I watched this live as it happened it was funny but I remember there was a little bit more to it im sure at one point grice stood on it and the camera guy took a shot of the speedo it was at 200kph and climbing and liz went "Oh God" it sounded like she shat herself. During the rest of the show you could here the car racing in the tunnel as they filmed the today show inside the tunnel on the luna park side you couldn't see the car but you could here it at high revs moving away it was awesome.
What a car. At one point it looked like Gricey had a steering wheel lock on his lap. Good idea for Sydney at that time, he wasn't wrong about Australia going in the wrong direction. And sadly, it's only gotten worse.
Its funny, I always remembered this as Larry Perkins doing the blast through the new harbour tunnel. How wrong was I. They should bring the spec of the current cars back to more like this old girl, keep the current safety gear and engines, ditch the rest.
Two years on and I just noticed old Gricey broke the front splitter on one of the bumps, it blows apart at 1:19 and at 1:38 when he pulls the car up you can see the front extension to the splitter is missing with jagged edges on the corners...
I like how relaxed this is! Reminds me of the clip of DJ driving his Greens-Tuf XE around that proving ground in shorts and thongs (sadly, the clip disappeared off the interweb!).
If that was an actual race-trim '92 HRT VP Commodore then geez gricey was just feathering it because I'm used to hearing them rev alot harder and higher than that, particularly since alot of the 92 VPs with the aero package still had the Holden 5ltr Group A motor in it and they could rev north of 8000rpm.. great video 👍
That's my point.. the Holden 304s could rev all the way out to 8500rpm in the final days of group A as they didn't yet have the 7500rpm rev limiters.. this was basically a VN Group A with the '93 spec aero - rear wing, front air dam etc..
Wouldn't happen nowadays, the fun Nazis have suppressed Aussie culture banning all acts of spontaneous trills, next tunnel opening will be self driven cars at 40kph with robots handing out tofu snags on gluten free bread lookalike with the onions underneath.
I wish they did stuff like that more often like once a year have people pay to dive there cars at high speed through a closed off section of the road like this. Nah we live in a Nanny state where we are just told oh no don't do that you will get hurt. We are just breeding a new generation called the cotton wool generation.
Back when V8 Supercars were real factory cars
I met Allan at Symmons Plains in 2004 and is one of the nicest blokes in the paddock...great footage here. Thanks
If he was angry back then he would be defiantly off his tree with anger in 2019 the way this dump is now
Very true mate we have a bunch of clowns running the country now.
e x a c t l y.
and in 2020, can you imagine with all the Chinese shenanigans going on?
I’m sure he’s absolutely Ropable but now what dump
R.I.P to this great nation.🇦🇺
Wow thanks for posting this awesome clip never knew they did this before the tunnel opened well done Gricey and Lizzie great ambassadors of Australia.
I watched this live as it happened it was funny but I remember there was a little bit more to it im sure at one point grice stood on it and the camera guy took a shot of the speedo it was at 200kph and climbing and liz went "Oh God" it sounded like she shat herself. During the rest of the show you could here the car racing in the tunnel as they filmed the today show inside the tunnel on the luna park side you couldn't see the car but you could here it at high revs moving away it was awesome.
Thanks for your first hand account Busta!
Ah the mighty Holden v8, love that sound.
Thanks for uploading this !!!! How cool is Gricey love when he steps on the gas with a big smile and poor Liz looks like she's having a heart attack
ahh the days before we became the nanny state. Liked and Subed :)
Loved watching Allan Grice. He and DJ were the ultimate aussie battlers of aussie motorsport.
What a car. At one point it looked like Gricey had a steering wheel lock on his lap. Good idea for Sydney at that time, he wasn't wrong about Australia going in the wrong direction. And sadly, it's only gotten worse.
Its funny, I always remembered this as Larry Perkins doing the blast through the new harbour tunnel. How wrong was I. They should bring the spec of the current cars back to more like this old girl, keep the current safety gear and engines, ditch the rest.
Darryl Kelly Thanks for your comment Darryl. We agree completely!
Two years on and I just noticed old Gricey broke the front splitter on one of the bumps, it blows apart at 1:19 and at 1:38 when he pulls the car up you can see the front extension to the splitter is missing with jagged edges on the corners...
Never been into the Commodores, but listen to that V8! What a noise.
gav240z not
TheDoctorOfWho not what?
If you thought that sounded good listen to this. (Turn it up) th-cam.com/video/GJLXTFiDHO0/w-d-xo.html
Never been into Fords or Holden's. But the Ford Barra is certainly interesting.
@@mworld Barra??
I like how relaxed this is! Reminds me of the clip of DJ driving his Greens-Tuf XE around that proving ground in shorts and thongs (sadly, the clip disappeared off the interweb!).
Those old early 90's Commodores are actually a preetry good road car in HSV trim. Liz is a good sort as well. ;)
Honesty is always the best policy.
That car is actually an VN Group A SS pre production,one of two made in white before the red ones were built.
it was originallya VN, but it this video it was a VP
@@MrSkeleton131 He meant before having interior gutted and then fitted with VP supercar body kit.
If that was an actual race-trim '92 HRT VP Commodore then geez gricey was just feathering it because I'm used to hearing them rev alot harder and higher than that, particularly since alot of the 92 VPs with the aero package still had the Holden 5ltr Group A motor in it and they could rev north of 8000rpm.. great video 👍
From what I’ve read in the comments it’s the Holden 304 not the chev race motor
That's my point.. the Holden 304s could rev all the way out to 8500rpm in the final days of group A as they didn't yet have the 7500rpm rev limiters.. this was basically a VN Group A with the '93 spec aero - rear wing, front air dam etc..
Angry back then?
Oh boy...
You can read the history of this Aug 1990 built VN Group A in issue #111 of Australian Muscle Car. Very interesting.
How I wish my VP 5.0 L could sound like this 👌👌👌
Your VP 5.0ltr sounds better than any of the stuff that followed. 5.7l, 6.0l - they all sound like 6 cylinders.
That car opened up in there . Ear-plugs optional , but HIGHLY recommended .
Wouldn't happen nowadays, the fun Nazis have suppressed Aussie culture banning all acts of spontaneous trills, next tunnel opening will be self driven cars at 40kph with robots handing out tofu snags on gluten free bread lookalike with the onions underneath.
Good on ya Gricey, hey Liz do you remember pulling beer for me in the Stanhope Pub?
I wish they did stuff like that more often like once a year have people pay to dive there cars at high speed through a closed off section of the road like this. Nah we live in a Nanny state where we are just told oh no don't do that you will get hurt. We are just breeding a new generation called the cotton wool generation.
If he was angry with the state of things then, he must be absolutely livid with the bullshit going on now.
Standing for the Nationals 🤠
Best sounding V8 ever made and you cant change my mind. Nothing comes close
Make Australia great again MAGA
we can't the beer is all foreign, new cars are all foreign and the more people arrived are foreign
MY GRANDAD AND HIS DAD WOULD BE SO PROUD
Watch out .. There’s speed cameras in there Gricey
sounds sweet
This car certainly lived a long life started as a vn group a ended up as a replica Brock VS race car now it's back to a VN
Very cool
Grice= awesome. Bathurst winner
that thing sounds like a holden 304, was he still rocking the holden 5.0 or chev power ?
yep 304. had one myself years back.
@@sanctuaryism so did I great engines
That car was a weird mix, was really a VN Group A road car/race car mock up...
VP race car was Chev powered
No Roo's on that stretch of Road.
So thats where Days Of Thunder got their sountrack for the Nascar Cars
SO YOU HAD TO PICK ANDY ROUSE AS A TH-cam NAME? COZ ALL THE OTHER FAMOUS DRIVERS WERE TAKEN YOU COULD HAVE JOHNNY CECOTTO INSTEAD LMAO
Imagine them doing that today? Not a prayer
Speed cameras there now
Sadly..,.
only a mock up but looked great
Get up it Gricey, the car I mean.
Was Liz holding the camera in those downshifts? lol
Did he pay the toll?
80s dressing wow!
Classic v8 sound
Nuthin like a Aussie V8 on ya Gricy.
Factory synchromesh transmission
NO RACE CARS HAD THE HOLLINGER 6 SPEED AT THE TIME WAS AROUND $30000
VN GROUP A FOR THE PUBLIC HAD THE ZF 6 SPEED