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Title: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Hardex on September 24, 2011, 06:29:01 pm
This is not from the 70's but still great to watch.Turn Sound way up and sit back and smile
http://www.mustang.org.au/forum/viewthread.php?tid=15263
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: YZ250H on September 24, 2011, 07:34:33 pm
Super Cool 8).  Looks like he's got his hands full  ;D
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: zman on September 24, 2011, 07:45:18 pm
thats not fair poor little 4 cylinders didn't stand a chance. great vid ;D
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: tony27 on September 24, 2011, 07:57:02 pm
Either he can't qualify or start position was drawn out of a hat going on  how far back he started
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: GD66 on September 24, 2011, 09:30:13 pm
I suspect he had a dnf in an earlier heat. How many midfield Nevilles blocking the track with no apparent use of their mirrors, as the thundering aircraft carrier approaches from behind at great pace ?
Excellent drive job, and wonderful noise... ;D
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Lozza on September 24, 2011, 09:43:24 pm
Was a bit of a peaky engine if he got baulked at The Cutting it was back to first  :o Loved how the shaker tilted when he went back through the 'box ;D
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Curly3 on September 24, 2011, 10:28:46 pm
I think someone posted this up recently but I still enjoyed watching it again.
Heaps of great old cars and I think I even saw a Humber Vogue in amongst it, my very first car.
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: oldfart on September 25, 2011, 07:46:12 am
Lozza Did you notice how tall the gearing was .... needed about 3000rpm to get it off the line,  also take note of temp guage ;)
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: albrid-3 on September 25, 2011, 08:06:29 am
That was so cool, Bathurst was at its best when their was a varity of cars. Briliant
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: zorroz on September 25, 2011, 10:14:36 am
The sound of that falcoon was awesome. Yager performance have some fast cars. Check this corolla dunger with a 2L engine whip the entire field great viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8)
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: DJVGXL on September 25, 2011, 10:43:48 am
Theres a awesome photo around ,taken by wheels mag i think, back in 1970 of the gt falcon dash ,with the speedo on 140mph and the tacho on about 5500rpm, they drove from Melbourne to albury and back on the hume " really quickly",will have a look to see if i can find it and post it up.
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: tony27 on September 25, 2011, 05:23:12 pm
The sound of that falcoon was awesome. Yager performance have some fast cars. Check this corolla dunger with a 2L engine whip the entire field great viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8)
What the hell are they running in those escorts, made me laugh to see how quickly he gapped the lard arse falcon once he passed it
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: YZ250H on September 25, 2011, 09:39:37 pm
The sound of that falcoon was awesome. Yager performance have some fast cars. Check this corolla dunger with a 2L engine whip the entire field great viewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfnOIwZTII8)

That's amazing.  That little Corolla really flies  :o :o :o
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Marc.com on September 26, 2011, 06:56:44 am
What the hell are they running in those escorts, made me laugh to see how quickly he gapped the lard arse falcon once he passed it

Various Lotus equipped Escorts did there share of winning ..... I liked that era with Mini Coopers and Ford Galaxies fighting it out. But for me Bathurst is about the Aussie muscle cars, Toranas, Commodores, Chargers and the occasional Ford.

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a309/EVLR31/Random/A9Xsandown.jpg)
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: lukeb1961 on September 26, 2011, 12:02:42 pm
(http://www.musclecarexperience.com.au/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img010.jpg)
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: monaro308 on September 26, 2011, 01:47:40 pm
Theres a awesome photo around ,taken by wheels mag i think, back in 1970 of the gt falcon dash ,with the speedo on 140mph and the tacho on about 5500rpm, they drove from Melbourne to albury and back on the hume " really quickly",will have a look to see if i can find it and post it up.

Yeah a couple of workmates have that picture on the back of their toolboxes but the modern version from wheels magazine from about 2-3 years ago.
It has an HSV (in colour)either sitting on the GT's arse (in B/W) or showing the GT in its mirror...i'll check tonight at what it is and the speedo shot.

Marc.....that A9X is my favourite of all time (i knocked back an A9X for $14g in the late 90's because it was a 4 door)i rang the bloke (trading post days) and he said as soon as he mentions its a 4 dr....people said no thanks ::) i thought about it but wanted the 2dr....i also drove up to sydney and knocked back an HT350 Monaro for $9g because it had dry bog dripping down under the parcel shelf even though it was a clean body (lived next to the beach) a few months later ::)

I picked up my HJ GTS coupe 10 years ago for $3500 in bits and a complete running HQ GTS coupe last year from a work mate for $6g...so i'm happy...but an A9X would make me happier ;D

I love all the older cars inc Fords and chargers even though i work on all the latest/proto future GM stuff
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: John Orchard on September 26, 2011, 04:24:16 pm
That was awesome; got a pair of huge speakers plugged into the computer; all the windows in the house were vibrating.  Wish I still had my 351 XC coupe with 4V, Top-loader, 9", ported head, high comp pistons.... instead of my 2L Econovan :-(
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Marc.com on September 26, 2011, 05:27:31 pm
Marc.....that A9X is my favourite of all time (i knocked back an A9X for $14g in the late 90's because it was a 4 door)i rang the bloke

I was trying to explain to my wife ( Canadian) that Aussies are born with a genetic imprint that determines if you are a Holden or Ford fan. Personally I am a Holden fan, and have my own knocking back a real mint A9X for bloody 13K in Perth years ago.... I bought a VB 308 Commode instead which proceeded to be the most unreliable POS I have ever owned. Will find myself another Torana project one of these days. 
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: KB171 on September 26, 2011, 05:58:27 pm
This is the Ho Down The Hume story, Not a bad read  ;)
http://www.falcongt.com.au/HO-DTH.html
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: lukeb1961 on September 27, 2011, 06:57:16 am
I was trying to explain to my wife ( Canadian) that Aussies are born with a genetic imprint that determines if you are a Holden or Ford fan.
One sunny August day in '71, I saw Moffat vs Jane at Oran Park for the ATCC - instantly became a Moffat/Ford fan! The memory of Moffat's effort in the Boss 302 can never be erased. I loved the XU-1's, 350 Monaro's, GTHO's, ZL-1's and all the golden racing of that era, but for mine, Moffat was undoubtably The Man.

(http://www.musclecarmag.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Moffat_Mustang-300x218.jpg)
Title: Re: With Bathurst coming up Great footage from inside Falcon XY GTHO
Post by: Lozza on September 27, 2011, 08:22:07 am
Moffat loved being the villian too.............