into buying a new EK Wagon from them when i was a little Kid...and getting rid of the shitbox Vauxhall !!!

  • @robpinter5431
    @robpinter5431 2 місяці тому

    Back when racing was racing......no water cooled race suits here. Don't even bother watching the super cars now days......the Brock, Moffat, Johnston, and other greats of the era drove the super cars.....win on Sunday....Sales on Monday.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  2 місяці тому

      Yeah it all seems kinda pointless and detached from reality now. Back in the day you could see the cars you watched racing on your way to school the next day, I don't think I've ever seen a late model Camaro and the Mustangs don't really look the same. Certainly don't perform the same!

  • @MarkCockerill-r9t
    @MarkCockerill-r9t 6 місяців тому

    Not really considering the engine he had in it. Would have been a different race if the other Holdens had the same engine.

  • @Sh4dow682
    @Sh4dow682 Місяць тому

    back when all this electronic fancy racecar bullshit didnt exist.. more genuine back in these days.. sad that i wasnt around to see any of it

  • @darrylmackie9184
    @darrylmackie9184 4 місяці тому

    The Real Sedan Car RACERS, not like the demolition derby's of V8 super cars.

  • @brianhoffman4861
    @brianhoffman4861 Рік тому

    And the crystal
    ... convertor

  • @markleon7076
    @markleon7076 Місяць тому +1

    Dick Johnson was over ratered made a lot of mistakes that was put down as bad luck but just was just not good as may to be.

  • @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
    @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 Рік тому +4

    the sport was amateur back then theyd win by minutes ahead of second place,,,,,in modern day supercars they win by seconds or micro seconds and they sure as hell dont get into another car when their one breaks like brock did,

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +2

      Moff did it first, he just didn't win so nobody remembers. He even drove for a different team after his car died....

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh Рік тому +3

      cross entering was LEGAL back then

    • @JohnSmith-rw8uh
      @JohnSmith-rw8uh Рік тому +1

      Nothing wrong with the Cleveland. Especially a Boss 351, or in a Detomaso Pantwra

    • @danhutchins3237
      @danhutchins3237 Рік тому +1

      Haha I hated the cross entry rules! Car dies... jump in the next one... win the race... weird! But it was definitely legal! 🥳

    • @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
      @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 Рік тому

      @@JohnSmith-rw8uh pfffffff my 351 is a bad mofo not a normal 1, 7000 rpms kills both rear tyres in under a minute goes well over 250kph,

  • @michaelgibson3011
    @michaelgibson3011 5 місяців тому

    When it was actually racing, Human and proper cars. No computer control or specialty built race cars like today. They have destroyed the character of real racing. The best 2 looking cars Australia has ever made: Torana and the 2 door Falcon.

  • @PhillipSpence-l3i
    @PhillipSpence-l3i 25 днів тому

    Trarnah!!!

  • @JJbrown3692
    @JJbrown3692 2 місяці тому

    👊😎

  • @stevecam724
    @stevecam724 Рік тому

    1:29 must have been a rock thrown by a Holden supporter 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Didn't require any rockular intervention that year, it looked like he had a hard time driving that thing.

    • @paullohrisch257
      @paullohrisch257 Рік тому +2

      Dick never took responsibility for his mistakes.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому

      @@paullohrisch257 not according to that interview no. But people learn and change over time, I'm sure he has changed a lot since then.

  • @jamescooper5159
    @jamescooper5159 10 місяців тому

    Id say this and 72 were his best.

  • @kenc3288
    @kenc3288 4 місяці тому

    Great days those. Great drivers, great cars, real competition. These days, the sanitized generic V8 soup cars, which bear no technical connection to road cars, are sooo boring. The rules made for close racing now, make the whole show so artificial. Haven’t watched Bathurst or any other race for many years.

  • @MrAuldphart
    @MrAuldphart Місяць тому

    Brockie, the “POLARISER” king.

  • @johnvcougar
    @johnvcougar Рік тому

    Set the lap record on the last “race” … er, lap? 🤔

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Fixed, cheers for that. Good to see someone actually reads the description 😀

  • @isaidthat4505
    @isaidthat4505 3 місяці тому

    no it's gmh greatest car ever built

  • @noelwebb6843
    @noelwebb6843 Рік тому +1

    Always been biased against ford, when were ford forced to use an entirely new front suspension & steering system & told they couldnt do any testing, mostparity changes have been done for fords benefit

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Ford was always at a disadvantage given that they had to use production cars back in the day.

    • @noelwebb6843
      @noelwebb6843 Рік тому

      @@BorkenGarage only when they all had to

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +2

      @@noelwebb6843 haha yeah it was a gentle dig at Ford 🤣

  • @gregstarkey3586
    @gregstarkey3586 2 місяці тому

    privateers against a paid team , brock is the best ,

  • @barryross8382
    @barryross8382 3 місяці тому

    Much prefer this to the current crop of same looking cars, Mustang vs Camaro, Who gives a flying fuck?

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  3 місяці тому

      Yeah totally agree Barry, its just not the same anymore. Even struggle to get interested in Bathurst lately which is sad.....

  • @ethanearl
    @ethanearl 2 місяці тому

    It his most hollow victory

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  2 місяці тому

      How so? You can't just say something like that and not tell us why. 🤣

    • @ethanearl
      @ethanearl 2 місяці тому

      It’s all there. He wasn’t six laps ahead til moffat broke. Brock had no competition he just drove away. Now 1980 was a great race, a true showing of the man’s skill. Brock came back from a crash and being a lap down to win.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  2 місяці тому

      @@ethanearl Yeah but in terms of pure dominance it could be argued its his greatest. I reckon nearly every win would have a reason it could be the greatest. Have had other guys say 72, some say 75 and some say 87. Its an interesting argument.

    • @ethanearl
      @ethanearl 2 місяці тому

      Pretty easy to dominate when there is no competition. Also what needs to be considered is that the Torana and falcon hardtops were in their last year, no one wanted to spend the money on them when they knew that they needed to build commodores and falcons for the next year. Same thing happened in 1984, another hollow victory.

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  2 місяці тому

      @@ethanearl Its not like he crawled over the line though, or didn't have competitors. Bob Morris was sort of keeping up early on but his car couldn't handle the pace and obviously they didn't have the same budget. Then there was Moffat who had won 2 years earlier in a 1 -2 finish, which was really the impetus for the 78 and 79 Toranas, they threw everything at them to make sure they were as fast and bulletproof as they could be. There were others too but they couldn't stay with Brock at the speeds he was doing. I do understand your point, as much as it was a great win, it was probably also expected and maybe would have been a disappointment with any other result. Which win would you say is the absolute best one? I actually think some of his drives when he didn't win were better than some of his drives when he did. I'm thinking 85 and 86 when he was coming from behind and the cars failed, also enjoyed 91(I think) where he was storming through the pack and ended up crashing at the top of the mountain in a ball of flames.......

  • @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4
    @351clevelandmodifiedmotor4 Рік тому +2

    OK then since there were holden lovers that wanted to step out of line and Attack me and my favourite brand read these words : FORD is alive holden is dead, and the australian v8 supercars is bias against Ford always has been , its set up to beat up on Ford, thats why there was always way less Ford's on the grid than holden like10 vs 22 and Fords championship teams get bought by holden, Vodafone Ford 888 became vodafone holden wich became red bull racing 888 yet courtney beat them won the championship so holden bought him but Winterbottom beat both of them and holden eventually bought him too, and as it is now theres no parity, wich was clearly discussed before the season began, v8 supercars had shares in holden and now they have shares in Camaro hence why its got a huge advantage over the mustang on purpose, the chassis is aluminium the Mustang chassis is steal the chevy engine is a bigger displacement, the aero package on the mustang eats up the rear tyres the camaro aero package looks after the rear tyres, they slowed the gen 2 Mustang down with 14 changes to it till holdens could beat it, now that the Camaro is beating the mustang with big parity issues they are not slowing the camaro down by making changes they are pretending to improve parity but the changes are no where near enough, out of 25 races Mustang has won only 1 race , All of the mustangs haven't got a chance of winning and no one in v8supercars is allowed to talk about it because they say itll bring the sport into disrepute,????? its already in disrepute because its extremely bias it's more than bias its an all out attack on Ford by GM and v8 supercars, Ford is selling Mustangs v8supecars cant make the Mustang look bad by making a race series that has no parity , idiots will think the camaro is far better than the mustang, now is that a fair competition???? nope, put the latest Ford GT in the v8 supercars Camaro wouldn't win a single race the Ford GT will be doing 360kph on conrod strait, top speed with a Ford GT is 318mph, its just pathetic to be attacked by some moron holden fans, look here holden is D E A D, good riddance

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      People are allowed to like Holden as much as you are allowed to like Ford.
      And seems like we all agree the current Supercars is not too flash....parity is just one issue....
      Would love to see video of your 17000 RPM Clevo on your channel.

  • @brianhoffman4861
    @brianhoffman4861 Рік тому

    And fords being behomouths

  • @toomuchinformationforu9919
    @toomuchinformationforu9919 5 місяців тому

    pity they dont have the sounds of the cars instead of that rubbish music

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      ua-cam.com/video/X-XAVik5K-8/v-deo.html

  • @noelwebb6843
    @noelwebb6843 Рік тому

    Australian Ford is dead

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  Рік тому +1

      Yeah they actually ceased production here before Holden but some people forget about that one...

    • @noelwebb6843
      @noelwebb6843 Рік тому +1

      @JakeDemuss90214 Holden had been making cars bodies well before 1948, both GMH & Ford Australia were Australian subsidiary companies of their American parent companies

  • @domenicozagari2443
    @domenicozagari2443 5 місяців тому +1

    The torana a copy of the Alfa with a v8,

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      First time I've heard that one. What model Alfa do you think it looks like? Have you seen the V8 Alfetta GTV that races in the Super Sedans?

    • @domenicozagari2443
      @domenicozagari2443 5 місяців тому

      @@BorkenGarage I seen it, its an Alfa with a Chevy v8, its not made by Alfa but it's a custom car. Witch planet do you come from :

    • @BorkenGarage
      @BorkenGarage  5 місяців тому

      @@domenicozagari2443 Yeah of course its custom. You said the A9X is a copy of an Alfa with a V8 in it. Which Alfa is it a copy of?

    • @domenicozagari2443
      @domenicozagari2443 5 місяців тому

      @@BorkenGarage You are mixst up, there is no Alfa gta v8.

  • @rovert-rj7bg
    @rovert-rj7bg 9 місяців тому

    Those good looking but clumsy Fords were smoked by those incredible Toranas...