The toughest rally I have ever seen, and I have attended many of the world rally championship rallies in the 70s as part of a film crew. I hate to think how much the factory teams must have spent on recceing and all the other costs associated with the event - but I admire the privateers most.
I was indeed fortunate to help man a major checkpoint on a sheep station about 100km west of Broken Hill. I was able to speak briefly to Brocky and Colin Bond when they passed through. Both gentlemen were gracious and good humored despite the rigors of their hurried travels. Good times and a great experience for a 19 year old car and racing enthusiast.
Well, I guess we lowered the average cost. All preparation and all running costs for our Civic #117, was about $8,000. 2 man crew and zero service crew, Just us and whatever we carried. We were aiming simply to make it back to Melbourne and that is what we did. The bonus was we didn't come last! We were the smallest capacity car to finish, 1235cc, and came 87th of 92 finishers. The down side was we hardly remember any of it. We were simply exhausted for about 13 of the 14 days. Must have been young and crazy. 4 flat tyres, a broken speedo cable and a blocked fuel filter were our ONLY mechanical issues.
Fantastic stuff. A great friend ,Peter Hurry in car 92 featured in it Regrettably he is no longer with us, but he and I had some great times in 1981 and 82. i wish I could have done the Repco with him
Great thing to watch. I had an old friend in No 40 (Bruce Hodgson). When he returned home to Griffith NSW he took me (16) for a run along the fire trails in the same car. He was an amazing old fart. I believe he took the same Falcon to Bathurst.
Thanks Terry. A colour recording of this documentary may exist somewhere out there, but I have never seen or know of another copy of it made available.
On the finish podium, George Shephard said the drivers thought they could bring the cars home 1-2-3. His reply was "you do that and I'll drop me daks on the podium." Well they did and so did he. On the Podium, he whipped a pair of shorts from his waistband and dropped them on the floor!
The toughest rally I have ever seen, and I have attended many of the world rally championship rallies in the 70s as part of a film crew. I hate to think how much the factory teams must have spent on recceing and all the other costs associated with the event - but I admire the privateers most.
I was indeed fortunate to help man a major checkpoint on a sheep station about 100km west of Broken Hill. I was able to speak briefly to Brocky and Colin Bond when they passed through. Both gentlemen were gracious and good humored despite the rigors of their hurried travels. Good times and a great experience for a 19 year old car and racing enthusiast.
Well, I guess we lowered the average cost. All preparation and all running costs for our Civic #117, was about $8,000. 2 man crew and zero service crew, Just us and whatever we carried. We were aiming simply to make it back to Melbourne and that is what we did. The bonus was we didn't come last! We were the smallest capacity car to finish, 1235cc, and came 87th of 92 finishers. The down side was we hardly remember any of it. We were simply exhausted for about 13 of the 14 days. Must have been young and crazy. 4 flat tyres, a broken speedo cable and a blocked fuel filter were our ONLY mechanical issues.
Fantastic stuff. A great friend ,Peter Hurry in car 92 featured in it Regrettably he is no longer with us, but he and I had some great times in 1981 and 82. i wish I could have done the Repco with him
Very fitting, Brocky the Marlboro man. Those were the days.
Great thing to watch. I had an old friend in No 40 (Bruce Hodgson). When he returned home to Griffith NSW he took me (16) for a run along the fire trails in the same car. He was an amazing old fart. I believe he took the same Falcon to Bathurst.
Excellent video. Thanks for posting it.
Surprising it was in black and white. Good to see coverage of so many of the cars and drivers not just HRT.
Thanks Terry. A colour recording of this documentary may exist somewhere out there, but I have never seen or know of another copy of it made available.
Interesting time capsule.
Thank you so much
FJ Holden 207, I crewed for these guys, Repco engine crapped out just before Mt Isa, fitted another at breakneck speed and back on the road.
My dad did this race as a private team in a celica they finished the race
What an achievement
On the finish podium, George Shephard said the drivers thought they could bring the cars home 1-2-3. His reply was "you do that and I'll drop me daks on the podium." Well they did and so did he. On the Podium, he whipped a pair of shorts from his waistband and dropped them on the floor!
At 10:45 Geoff Portman looks and sounds exactly like
Ted " not the Kingswood" Bullpitt
Nothing exciting like that anymore!
Was the Cortina a 4cyl or 6cyl.- anyone know ?
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Once big business gets involved the sport is finished, i becomes a joke
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Amazing no helmets real men those were the days
how interesting not to see one american car. I wonder why
There were some Chevrolets and Ford pickups in the event
You mean apart from the Chevy Blazer mentioned at the start, among others.