ALLAN MOFFAT 1970-1971 Back To Back Bathurst 500s
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1970 and 1971 saw Allan Moffat win back to back races
in the Hardie-Ferodo 500 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst.
In 1970, Moffat drove the Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II
and in '71 the XY Falcon GTHO Phase III.
1970 was also the debut year for the Holden LC Torana GTR XU-1.
Hosted by Neil Crompton.
Credit to Channel 7 Sport, Australia.
For educational and historical purposes only.
Peter McKay's review of Allan's new book "Climbing The Mountain":
www.wheelsmag....
Allan Moffat info:
en.wikipedia.o...
1970 Hardie-Ferodo 500 results:
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1971 Hardie-Ferodo 500 results:
en.wikipedia.o...
Ford Works Team (Australia):
en.wikipedia.o...)
Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II:
en.wikipedia.o...)
www.uniquecars...
Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III:
en.wikipedia.o...
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I worked at Scuderia Veloce near Alto Ford and we prepared the 70-71 David McKay, Bill Brown GTHOs. They were by no means perfect and the Phase 2 actually handled a bit better than the later Phase 3 with the Cleveland motor which was a lot heavier. But better tyres erased that deficiency. The Cleveland heads flowed better at 5500-7500 revs which was the sweet spot. I remember mechanic David Liddel showing me how to "lap in" a diff. A lot of effort went into that backend to make it last the distance. Today, that diff, the 9 incher (N) with 31 spline axels was very strong and is the diff even non Ford competitors, rules permitting.
We also balanced and lapped in the top loader gearbox and did a fiddle with the linkages to shorten the throw and make for easier gear changes. The 1971 Cleveland was very strong but we completely blueprinted and balanced six engines for Bathurst. They were good for 340hp at 6500 rpm. The two race motors put out 360 at 7500rpm.
We bought some time on the engine dyno at Lynx Engineering and the first test was with the development motor. We would cycle it between 5-7000rpm for 4 hours. We took it to 8000rpm and the only problem was the rocker arms which would float. We kept having to go down to the local servo on Parramatta rd with cans, getting more fuel. In those days Peter Molloy, who later was Moffats engine guy on the Mustang, was working there and shared his method for determining the best fuel-air ratio. He would enter the booth while it was running, make us hold the revs at 7000 and had a big sniff. Too rich he said. He went away and came back with some fuel jets. "Try these" Awesome.
We did a lot of work on the suspension. We made up harder rubber bushes and replaced all the nuts and bolts with better ones. We also got a tip from Ford. The bottom wishbones were suss. As the races wore on, they would bend a bit, so as the car was running out of tyres during the race, some extra negative camber developed which made it better on the the corners and made the tryes last longer. With David McKay, he had an old shoulder injury from his Jag racing days. He needed to be closer to the wheel. We moved the whole seat mountings foward 2", dropped the steering column half an inch and moved the pedals foward as well. We also fiddled with the clutch linkages so that the clutch throw was shorter.
Ford of course would never admit that these mods were made. But it made life a lot better for the driver.
Stephen in OZ great insight! “Scuderia Veloce” brings back another set of memories. If I recall correctly, a certain 250LM might have been prepped in that shop? Spencer Martin’s?
And thanks for the detail notes regarding the Fords. Awesome.
Love your memory's mate- from people like you,t his is where we actually learn what went on. Please tell us some more, as I'm sure your race and personal associations didn't stop there.
I was surprised to learn that both Allan Moffat and Fred Gibson both preferred the Windsor over the Cleveland.
"Blueprinting" production cars at the time meant that factory engineers at that time were smarter than the scrutineers and I salute you.
Moffat, Brock, Bond and Geogheans, GTR-XU1s, GTHO's and the elephant 265 hemi.
We will never see them again.
It's amazing how much everything about car racing has advanced so much from the handling of the cars to the quality of the filming.
Mate these cars were pure muscle, and u needed muscle to handle these beasts
I can still very clearly remember seeing & looking over Bill Brown's GTHO when I was a kid growing up in Newcastle NSW.
The Ford Motor Company actually took the car on a tour of their main Ford dealerships after the crash to show (I think) how safe the Falcon was. (Just in case you drove your Falcon at 100MPH into a bank)
Fortunately for me my Uncle worked for the main Ford dealership in Newcastle (Kloster Ford in Hunter St) & in that way I was allowed free reign to check out the battered warhorse, a special memory I have kept to this day.
Anyway keep the shiny side up, regards Steve.
PS. I am a devout FORD man, most good things are a four letter word (think about it a while)
Thanks for putting these videos up. Those were the days.
guys really loving these intros for this years videos guys .. great to hear the back ground of the videos ... and seeing as I'm a huge moffat fan I really enjoyed this and the interview with Crompton was great .. keep up the good work guys
Thanks mate... much appreciated
It's actually great to see these old races. I've been a Supercars fan for, oh I don't know, over a decade now.
And I only realized that Bathurst was a thing in the last few years.
Hi Orion, thanks for your comment. The old races help put the new ones in perspective!
Those were the days. I used to stand at Hell Corner for the start and head up to Skyline and then to the esses. Got arrested in '76 for doing nothing and never went back. I have not even watched Bathurst since the day Richards got booed. V8 Supercars are merely a silhouette series, and they suck.
I was in the crowd when Richards got booded and language was terrible. Felt very bad what happened that day.
Crikey seems like yesterday. Winning consecutively in 70 and 71 put both the GT and Allan very high in the Australian psyche. His Canadian origins more or less became irrelevant, he was "ours" now, and no going back. I particularly enjoyed his win with Jacky Ickx in 77.
Phil barnes is my grandpa. He is still alive and healthy
CLEVO FOREVER!
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27:50 interesting
Only just found this. From the golden era of Aussie motor sport. Moffats biggest enemy was Brock. Without Brock he would have done much better. Interesting that they joined up later to race together.
I was always a Brock and Bond fan over Moffat. But respect where it was due and Moffat put up some good racing. For me, his taking of the 1977 Bathurst over Bond was not good sportsmanship and I simply stopped following him. When the racing went to Supercars I stopped following racing altogether - just not the same - not the fun.