1971 E38 Charger Genuine Bathurst Racer Found! - Ray Ikin collection

We visited Ray Ikin and his amazing collection. This episode features Australian Chargers and Pacers! The real standout was a genuine E38 Charger that actually competed at Bathurst in 1971 and the incredible story about how Ray found it! Chrysler Australia's Valiant Chargers punched well above their weight with the E38 and E49 Hemi Inline Six powered racing variants, in a fierce battle of the big three for motorsport supremacy here in Aus, with Ford, Chrysler and General Motors Holden.
At Master of Machines, we love cars, in fact, we love anything with wheels or an engine, from American Muscle Cars to Australian Muscle Cars, Race Cars and Classic Cars of all kinds and even Barn Finds. If it's fast, powerful, restored or hidden away in hibernation then we'll cover it, and in most cases, we'll even drive them!
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Historical Racing images by: autopics.com.au

[@RaiderX948]

Being a car guy from Long Island, NY it's great to see these beautiful Australian classics. Aussie Muscle has been a part of my love of cars since seeing Mad Max at 9 years old.

[@indymyqueen8993]

What a beautiful life you have! 😍

[@michelewiltz5772]

Wow Just love the Chargers too, I had a VG 770 Charger back in 1978 it had 265 hemi 4 speed and I can still remember the engine number E000049 but someone stole it my pride and joy, I still dream of this car, I pray that one day it will be found and returned to me, If ever I win the lottery I will buy another Charger, Just love them, very unique car, you are a very lucky man Ray God bless you for keeping the Charger alive

[@jamiehope4580]

What a true legend and awesome cars

[@kymerrington6044]

Awesome story. Thankyou for the show piece 🤝

[@gragrn]

Wish there was a love button, the thumbs up just doesn't cut it !

[@mvnorsel6354]

I remember as alittle boy going to the Melbourne Motor Show 1972, all the excitement was about the Charger, my favourite car.

[@mael-strom9707]

WOW!... Gotta love what Aussie ingenuity did with the Mopar inline sixes.

[@306champion]

Well I've been told that in the States (before the Hemi six's) they made an all alloy slant 225 for racing but it was banned / canned because the V8's could not catch them!

[@TonyTony-bh2ei]

Slant 6 morpar or no car

[@BatMan-oe2gh]

@@306champion I believe it was because they revved so high and hard compared to the V8's due to such a strong top end and reliability of the engine. I could be wrong, just what I have heard over they years, Cheers

[@306champion]

@@BatMan-oe2gh Thanks for that Harry, we never stop learning

[@Stllno]

Freakin awesome! Luv the chargers and pacers!

[@Stllno]

The young Chrysler engineer in the 70’s who lead the racing program was pretty good

[@jimmartin9704]

I had a uncle who owned a blue VJ Valiant. Use to pull his caravan from the blue mountains to all over Australia for his job, really low gearing to get up over mt Victoria pass. Replaced the first motor with over 300 thousand miles on her and it was in such good condition internally the mechanic wanted to keep the motor to show it of. He did look after his cars ( old school mechanic) but they had a brilliant motor. Thanks for the memories

[@shanekay8278]

Tanned interior was also for a reason. A few less degrees in the cabin with heat. Black turns it into an oven with sun hitting it.

[@regenmeister9646]

Nice show; CL V8 Charger is an absolute gem.

[@306champion]

Glenn,, You made my day mate.

[@francfurian8215]

Lucky bloke, looking forward to seeing the rest of the collection. Cheers😊

[@davidb0126a]

Love the history! Unfortunately, a lot of car history is forgotten by most people over the years. It's great to see collections like this so we can know how we got to where we are today. Great story!

[@dennishatzidimitriou7899]

Had a VF VIP 318 loved it

[@vcval]

Great guy , met him once when he bought a engine off me , btw the 2 utes (muel) are both currently under restoration

[@thegreenguy7268]

Always had Valiant's in our family... AP5's , AP6, VE- 318, VF 318VIP ,VG 245 PACER COUPE ,VG 318 COUPE and VH 318 COUPE... and I happened across a MK3 Cortina Stationwagon GLS in auction which had factory 250ci SIX with 4 speed..they were all Aussie assembled, not sure about the AP's... but I'm Kiwi and this is in NZ...Our Dad loved the Valiant's and we carried it on

[@chisel83]

Mopar or no car. He looks to have an amazing collection Glenn. A force 7, rarest Aussie car ever built.

[@johnd8892]

The super rare 1963 Australian Falcon two door power steel roof convertibles presented by Ford to 1963 Miss Australia finalists may give the Force 7 a run for the title of rarest.

[@chisel83]

@@johnd8892 Got a link? There was no Australian two door XL falcon.

[@johnd8892]

@@chisel83 There were Aussie two door XL Falcons. The Utes! And these formed the basis of the 6 cars made to test the market : www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/cc-capsule-ford-falcon-and-continental-mark-ii-skyliners/ Ford found not enough interest to proceed. As I said very rare. Rare enough that so many have not heard of them. I think I first heard the story when Craig Lowndes said he wanted one of these rarest cars,

[@chisel83]

John D cool. Cheers

[@chisel83]

@Larry Kin actually it was four.

[@billmago7991]

Step father had a VG 245 ute....damn thing was unbreakable only time it got services was by the NRMA on the side of the road

[@crunchytheclown9694]

Great vid worth a sub, i had a 76 police pursuit 318 fireball and selby suspension paid 2200 in 1983

[@crunchytheclown9694]

@John Smith eventually fitted mild heads cam and 2 barrel holley, went ok

[@arkade65]

This is the one I've been waiting for! Best video yet. My first car was a Charger, still grieving over selling it. Love the whole Charger story, great to see someone looking after so many great Aussie Chryslers Love watching all your videos, but PLEASE, more Aussie Mopar!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you liked it! I'm a big Mopar fan too, even own a very tidy factory black low mileage 62 S-Series. I plan to do a full feature and test drive on an 4bbl Pacer, an E49 and E55 at some point in the near future too. Did you see our AP6 V8 feature?

[@arkade65]

Yes, enjoyed that one too, Chargers my favourite though. Look forward to more, love your work and passion for cars

[@rosstanner6494]

Brilliant collection! Grandpa bought a Hudson Terraplane off Ray's dad in Traralgon in the 1930's

[@marcushume2240]

Great video and stories. Nice collection. I use to own a 73 Dart Swinger myself. Thanks for sharing.

[@roshanjay7]

3:15 There's one way Love can save your life.

[@tuffstreetcars3245]

Mmmmmm nice Chargers

[@smudge7629]

I'm not a Mopar man at all. But what an awesome collection of beautiful cars from that era. What an awesome guy. Would love to have a couple of beers and a yarn with him.

[@brucepritchard5327]

I remember going to Calder Park Friday nights in the 80’s with a mate who was a friend of Rays. Ray would generally have the quickest car there. Good times!!

[@stevepierce3509]

Absolutely love the D38 Bathurst Charger Ray. My Father was pit crew for that team at Bathurst ( Colin Pierce) I remember as a young kid Dad bringing that exact car home and working on it numerous times in the driveway as they did back then. Dad would change the intake to trumpets which they would change at the track for racing. But put them on in the driveway for tunning etc. Always remember as a young boy that thing being turned on and shaking the hell out of the house and Lounge room window. My father is getting on now and always wanted to find this car to hopefully get him to see it again and have some pics of him and me along side it. Would it be possible for your team to make that happen and Dad to pass on some stories of what this car was actually like with Ray ?

[@ripme6616]

Mad... top bloke

[@andya857]

Amazing gentleman, with an amazing wife...

[@shanebrbich5698]

Magic! He’s a top shelf gentleman to boot! 👍

[@bombora69WA]

I read an article on Ray and his Chryslers in Hey Charger magazine many years ago. What a collection.

[@finemessugotmein]

Amazing ! Good on ya mate !

[@damienmilk3025]

True Australian classics, my dad had a VG sedan with the old slant 6, I learnt to drive in that car in the 1970s. What an incredible collection. Thanks for the memories.

[@MrBill461]

The VG was the first with the Hemi. Maybe it was a VF your dad owned as they had the last of the 225 slant six.

[@damienmilk3025]

@@MrBill461 You are probably right, that would have been in 1977. (He bought it second hand) Yikes, 40 plus years ago, but what a great car it was. Truth be known, it's still going. Thanks.

[@johnd8892]

One aspect that made the Charger sell so well was the original $2795 price heavily advertised. This was cheaper than the four door Valiant price. I think cheaper than any HQ Holden or Falcon also. Although this was just the basic 215 cui Hemi three speed it still outsold the four doors for a while. 215 still out powered all Holden sixes and most Falcons. Once in the dealer attracted by that $2795 price, some up selling from the base model may have occurred. The Monaro and two Falcon attempts at two doors were always substantially dearer than the four door equivalents so met buyer resistance at the time. The Charger, I think help by the lower cost fixed rear windows, turned this value equation around. Where I worked a near elderly Press Secretary went with the Charger. Knowing him he was very careful with his money.

[@louiskats5116]

As a die heart, Mopar or no car, going to hell in a Mopar type of guy what an awesome collection & hats off to saving history. Is his exhibition open to the public to see, happy to cruise my Valiant VG 770 Hardtop Hemi numbers matching to have a chat & yarn. Great video

[@Angrybogan]

Once had the pleasure of meeting Leo Geoghan who raced Chargers!

[@sprendergast351]

Nice to see the old stuff alive and well. I know my Reef green xw Cleveland GT will be somewhere hopefully being cared for like this. I used mine a bit in the 90s and ran Mel to Brisbane a few times. What a buzz, God I miss that grunt. I know the chassis number off by heart, but better not list it here. Thanks Glenn for finding this and making the show. Just cool to watch, cheers Steve.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you're enjoying Steve. :-)

[@rossewings4859]

One of those 2 short wheel base ute's tested for the Charger wheel base ended up in a mates garage at tweed heads, Graham Rogers

[@65Coasty]

One of those utes was in a Southport, qld back yard. Old bloke truck driver had it.

[@04paok]

Love your work mate!! Especially when a Charger is showcased!!

[@tipeneuriti5489]

Awesome chargers out own Kiwi club met up with ray back in pre 2000

[@erroneouscode]

Surprised Ray didn't mention the Chrysler Museum he ran years ago at Gormandale Vic where you could view his collection.

[@stevenyoung7277]

Mate another brilliant episode Looking forward to seeing the rest of this collection 👍

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@markgritt4876]

brilliant

[@petercollins939]

I love the CL Charger ive owned 2 valiants in my time a 1974 VJ Valiant & a 1980 CM Valiant Sports

[@aussmash]

Great collection. Can't wait to see the rest of it.

[@ranekauhanen5704]

Cool stuff 🏆🏁👌 I have have a Chrysler White Knight Charger Special Edition in Finland thow its a project .. bad contition.. but getting there some day.. The only one in Europe.. found out that there are only 29+ this one left on the planet now.. love your colection..👌

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Well done! Keep us posted on its progress!

[@ranekauhanen5704]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines I Will after it gets a litle bite on its way.. engine bay is sand blastered and metal parts made for it and the hole car is in bare metal now..its at my friend's garage he will spray epox paint over it when he has the time.. it was sold in NSW new and in 1986 it was shipped too Sweden by a older Lady she drove it only a litle bite so it was stored in a garage too some thing like 2005 I think it was and then it was sold too some nut that "started to make a drag car out of it" spayed Black paint over it and broke Allmost every thing on it lost Allmost all the parts that he didn't brake..😰👎 so when I got it it was junk..had to make the steering , dashboard , side glass from a Chevy , steering is from 4 difrent a body Mopar's , K frame is from a 73 Dart, steering gear is a fast After market one and so on..

[@ranekauhanen5704]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines I was told that they put some 340 engine's at the Dealership for extra money back in the days so sins the orginal engine (Hemi 265) was lost some were it was the next best thing for the car..so I found a 1972 340 hiperformance engine course that would be what they would have put it at the Dealership If it would have been swopped out.. course I read that all the extra Us Chrysler 340 engine's were shipped too Australia back in 1972 and put in E55 Cars.. The person that told me about the 340 swaps at the Dealership was the son of one ex Chrysler Dealership owner from back in the days.. I dont know If it true but that is what I was told..(a bout the engine swap's?) But was thinking why would he say that if nothing like that never hapend..🤔

[@ranekauhanen5704]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines its going to be a left hand driver.. when it is done the upper dash is fiberglass the metal part was made out of a c body big Chrysler course that was the only second hand dash part I cloud find for sale any were in Finland.. so I chopped it up and made it fit the Charger.. Only the glovebox and sigaret tray is realy from the c body all the rest is hand made even the metters on.. it.. can send some pitchures if you have a email adress.. some one from Switzerland tryed to buy it..but dont want too sell it..

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@ranekauhanen5704 , sound great! Yes, send me some pics. You'll see my contact details on my company website. www.everforgemedia.com/

[@pub6023]

Just great mate, love the Valiant! My father had a VF 225 leaning tower of power...unstoppable car!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Awesome engine the Slant, I even own one myself! :-)

[@-sandman4605]

😁 Hey Charger ✌

[@montinaladine3264]

Very nice collection! Pity that not more detail was given to discussing that race going R/T E38. Also interesting is that when they got to the Pacer it was only called a "2 door body style" as if they weren't sure what else to call it. They are hardtops. Pacer Hardtops. Not "coupes" as over 80% of mistaken Australians call them. It's stamped on the compliance plate and in all the factory literature - Hardtop. The Charger is the coupe. Also seen on the compliance plate. In the Chrysler USA naming convention, the coupes were the budget models or low price code and were built with less to keep costs down and the purchase price low. In keeping with that aim they had fixed or hinged rear windows (as our Charger) whereas the hardtops were usually the high price code vehicles and had side rear windows that wound up and down. All our VF and VG 2-door models were hardtops as the body shell was the 1969 Dart pillarless Hardtop imported in from the States. Also , all our subsequent models with two doors (except the Charger) were all hardtops. The Americans did build many variants - there were 4-door hardtops and Dart 'Post' Hardtops with the B pillar post. They also had Dart coupes, with the fixed or hinged rear window. The Plymouth Duster (also an 'A' body) was a coupe body. Most Dodge Challengers were hardtops but they did build a few coupes (economy ones called the Challenger 'Deputy', which had spartan trim levels and slant Six engine and fixed side glass at the back!) If you don't believe me, hear it from the horse's mouth, talking about a Plymouth Road Runner Coupe 6 Barrel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z37Mq4l3itd3qtk After about 8 min and after the 13 minute mark. Our Charger is a classic example of the economy build. The Charger is the car that saved Chrysler Australia - for a while anyway. Chrysler Australia was starting to struggle financially by 1970 and the brilliant Charger concept was built on a shoe-string budget in a record time. Many normal Valiant parts were retained, even the windscreen. The rear screen was a flat piece of glass. The drainage for the boot lid channel was simply two straight steel pipes running from the rear corners down through the boot floor. Floor pan was simply shortened. It had the fixed rear windows in the VH - which became hinged in the VJ onwards. The boot lid was a simple straight and square piece of panel. Unfortunately no fancy 4 wheel disc brakes or limited Slip Diff (Chrysler 'Sure Grip' was only available for the race type RT chargers. Although the 340 and 360 engined cars got a 4 pinion Borg Warner Model 75. An LSD could be optioned though but was usually reserved for cars with Police Pack, Tow Pack or utilities. Ray here needs correcting on one point. Our hardtops were not "exactly the same" from the windscreen back as the 1969 Dart. I thought that too until I was corrected. Government had strict local build rules and to meet those we had to do a lot more than just hood, grille and fenders. Our floor pan was pressed in Australia and our seats are Australian. Door trims were Australian. The entire dash is different although the VF instrument cluster was modeled closely on the US ones. We had different steering wheels and steering boxes mounted (sadly) on the chassis rails rather than the US which mounted theirs on the K frame. There are also different aspects of pressings inside the trunk, eg the side trunk extensions. We had the locally assembled BW75 diff (7.5" I think) whereas the Americans used the Chrysler 7.25 rear axle. If you have read this far, thanks for reading.

[@deanstevenson6527]

Borg Warner 78 axle. The . The 75 was the earlier short pinion axle.5he 78 was the XT axle used also i the Falcon when the local content rules came out for 168

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Thanks for your feedback. All great info.

[@johnd8892]

I recall reading that Leo Geoghegan said that the VG four door pacer with all the Charger bits 265 with triple Webers or maybe the 340 V8 would have been the unbeatable racecar back then. Seems the Charger looked nice but was not a step forward in handling, body strength and weight distribution. Obviously Chrysler could not stick with the old body style, so lots of testing to get the Charger size car to work better.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Very interesting! John, you have some great knowledge in the memory banks!

[@peteranderson6172]

You need to talk to , Jimmy Little from south Canterbury New Zealand He,s been racing RT Charger,s for 50 year,s Very very successfully

[@area51isreal71]

Great to watch and I can't wait to see the rest of it.

[@suskaklapp6641]

Thank-you.

[@lomasck]

Such a Rare Woman to mary.Worth more than the Cars themselves.

[@bravofoxable]

I learned a lot here! Splendid collection. Thanks Glenn, this was, as always, good to watch and listen... True grit

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

Force 7? NO WAY! Very cool Mr Ikin, very cool 👍

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Sure is! Full feature and drive on the Force 7 next episode! :-)

[@christopherkroussoratsky2014]

VG E31 Pacer was a 2bbl and the 245 Hemi was bored 40 thou over, thus the E31 code. It wasnt just the E34 4bbl cars that were 40 thou over.

[@deanstevenson6527]

Thats what Ive heard too

[@bazzag7614]

That is correct, both of the VG racing engines were 40 over.

[@kennydee8296]

Drooling 💧

[@steveskrobot9496]

I was waiting for you guys to turn around and start talking about that rare orange Leyland in the corner, but you pulled up stumps! what a gee up!

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

That’s coming up on our next episode, as we mentioned at the end of the video, but it’ll be a full feature and drive. It’s a very rare Force 7.

[@steveskrobot9496]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines Yes i did hear you mention that at the end of the video. I'll keep an eye out for it in future.👍

[@rodcoates7941]

Awesome vids Glenn, really loving this collection

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@gtnathan]

Some heavy hitters in there!

[@glendooer6211]

Glad we could watch these race and get the excitement..now they race car badges around.

[@danielhunt4845]

Awesome

[@jashugg]

At 3:08 look how far apart and wide the clutch and brake pedals are! I had a 74 VJ wagon and miss the foot room that is lacking in modern manuals.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Interestingly, if you find the Black 68 Dodge Charger and 70 AAR Cuda features on the channel they're exactly the same!

[@rodneyolsen1888]

Hey Glen love the show mate. I would really love it if you done a video of the E55 V8 Charger and have a look at Greg Crick's one that he raced in TCM. All I ever heard growing up was the v8 val was no good, imo, they were scared of it.

[@m.b.82]

Go Glenno!

[@reidscoones2094]

Move Over Plymouth Approaching Rapidly

[@mickbrenton]

Simply WOW!!! This video gave this Ford fan a chubby!!!

[@OlympusHeavyCavalry]

There was a White 2-door VG Chrysler with writing within a red stripe, that went along the rear panels and boot for sale in Berry NSW for a very cheap price a few years ago. I can not remember whether it said Pacer, Hemi etc., I had the money to buy it, that's how cheap it was, yet I had no room or time :-(

[@mcm95403]

That is a damn cool collection! And I just happen to be like #426

[@conservativesniperhunter7439]

My First car was a brown valiant slant 6 . In 1983 i was looking for a my first car at the age of 17 so I gave my brother $700 to go buy me a car and they brought me the Valiant lol . I had it for a few years , it was was reliable. I believe Hitman Christopher Dale Flannery bought it of a an old school mate that I sold it to 😳.

[@Tk-ou9ec]

Love the video mate and love Chrysler’s. I own a CM with a mild 318. On my channel. Mopar 🤟🚗

[@tipeneuriti5489]

I've seen why the chargers lose the front steer wheel is because the torsion bar suspensions lifted in a tight corner undo the wheel nuts over a 5 hour race 🎥🍿

[@Jim-ok9zi]

Glenn is this the guy that had the Chrysler car museum at Gormandale near Traralgon or has it been moved. Is it still open. Could you please tell me if I let the ads run instead of skipping them is it better for you. As I usually skip them. ......Jim 👍

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Hi Jim, yes, that's him! I'm not sure if he's still running it, I'll find out. Yes, if the ads run it helps, but only if it suits you to do so of course. Really appreciate your support and willingness to help mate, it means a lot.

[@stevecrump1375]

HEY CHARGER✌

[@Leosarebetter]

I have said it before, but.... We used to take the piss out of any Valiant/Chrylser, full on knock them at any chance, however, with the passage of time (and maturity) THEY WERE A MAGNIFICENT CAR. Totally under appreciated and deserved so much more than what we gave them....Sorry Chrysler/Charger/Valiant.

[@Greenfig85]

Pacers don't have to have black bonnets. They only have a black bonnet if the car was purchased with the A88 dress up package option.

[@cassanth]

I sort of understood that he was saying in his opinion a pacer must have a black bonnet, or it's not a pacer. Like he said that car is a genuine pacer and did not originally have a black bonnet. Have a listen to the way he words it and I really think he was stating an opinion, not a fact. Like people saying a muscle car must be a V8. Opinion, not fact.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

Yes, that's correct, 'in his mind' as he stated.

[@bazzag7614]

@@cassanth That a true muscle car should have a V8 is indeed a fact, not just an opinion. The concept of a "Muscle Car", is American, not Australian. It originated in 1964 when Pontiac put their biggest engine in the smaller Tempest 2 door body & called it the GTO. Even such cars as the Mustang, Camero, Cuda etc. are not real Muscle cars unless they are fitted with big block engines. The smaller engined versions are more correctly "Pony Cars". A true muscle car "MUST" also have only 2 doors. In fact the entry forms for many American Muscle Car events specifically note, 2 door cars only. Unfortunately, the term "Muscle Car", has , in recent years & especially in Australia, become grossly polluted with ridiculous cars such as LC & LJ Toranas being given that title. Strictly speaking Australia has no true muscle cars as we have no big blocks. However, since our small block V8s are our biggest engines we can claim our own version of the term & include the E38 & E49 sixes on the basis of their hp (which in most cases is greater than our V8s) but nothing else, period!!

[@cassanth]

@@bazzag7614 At the risk of getting into an argument, you have contradicted yourself. Firstly you say to be a muscle car it must have a V8 and you use the fist GTO as an example. But then you say that certain cars are not muscle cars because they don't have big blocks in them. The 389 in the first GTO was not a big block. In fact, Pontiac didn't have big and small blocks. So does it need a big block to be a muscle car? Because if it does, then your example is not a muscle car. But then you say we can include 6 cylinder chargers based just on their horsepower rating. So which is it? Is a muscle car based on being a V8, or must it be a big block, or is it based on the horsepower it produces. Because now we have delved back into the realm of opinion, not fact.

[@bazzag7614]

@@cassanth No, I haven't contradicted myself, all Pontiac V8s are considered big blocks. It is the same basic block from the 326 (seen in the first Firebird in 67) through to the 455. The terms big & small block are not factory labels they were coined in the aftermarket & Hot Rodding scene & relate to physical size not capacity. The Pontiac engines are by no stretch physically small or compact. When the small block Chev was introduced as a 265 in 1955 it was not labeled a small block. It was not until after the so-called "W" head 396/409 Chev was released that the terms big & small block began to be used to differentiate the engines.

[@ChrisRobboCovers]

The E31 2 Barrel Pacers were also bored out to 251cubic inches, the same as the E34 4 Barrel cars,

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

That's what I thought, and some additional engine mods too? I'm told in some cases the 2bbl was quicker than the 4bbl at certain tracks...not sure if that's true or not.

[@ChrisRobboCovers]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines It's true. Both engines had a different camshafts to the standard Pacer, baffled sumps to counteract oil surge and 35 gallon long range fuel tank. The E34 spec 4 Barrel had a long runner intake manifold and required torque arm under the bell house to prevent it touching the top of the shock absorber, a triple core radiator, twin plate clutch, race spec engine bearings, shot peened conrods and high volume oil pump. The claimed power output of the E31 was 200Bhp and the E34 was 215Bhp. There were set up problems with 4 barrel carby on the E34, which resulted in flat spotting when cornering, which required the float to be adjusted to allow more fuel through, resulting in increased fuel consumption. As this was an issue with a long distance race like Bathurst, Leo Geoghegan and Doug Chivas chose to run E31 spec Pacers in Class C (against the Torana XU-1's), with Des West and Norm Beechey (running under Shell Racing) to run the E34's in class D. (which was a Pacer fest with the exception of a Fiat 125 and a Triumph 2.5) The E31's were about 4 seconds a lap slower than the E34 of Des West, who actually lead the race briefly, but the fuel consumption thwarted his run and he ended up finishing 7th outright, but some 2 laps behind Chivas and Geoghegan (4th and 5th respectively) and 3 laps behind winner Allan Moffat in the Phase 1 HO Chivas was actually in a battle with Don Holland in his XU-1 for third, when he suffered a flat tyre on the last lap and had to pit to replace it, but still managed to finish 2nd in class. Both he and Holland were lapping 6 seconds a lap faster than Moffat at the end and managed to unlap themselves to only finish 1 lap down. There was also a E35 spec Pacer released later in the VG model run, which was basically the same mechanically as the E34, but without the long range fuel tank. Additionally, the black outs on the bonnet was specified under option code A88, which also had the stripes running across the boot lid and down the sides. The factory racers ran without this option code, hence no blackouts. Reports suggest that there were also 3 E31 spec 2 Door Pacers built by the factory.

[@deanstevenson6527]

Great info Chris

[@bazzag7614]

@@ChrisRobboCovers Chrysler have never released hp figures for the VF or VG Pacers. However, engineers that worked in the Lonsdale Dyno cell have told me they were seeing around 220 hp from the E31 engine & close to 230 from the E34. You must remember that the regular 2 barrel 245 was 185hp & the standard Pacer which had the twin exhaust manifold added was about 195hp Add to that that the E31 & E34 had a few more cu. in. & the cam that became the E38 cam plus other mods that allowed them to rev more freely & the dyno figures look quite achievable.

[@brucebaxter6923]

so,, does it have the extra rake on the windscreen and lower roof height?

[@stevenstuart1442]

so what was car no 150 that raced at Bathurst in 71?

[@crtpaulina3908]

That’s my uncles collection

[@johnd8892]

Glenn, any knowledge of the Australian XL Falcon 2 door steel power roof convertibles for the Miss Australia contest back then ? Hard to believe but there were Aussie two door XL Falcons. The Utes! And the ute formed the basis of the 6 convertible cars made to test the market : @t Ford found not enough interest to proceed or were not impressed by aspects of the conversion. Seems none have survived. As I said very rare. Rare enough that so many have not heard of them. I think I first heard the story when Craig Lowndes said he wanted one of these rarest cars. Chased this up as it may be considered rarer than the Force 7 but maybe not as rare as the single factory built Leyland P76 station wagon.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I've not heard of the XL 2 door concept but it sure sounds interesting!

[@johnd8892]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines The link did not post so here it is again : www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/cc-capsule-ford-falcon-and-continental-mark-ii-skyliners/\ In case you thought I was making it up. Victoria rego plates, so not jus a concept car.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@@johnd8892 , thanks! What a great article! I must do a story on the Warner early Falcon V8 conversions at some point too. Have you heard of them?

[@johnd8892]

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines sounds like the XP Futura hardtop conversions that were a lot harder than expected so Ford did not go ahead with them. Would make a great story for you as many such a me would like to know more.

[@bazzag7614]

@@johnd8892 Aust Muscle Car, did a story on the XP Hardtop V8s.

[@ferrelx]

I never understood why they call those six's Hemi's..the plug angles in like most other inline's..now the Mercedes-Benz M110 is a Hemi for sure..

[@deanstevenson6527]

Phil Irving said thhe same thing

[@ferrelx]

@@deanstevenson6527 oh yeah ? sure would like to see the article

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I believe it was more of a marketing ploy, hinged off the real 'Hemi' V8 engines Chrysler was widely known for. Apparently the combustion chamber design is 'semi' Hemispherical.

[@tracingtriumph]

Isn't this story a few years old? Sure I've seen it before.

[@jx4312]

e34 had e38 spec cam.4 barrel carb.

[@bazzag7614]

As did the E31, all 3 motors used the same cam.

[@jeremyjenning3052]

Hi. How can I find the history on my charger. I was told it raced in 1971 homologation an was crashed. My friend brought it from Melbourne museum over 30 years ago as a wreck. He fixed it. Had to put a whole rear quarter on an lot of Panel beating but he got it back on the road rego. Now I own the car. Is 9/1971 hot mustard 3speed on floor . Build number 92. Is there any way I can find out who owned it an who raced an crashed it. I been trying for years. The car has been sitting in a million pieces now for many many years in my she'd untill I can get time an money to put back together

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

@Jeremy Jenning, contact me via www.everforgemedia.com and I'll see how I can help.

[@7s29]

Traralgon special.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Subscribed! Hit us back boys! Love the Aussie Mopars!

[@tipeneuriti5489]

But a car I've been looking for Hillman hunter GLS Payaks still available in Iran utes also hundreds of them

[@darrenparkinson4576]

What type of psycho would waste their time to watch this clip and then "dislike" it????

[@adoreslaurel]

From memory the E37 was a 3 speed and the E38 had a 4 speed.

[@deanstevenson6527]

The 337 and 38 were both 3 speeds.

[@adoreslaurel]

@@deanstevenson6527 Thanks for that.

[@chisel83]

@@adoreslaurel the 3 in E37 and E38 denotes 3speed manual. The 4 in E49 denotes 4 speed.

[@adoreslaurel]

@@chisel83 Wow, I was not aware of the E49. thanks.

[@timothyhays1817]

Those old Aussie Chryslers look like they have a Ford Fairmont front end. To my American eyes.

[@unclefreddieDied]

what the hell is that?!?

[@hoey3510]

E38 chargers where losing 5 seconds lap due to sub standard brakes

[@OldCaravans]

.

[@errorsofmodernism9715]

what language is this man speaking?

[@deanstevenson6527]

Proper Dinkum Australian, mate!

[@bigboy9983]

Strine

[@stevepierce3509]

Still no Reply so I can take my Father to see the REED / GRITTER E49 that he worked on and had at our family house to look after aswell as crew for !!!! A Reply would be great Please ✌to help my Father see this car again.

[@GlennEverittMasterofMachines]

I'm told it was sold many years ago but I don't know who too.