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Oneball

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Yep, courtesy of Repco iirc.

Ahh, the good old days......

BL weren’t the only people doing wasteful stuff. GM already had the small block Chevy and Holden go off and develop a cast iron pushrod V8 of virtual the same size, weight and power output, think they even bolt to the same bellhousing
 

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I was fortunate to drive in the first 'Big Race' at Bathurst. The Armstrong 500, 1963.

I'm in the Beetle, taking care not to hit Charlie Smith, changing a wheel of the Mini. Any work on the car, while out on the circuit, had to be done by the driver, using the tools that came with the car. No 'Safety Cars' back then!
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Oneball

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I was fortunate to drive in the first 'Big Race' at Bathurst. The Armstrong 500, 1963.

I'm in the Beetle, taking care not to hit Charlie Smith, changing a wheel of the Mini. Any work on the car, while out on the circuit, had to be done by the driver, using the tools that came with the car. No 'Safety Cars' back then!
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At least he kept his helmet on!
 

BennyD

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Shades of Gerry Marshall and Big Bertha


That looks like an FE VX 4/90 or Ventora. One of my first cars was an FE VX 4/90, a slow old barge but a nice place to be when burning excessive amounts of 4 star whilst going nowhere in a hurry. Me and a mate followed the Lombard RAC from start to finish in it, which worked really well as there was plenty of room to stretch out when not driving. Happy days!
 

Phil H

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That looks like an FE VX 4/90 or Ventora. One of my first cars was an FE VX 4/90, a slow old barge but a nice place to be when burning excessive amounts of 4 star whilst going nowhere in a hurry. Me and a mate followed the Lombard RAC from start to finish in it, which worked really well as there was plenty of room to stretch out when not driving. Happy days!
It was indeed a Ventora, and originally came with a 3.3ltr straight six (I think it was essentially a Bedford truck engine). I had one as a family hack back in the 80's.

Big Bertha had a 5ltr Holden/Repco lump but Gerry stuffed it so it was relatively short lived.
 

alfatwo

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I was fortunate to drive in the first 'Big Race' at Bathurst. The Armstrong 500, 1963.

I'm in the Beetle, taking care not to hit Charlie Smith, changing a wheel of the Mini. Any work on the car, while out on the circuit, had to be done by the driver, using the tools that came with the car. No 'Safety Cars' back then!
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Nothing was dangerous until the 70's!

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The Captain

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Great shot Happydaze of Bathurst. I live in Tamworth and quite often have a beer with Syd Howard, he ran a few cars one being a super charged MG TC i think. Do you know him Regards Shane