The old fashioned, upright professionalism that Al displayed during interviews was a great counterweight to the laid back types like Brock, Johnson and Grice. Shame we cant hear more from him due to his health these days.
@@frazerguest2864 Sadly Moffat has been stricken with Alzheimer's. Fellow racer Larry Perkins has become something of an advocate and visits his care facility helping out here and there. Up until recently he often took Al on visits to classic racing meets and car shows where he remembered all the old cars with delight. I forgot to mention, Old mate and fellow racer, Fred Gibson was also involved in getting Al out to race meets and shows.
@@HereIsMyOffer : Good morning and thanks for the update. That’s really sad news. Alzheimers is such an awful and horrific disease, especially for the loved ones seeing their parent’s brain waste away. Good on LP and Freddy Gibson for helping out an old mate. Decent blokes the pair of them. Even though I was always more of a Dickie Johnson fan as a kid, Alan Moffet was alright. I used to love seeing him hustle the little RX7 around and I wish Moffet and his family all the best.
@@frazerguest2864Yes, it's a bloody cruel disease mate. I liked Dickie Johnson too! The live crosses on race cam were always funny, he had the gift of the gab. This doco has all the old legends like Moff and Dickie and LP. th-cam.com/video/KbdOiLiiUEU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=h3E1mk1kUAnVTkHe
I've had lunch with the guy that helped prep the 1,2, XC's... Very interesting preparations on those cars and some great stories of driving Moff around for a Transam season in North America!
after selling the old XCs the 1980 Bathurst 1000 would end up being a debacle for Moff in an underprepared XD which would be five seconds a lap slower than the Johnson XD
Hilarious that they said ''he's unlikely to be flooded with offers'' These days anything with competition history goes for big money, let alone a championship winning car!
I still think Colin Bond should have overtaken Moffat and won the race. Whether it was 1-2 or 2-1 the Ford fans would not have cared. I don't think Bond was racing with him next year anyway. I think that 1980 was when he began racing the Channel 9 sponsored Camaro. It was all very polarising back in the day, the drivers were the fan base, not so much the car. I was a Leo Geohagan fan myself. I later met him several times. He really was one of life's gentlemen - and he also shared a few stories about the skulduggery that went on behind the scenes also.
2 - 1 finish?😂😂😂 Yes, the fans would not have cared but from a marketing (big picture) point of view it makes a huge difference. Moffat understood this and so did Bond, the professional. It may have helped Ford sell cars, even if they didn't give Moffat the support later, it was the right move. Bond knows he one Bathurst, regardless of the record books. When you work for someone, you do as they ask, or go fund your own race team.
@@imanenigma3348 Well, that's what Colin did, as I pointed out above. Ford gave Moffat virtually nothing. He stated in interviews after he retired that the cars were actually his 1978 cars and he placed the front fenders grill, headlights etc on them, to make them look like the 1979 GT's, because Ford Australia would not provide him with some new cars. He warned the boffins that GMH would be pissed with the 1-2 finish and come back with a vengeance. They were, they did, it was called the A9X Torana.
Thanks for this clip. I was never a fan of Moffat although I respected his massive efforts for Ford. The famous one two finish lost me. Collin Bond owned that race. Did anyone ever see Brocky hit the brakes to let Harvey through ???
Why would he? Brock owned the team, his name/brand was the promotional force behind the entire special vehicles operation. Nobody was buying John Harvey badged Commodores.....
@@obiemichaels9675 So how did they disguise a fifth gear in a toploader?. From all the bollox ive heard about those cars, even from listening to mick webb one night at a talk he gave, ive never heard about the 5 speed toploader. Nor do i believe it.
Without Allan and the other Ford teams there never would have been a decent competition. Thank you, Allan, for all your hard work.
The old fashioned, upright professionalism that Al displayed during interviews was a great counterweight to the laid back types like Brock, Johnson and Grice. Shame we cant hear more from him due to his health these days.
Forgive me, but I’m a Pom, so we get very little news from ‘down under’ in the U.K.
What’s wrong with Alan Moffets health?
@@frazerguest2864 Sadly Moffat has been stricken with Alzheimer's. Fellow racer Larry Perkins has become something of an advocate and visits his care facility helping out here and there. Up until recently he often took Al on visits to classic racing meets and car shows where he remembered all the old cars with delight. I forgot to mention, Old mate and fellow racer, Fred Gibson was also involved in getting Al out to race meets and shows.
@@HereIsMyOffer : Good morning and thanks for the update.
That’s really sad news. Alzheimers is such an awful and horrific disease, especially for the loved ones seeing their parent’s brain waste away.
Good on LP and Freddy Gibson for helping out an old mate. Decent blokes the pair of them.
Even though I was always more of a Dickie Johnson fan as a kid, Alan Moffet was alright. I used to love seeing him hustle the little RX7 around and I wish Moffet and his family all the best.
@@frazerguest2864Yes, it's a bloody cruel disease mate. I liked Dickie Johnson too! The live crosses on race cam were always funny, he had the gift of the gab. This doco has all the old legends like Moff and Dickie and LP. th-cam.com/video/KbdOiLiiUEU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=h3E1mk1kUAnVTkHe
The GT Falcon owes a lot to Moffat.
Wish I could go back in time 😮
I used to serve him lunch at an exclusive mens club in Melbourne always polite to me😅.
I've had lunch with the guy that helped prep the 1,2, XC's...
Very interesting preparations on those cars and some great stories of driving Moff around for a Transam season in North America!
Nice to see a snipet of the 1979 Hang Ten 400.
after selling the old XCs the 1980 Bathurst 1000 would end up being a debacle for Moff in an underprepared XD which would be five seconds a lap slower than the Johnson XD
Worth a mint today....if only.
Hilarious that they said ''he's unlikely to be flooded with offers'' These days anything with competition history goes for big money, let alone a championship winning car!
$200,000? Hold my beer while I make a call 😀
Greatest driver ever - the Moff is the GOAT.
I still think Colin Bond should have overtaken Moffat and won the race. Whether it was 1-2 or 2-1 the Ford fans would not have cared. I don't think Bond was racing with him next year anyway. I think that 1980 was when he began racing the Channel 9 sponsored Camaro. It was all very polarising back in the day, the drivers were the fan base, not so much the car. I was a Leo Geohagan fan myself. I later met him several times. He really was one of life's gentlemen - and he also shared a few stories about the skulduggery that went on behind the scenes also.
2 - 1 finish?😂😂😂
Yes, the fans would not have cared but from a marketing (big picture) point of view
it makes a huge difference.
Moffat understood this and so did Bond, the professional.
It may have helped Ford sell cars, even if they didn't give Moffat
the support later, it was the right move.
Bond knows he one Bathurst, regardless of the record books.
When you work for someone, you do as they ask,
or go fund your own race team.
@@imanenigma3348 Well, that's what Colin did, as I pointed out above. Ford gave Moffat virtually nothing. He stated in interviews after he retired that the cars were actually his 1978 cars and he placed the front fenders grill, headlights etc on them, to make them look like the 1979 GT's, because Ford Australia would not provide him with some new cars. He warned the boffins that GMH would be pissed with the 1-2 finish and come back with a vengeance. They were, they did, it was called the A9X Torana.
If you were Team Boss and had spent a fortune on preparing Bonds car, you'd be happy for Bond to take that lead ? ... i think not
@@coolhand1964!1977 was actually the first year of the A9X Torana.
@@chrisrumble2665 Hey, I was only quoting what I remembered Moffat saying. Be kind to me, I am old enough to remember Peter Brock in a HG Monaro.
In the second report the bloke said two Ford Monzas? Not very good journalism at all.
Poor James Moffat! Ha. Anyway that's just how it is. Shame James couldn't win it this year. Hope he gets another go next year.
Thats the second time moffats cost waters a good finish, its time to find a better co-driver.
Ah dear, if only we all knew the future value of these cars, I’d still have my XAGT coupe and my HK Monaro, yes I was a fence sitter!! 🤦🏻
Yeah, I had an XA 302 coupe and XBGT sedan, fun times :)
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Still got a copy of Motorsport Action with the advert for the Mustang. $30000 each…massively cheap by today’s standard.
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Thanks for this clip. I was never a fan of Moffat although I respected his massive efforts for Ford. The famous one two finish lost me. Collin Bond owned that race. Did anyone ever see Brocky hit the brakes to let Harvey through ???
Brock only commandeered his team mates car when his broke down to win Bathurst...twice.
Why would he? Brock owned the team, his name/brand was the promotional force behind the entire special vehicles operation. Nobody was buying John Harvey badged Commodores.....
Even the cheater gearboxes from 77 couldn’t save the falcons in 78 and 79 from the A9X which Alan himself admitted was a better car.
what 'cheater' gearbox's do you refer to?.
@@daniellebcooper7160 the ones with a 5th gear.
Just like the 6th gear he used in the Mazdas
@@obiemichaels9675 Yeah right.
@@daniellebcooper7160 the 6 speed in the Mazda is a very well known fact
The 5 speed in the falcon was known by a small circle of people
@@obiemichaels9675 So how did they disguise a fifth gear in a toploader?.
From all the bollox ive heard about those cars, even from listening to mick webb one night at a talk he gave, ive never heard about the 5 speed toploader. Nor do i believe it.