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[Shiney005]

L34 flares on the LJ??  Yeah nah......... 4th Sept '76. Baskerville. Pic by Bruce Smart.

 

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Ray Triffitt standing far left, probably wondering what he is going to tell the missus.  12th October '75 Baskerville. Pic Bruce Smart

 

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Don't know the details of this one. V8 XU1 alongside???

 

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"Better mop that fuel up. Doug might need it later on".

 

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Yep. He did.

 

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[arrimar]

You'll find a lot of cool Torana pics on this site.

http://www.speedwaya...-tracks-wa.html

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[Shiney005]

Man, another one to trawl through. I have been going through this one for a day and a half. Mostly Tassie pics.

http://www.oldmotorsportphotos.com.au/  I thought it was the oldracephotos site at first, but it looks like this one has only recently popped up. I haven't seen any of the pics before.

[Shiney005]

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Ladder on track during Friday practice.

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Phase Four being belted.

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Bathurst 1970

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[RallyRed]

Good stuff ...have not ever seen a lot of those.

[Shiney005]

More to come.

[Shiney005]

Did Tim Smith come out of this alive? And is this car the Beast Mk1?

 

 6th feb 77. Baskerville. Tim Smith. Could be beast Mk1. pic Bruce Smart a.JPG   95.69K   8 downloads

 

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Tim was the regular driver of the B and D Auto's L34 when it wasn't required by HDT. (Who built the car)

 

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[arrimar]

Who needs a ladder..

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[Shiney005]

Now that position couldn't be comfortable for too long.

 

Ray Triffit having another go at annoying the missus in '78.

 

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Any guesses as to what is in the big box?

 

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Colour shot of Bill Browns Falcon.

 

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Bond / Sheppard

 

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[Covert]

Any guesses as to what is in the big box?

 

Big box.jpg

 

Is that 1983? Don't know what was in the box but that car didn't have a good start to the season

[Ice]

Has any body got pics of Bondys grey LJ race car

[Rockoz]

Air conditioner in the box.

It was taped into the front of the car in front of the passenger seat I think.

It was the issue with the big valve heads from memory.

Gricey still did okay with the small valve heads from memory.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[Shiney005]

 I have never heard this story before Rob. Was it something to do with SL/E road cars having the heads?

[Shiney005]

Not a clear shot, but this is from Warwick Farm in '72 Gene.

 

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[Shiney005]

This Dave Langman car was supposedly Brock's Bathurst '73 car??

 

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What was CARN'A TORANA all about?

 

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I don't think so Jim.......

 

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Dick Johnson Warwick Farm 1972.

 

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And his transporter for 1986.

 

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[meanmachine72]

Just to add to Lauries pic above

i researched my cars Holden Dealer Number..617

Pat Cullens Garage at liverpool

Pat was into racing and in 1970 entered A LC XU-1 (29 C) into the great race.the driver was

John Keran who at the time was the Australian Rally Car Champion 

Car Started  23rd on the grid and crashed out badly Lap 38 at Mcphillany Park

Pics i have found of the crash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from what i could gather the car then was put onto a trailer and sent to other Holden Dealers to put on show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[meanmachine72]

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[meanmachine72]

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and on display at a Holden Dealer

 

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[Shiney005]

Another one for you Johnno.

 

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[Rockoz]

Yeah Laurie.

It was a homologation glitch that I believe was started by a Ford Team.

There was a mad rush at the local Holden dealer for all the SL/E bits.

They had tobe fitted to the cars, but it didnt say they had to be in the original location, so they got away with securing them wherever they could.

Unlike Gricey a few years before. 

He got pinged in post race scrutineering for not having a thermostat fitted to the engine.

They later found it in the glove box.

Apparently his outgoing enginr man at the time wasnt happy about parting ways.

He apparently also notified the scrutineers and stewards of the problem.

 

Im only going by what I read many years ago, although I have little faith in journalists, unlike another seemingly missing member who thought that a journalists word was worth something.

 

Apparently a journalist saying all the cops wanting a certain car to drive was to be taken as gospel.

 

Cheers

 

Rob

[Ice]

Hey Laurie
Same car or not different number than your picr
another shit pic

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[Shiney005]

He apparently also notified the scrutineers and stewards of the problem.

 

Apparently a journalist saying all the cops wanting a certain car to drive was to be taken as gospel.

Now now. Lets not start anything.   I was waiting for Al to pop up when I posted the pic above of the LJ next to the HDT racer on the trailer.

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Hey Laurie
Same car or not different number than your picr
another shit pic

It certainly looks like it Gene. But I am no XU1 expert. I couldn't even tell you what year it was.

[Shiney005]

Bruce Hindhaugh smokes up the 1975 Bathurst winner. December 1976.

 

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Harry cleaning up some tyres. Have a guess what car they came off.

 

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Graham Boulter on his way to Calder.

 

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Greame McRae at Warwick Farm 1973

 

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HQ rally car. Unknown driver.

 

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And another one in amongst a few LJs. Brock with Michelle Downes. December 1973.

 

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[claysummers]

Bruce Hindhaugh smokes up the 1975 Bathurst winner. December 1976.

Bruce Hindhaugh Baskerville 5 dec 76 Bruce Smart pic..JPG

fa9b769bce4433baea30f162a2e41b64.jpg

Harry cleaning up some tyres. Have a guess what car they came off.

From SLR5000..JPG

Graham Boulter on his way to Calder.

Graham Boulter on way to Calder. photo, Graham Boulter..jpg

Greame McRae at Warwick Farm 1973

Greame McRae Warwick Farm 1973.jpg

HQ rally car. Unknown driver.

GTS rally.jpg

And another one in amongst a few LJs. Brock with Michelle Downes. December 1973.

HDT Rally HQ. Michelle Downes December 1973.JPG

Mate was in the car on that trip to Calder with GB. Apparently he didn’t let the trailer slow the GTS down on the Dukes Highway.


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