1970 Hardie Ferodo Bathurst 500

[@donbrashsux]

How we once were .. beautiful pre IT world

[@jeffwilliams742]

Nothing like today’s Bathurst so much better than today

[@area51isreal71]

You are not wrong there mate. Valiant Pacer's, Torana's and GTHO Falcons' mixing it up with Datsun's and Toyota's and other small cars. Pure gold that sadly we aren't gonna see anymore.

[@jeffwilliams742]

area51isreal I miss those days

[@area51isreal71]

@@jeffwilliams742 Me too mate. I remember watching the Bathurst race on TV back then. It was a bit of a ritual, beers, a barbie and seeing the factory teams and privateers get right among it in all kind of different cars. I have heaps of DVD's of those good years that I trot out and watch whenever I get the chance to.

[@donbon4204]

@@area51isreal71 and the women look how natural looking unlike today with fruit loop coloured hair, botox and tattoos

[@Bims-t5b]

I can 100% agree with this statement

[@ickybikdog8844]

Was more a road then a race track in those days, been watching Bathurst races since this race of 1970, saw brock win in 72 great memories of the 70;s and 80s

[@garymarquett2866]

Yeah trees instead of guard rails

[@stephanburgess654]

Loved seeing the Valiant going hard.

[@vicbittertoo]

if they had a 4 speed gearbox they coulda done better :)

[@kimbo3068]

Raw seat of the pants hard racing with very average tyres & brakes,great variety of cars on wonderful but rough old track thats what made Bathurst Races legend!

[@Rob-fc9wg]

Steering, brakes and suspension straight off an 1850s Cobb & Co mail coach. Balls straight from the iron foundry!

[@mikloslipcsey7923]

Peter Brock with a goatee. I quite forgotten. Falcons, Toranas, Valiants, Datsuns, Mazdas and a solitary Monaro. Man, that was so long ago. Wonderful video.

[@Jo_Wardy]

Even mini coopers

[@bucephulus4600]

Don’t forget the ambulance

[@oshea900]

Good to see the full length features of these. Surprised Channel 7 only choose to show between 8 and 10 minutes worth.

[@paulnorton2885]

Allan Moffat mentions in his memoir that later in the race his car was having problems and Bruce McPhee was closing on him. The Ford team instructed Moffat and McPhee to maintain their racing order until the finish. The reason for this is disclosed by Moffat himself - he would have tried to fight McPhee off for first place despite his car ailing, and so instead of Ford having a secure quinella they would have had their two lead drivers dicing, one of them in an ailing car, with the possibility of both coming to grief.

[@mickbrenton]

I watched that whole race live on TV!

[@Broxin7]

Bill Brown. Now there's a likely lad for roof scraping work. Crashed in 69. Did the big one at Skyline in 71, and we saw him rolling straight towards us. 72 wasn't much better for him too.

[@area51isreal71]

Thank you very much for this mate, bloody terrific to watch and a good reminder of our best years of motor sport. Did anybody notice at 18:37 that Pacer fly by Bondy? God those Hemi Valiants went well.

[@area51isreal71]

@usa usa LOL, good chance of that mate. The Toranas were light and gave the bigger cars a shit of a time on tighter tracks.

[@SMHman666]

@usa usa Haha, sounds like you know the car. Back in those days the cars went great but..... brakes? What are those ? I remember having a 265 Valiant and it went pretty well but don't you dare ask it to go around a corner !

[@area51isreal71]

@@SMHman666 LOL I remember them well mate, had a few of them. The cheaper versions of them didn't have a front roll bar. The upmarket ones did and that made all the difference. They fixed it all up with the CM Valiant but by then it was too late. I have fond memories of a VK Valiant with a 360 V8 I owned. All brute force, but it handled like a pregnant cow on an ice skating rink........God I loved it though.

[@SMHman666]

@@area51isreal71 All those cars had soul. When you drove them it was raw and you felt a real connection.

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

Cars to die for today.

[@timmymcsnikens7743]

R.I.P Holden

[@jaycharger72]

dig the ambulance joining in

[@billmago7991]

Race em sunday sell em monday......this race didnt sell lots of gtho's but sure helped sell a lot of falcon 500's

[@mikloslipcsey7923]

Categories by market value rather than engine capacity? When did that change over? 71, 72, 73? Fabulous doco. A very, very different time.

[@Steveaustin007]

People forget the Fords qualified 5 seconds faster than the XU1. Moffat was a smart driver, he looked after the car , engine , tyres brakes and gearbox. Not the fastest driver , just one of the smartest and knew if he finished he would win.

[@MAte925]

Back when media had no prob with prmo chicks!🤯😻

[@MrGoblin60]

Al Turner's imprint is all over the Ford Team. When Al wanted to go racing nothing was going to stand in the way. Quite a pity that it all went to pot once the manufacturer's got scared off by the "super car scare" unleashed by Evan Green. That said though, a Phase 4, an XU-2 and an E49 would all have been way too powerful for the steering, brakes and suspensions of these family saloons and he probably saved many lives.

[@RichardCummins-ni4em]

A Corolla on the same track as a GTHO Falcon !!!

[@AngryTurds]

How good were the Hollywood tyres, back the?!😂

[@Micky-mi1pu]

What date was this?

[@brianmoylan1671]

The ''Super Roo '' is KING! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@MrTlw2010]

Disappointing that the jacks used by the Ford team were illegal and weren't approved for use..also a lapscoring discrepancy that was discovered by the Chrysler team manager would've meant a lot different result..full story by Mark Oastler in Australian muscle car magazine...

[@craigyirush3492]

what issue?

[@kelvinh8327]

Why enter a 245 Pacer against HO 351s? Was the 318 or even the 265 not available? (Oops, just read the 265 came in with the VH. My bad)

[@peterpiper831]

At 13:08, it was said that Bruce McPhee had 3 new tyres. That 4th tyre would be a worry.

[@martintaper7997]

I recall Allan Moffat drove the Fullcan to victory despite his spectacles shielding much of his view.

[@happivaras]

@Martin Taper I missed the bit when Allan was driving a Fullcan. Can you put a time stamp? Oh and was it a full jerrycan of some other kind of foolcan?

[@martintaper7997]

@@happivaras Time stamp is "1970s". Allan drove a jerry can in a another race, and won, a BMW CSL, but not here. ;)

[@bettysteve322716]

he never stfu about making the track wider, and that time he drove a LHD cause he thought it would give him an edge with all the left hand turns, cheater rat.

[@superbuddyfranklin]

19:27 Datsun on 2 wheels.

[@abbeyhall4624]

Talk about driving by the seat of ya pants!

[@stevejory9679]

The ambulance joins the race. Hahahaha

[@gavinwj7923]

1:38 nice cheeks

[@garymarquett2866]

Go the mighty Pacers and XU1s

[@juliocaz8059]

This is racing man now it sucks

[@Gary-q4p]

The falcons were windsor powered