Hardies Heroes - wind back 30 years

[Henry]

For the nostalgic Fordies among us:

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KjML-uMY_nc

 

[Bigcol]

heres another

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ektTw5lpoyY&feature=related

In todays value there is about 2 million dollars of HO's written off in this one

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=raJFzWKrLyE&feature=related

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BfjVEln3f7U

 

[Racin Jason]

I am only posting here because I wanted my name to be the last post in every category!

 

[79maq]

spoiler ha

 

[Timmy]

Old Super 8 film from 1979 Bathurst

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjmXR-Zf3s0&feature=PlayList&p=0D4237CEB75040E3&index=3

Opening laps of the 1978 Hang Ten 400

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=xOeZly8XHDM&feature=PlayList&p=0D4237CEB75040E3&index=24

 

[Henry]

One for the whippersnappers who don't recall Tom Walkinshaw as a driver of some note...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=if2j6yqZg0Q

 

[Bartman09]

Does anyone have any footage of the 1984 race where that Scottish W*&@$er cops from behind at the start from John Tesoriero after he stalled it on the grid. Funny how his current drivers (Tander & Skaife) have learnt from him when it comes to Bathurst starts.

 

[Henry]

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uG08IWLYbn4
Sound's not good, but it's there... there was a sotry in the Wheels Brock tribute speical which had extensive Walkinshaw stuff from 1984... good read.

BTW, that Camaro was formerly the Channel 9 car... haow many hits did that car take?

 

[Bartman09]

Thanks for that Henry that has certainly made my day seeing that jerk being punted from behind the same as he does to his drivers.

 

[Nascar12]

quote:Originally posted by bartman09

Does anyone have any footage of the 1984 race where that Scottish W*&@$er cops from behind at the start from John Tesoriero after he stalled it on the grid. Funny how his current drivers (Tander & Skaife) have learnt from him when it comes to Bathurst starts.

I like your thinking bartman..... you reckon they would have gotten onto a different clutch supplier by now ehhh???

Slush boxes for HRT in 2009....

 

[ROB17]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=uG08IWLYbn4
Sound's not good, but it's there... there was a sotry in the Wheels Brock tribute speical which had extensive Walkinshaw stuff from 1984... good read.

BTW, that Camaro was formerly the Channel 9 car... haow many hits did that car take?

Must be something about Bathurst that makes tossers stall on the grid [dance]

 

[ROB17]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

One for the whippersnappers who don't recall Tom Walkinshaw as a driver of some note...

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=if2j6yqZg0Q

As much as I hate the pr!ck, i grew up on the 80's ATCC's and Bathurst's and believe me that XJS V12 Jag was a beast. Didn't handle for sh!t over the top, had terrible understeer (note lack of turn in into the Dipper and Forrests Elbow) but by jeez that thing flew up and down the mountain. Glad the pr!ck didn't win it and pi$$ed myself when he next raced in 1988 and he shred his rear tyres after a C0ck up in the pits and a mount in the rear suspension failed. Absolute gold [bc]

 

[Hardies Hero]

Then Jumped into Larry's car and absolutely destroyed it by revving the tits off the old 308.

I remember it well, 88 was my first Bathurst at the ripe old age of 12

 

[Quasi]

quote:Originally posted by ROB17


Must be something about Bathurst that makes tossers stall on the grid [dance]

I would call that statement a big "OOPS!".....remember what happened to Sir Jack?

 

[Nascar12]

Must just be a Holden / Jag thing then. Don't ever recall a Ford bogging down or stalling at Bathurst.

 

[ROB17]

quote:Originally posted by Quasi

quote:Originally posted by ROB17


Must be something about Bathurst that makes tossers stall on the grid [dance]

I would call that statement a big "OOPS!".....remember what happened to Sir Jack?

I remember Quasi, but I wouldn't classify Sir Jack as a tosser either, so my comment still stands

 

[Doug]

Wasn't it Stirling Moss that stalled??

 

[Beejay]

Nah, it was Sir Jack. But not his fault. It was that @#$% Holden gearbox that snagged in two gears.

That and the banjo diffs were awful. That's how DJ and Moff could beat Toranas with Hardtops that hadn't seen a decent homologation package since, really, the XA Group C package. Those GM dungheaps couldn't put their power to the ground reliably.

 

[Nascar12]

Weren't the 4 speed shifters pi55 weak in the M21 boxes. Recall a few racing cars and road cars with them failing.
Was it a Barry Callahan car or Grice that had gear levers give up mid race and had them replaces with a vise-grip clamped onto the shifter?

Can you shed some light on this Henry?? [sh]

 

[Beejay]

The one they showed during a Bathurst was the Lusty car. Can't remember, but most likely then it was a Group A, which IIRC, allowed using a German 5-speed Getrag homologated just prior to Bathurst '85. Later of course they changed to a Hollinger at some stage.

That is unless the Lustys were short on budget and used the Holden 4-speed.