Gallaher 500 1967 Bathurst

[@robertharle6377]

Channel 7 coverage started at 7:55am. Race started at 9:30am. In the 1960s there were not enough cameras to cover all of the race track. Race in 1967 named after Gallaher cigarettes.

[@RolandElliottFirstG]

Awesome stuff, gotta have a smoke and beer at the pits, true Aussie spirit.

[@jyrkiaaltonen9298]

Right on👍👏

[@drewzerna4087]

“Don’t you start that car!” During refuelling….but here, have a cigarette 🤦‍♂️

[@greebo7857]

Those were the days! Beats the shit out of the current crap.

[@coolhand1964]

Nice to see it all in colour, back in the day we watched at home on an AWA black and white TV with a screen smaller than todays computers. Leo and Pete Geohagan, legendary racing brothers of whom I was a lifelong fan. I remember Pete doing a celebrity race prior to an F1 GP in Melbourne in the mid 80's. I think they were all in Ford Lasers or Nissan Pulsars. Even with his big frame and late middle age, he still won by a country mile.

[@1240enzo]

Lovely to see all those great Alfa Romeo GT/Vs and Giulia’s competing against the big Falcons etc

[@gregscally5119]

1967 the first time that I went to Bathurst. Driven up there by a friend in a new XR V8. Unfortunately I was just 16 and did not even have L plates. The Falcon GTs were truly awesome.

[@sfitzers3706]

Bumper cam ahead of its time

[@bjscorpio4041]

10 years before Mad Max.

[@gavinwj7923]

Remarkable footage enjoyed watching your program. Thank you .

[@306champion]

8:58 Ah the X2, a 179 with twin carbys, headers and Holdens first four speed.

[@peterm1826]

my farther had one of those model fords brought it brand new he washed it with water and kerosene he had the car till the day he died 7 years ago the paint was perfect no rust no fading the inside was like new same motor and transmission i sold i to a collector 45 grand it had 78 thousand miles on the clock

[@bruceg9892]

"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday"....the Corollas were later put on the AMI used car lot as "Executive" driven vehicles.

[@peter2679]

The years following this race was the golden era of Australian motor racing. Australia stood still to watch 2 totally different car which were the mighty GTHO versus the legendary Holden GTR-XU1. The battle between these 2 cars put Bathurst on the world stage for motor racing.

[@paulhall170]

What rubbish, this race was for real cars that real people could buy at their local dealer for a dozen different brands of cars, not a contrived event to promote two manufacturers to the exclusion of all the others. Oh, and where are they now???

[@leeengelsman6356]

Yes those were awesome golden nail biting years, with fierce brand loyalty. Ford man myself first Australian super car gt in only one color gold which was never able to be replicated.

[@gooseknack]

​@@paulhall170Holden and Ford Australia both died due to lack of public buyer support and through a failure of both to follow buyer trends and preferences. Beyond that, the two cars he mentioned were based directly on the same vehicles available on the showroom floor. Yes, they had roll cages, racing seats and 5 point safety belts.. All was to make motor racing safer. Remember, the Australian Touring Car Championship extended into the late 90's, before the "Supercar" rubbish made its appearance.

[@coolhand1964]

Back in the day it was the 'Big Three' in one of five classes, that all raced at once, A,B,C,D,E. That is why you will see a big black letter on the bonnet and side. Leo Geohagan led in his RT Charger for more than half the race in 1971, until a faulty earth lead meant he had to be push started in the pits, which meant a 1 lap penalty for each of his stops. In 1972 Ford and Holden had been given such a scare that they cheated and used larger brakes than what was available on the cars in the showroom, and Doug Chivas still raced a Charger to 2nd place. Chrysler's race program had been going for 4 years at this stage, while the other 2 had 8-10 yrs. In 1973 a highly tuned 340 V8 was planned with 4 wheel disc brakes, however 'journo' Evan Greene put the mocha on everything. So Leo went across the ditch to NZ with the Charger and subsequently won everything. Now there are many who will argue, about the cheating or the 340cui Charger with 4 wheel discs, I have even seen articles or videos refuting the 340 on the grounds of weight. However aluminium versions were being custom made in the US. I have met Leo Geohagan many times since about 1990, I was a big fan and Chrysler fanatic and all this information came directly to me, from him, over a cup of tea or two. So there is no better source of information, than from the man himself. In terms of wow factor, just go to a classic race meeting and see which car now turns the most heads. Not the GTR or the XY, and ask yourself what was the inspiration for the XA or A9X two doors. Chrysler led the way, right back to the 2 door Pacers. I owned several of each over the years. I'll take a VH RT-E49 any day of the week. Make mine plum crazy with black stripes and a white interior please. Edit: Harry Firth was later a scrutineer at classic touring car races and the story goes he failed 5 Torana's as soon as he saw them. When asked 'why' he responded 'they're illegal, I know because I built them!'.

[@coolhand1964]

​@@gooseknackShowroom spec ended when Group C was introduced. From 1973 onwards, the cars were anything but the same as the showroom. I know because I was there.

[@richardtravers2436]

How times have changed miss production car racing you could relate to the cars.

[@lucianfranetovic6267]

Wow just found this, thanks for the awesome post. Holden supporter for 25 years and its awesome to see bathurst in its un molested state. 👍

[@jeffwilliams742]

I love that jumps out the car and some one throws a packet of cigarettes and lights up in the pits how cool are these days

[@garybailey8877]

Quite a few having a smoke. Don't forget the race was sponsored by Gallaher, a cigarette brand.

[@raygale4198]

Rumor has some drivers would light up while driving, these are true production cars with standard ashtrays, lighters and all the mod cons.

[@raygale4198]

No roll cages, no fire suits, standard suspension, standard brakes, skinny tyres. When production car racing meant production cars.

[@konewone361]

Yep, racing in just a pair of jeans and a t shirt.

[@stephanburgess654]

They were the days. Not just Holden and Ford but every brand imaginable. Not like the rubbish at Bathurst now days.

[@MrZillaman73]

Couldn't agree more. We need variety and just handicap the winners back to the field, simple. But there will always be whingers and whiners.

[@maldunne3175]

Proper racing no nancy boys . just REAL CARS being driven hard as

[@Thespiansewist]

@@maldunne3175spot on grass roots racing at its best

[@Jo_Wardy]

The 60s where so cool. Thats when my dad was a kid. I just love the older races and cars. I'm a young guy.

[@damntuff62]

It was the best decade of the 20th century ,your dad must be about my age

[@pedrodepaca57]

When they had various classes not just the one like now.

[@RunningOn7CylindersYT]

The 6 hour at easter is a good modern interpretation of the early Bathrust 500s with class production car racing and big grids

[@brianmessenger]

Love these old videos of Bathurst, who are the plonkers who dislike!

[@srnunan4783]

Hell this was racing exciting enough that I might have even bought a ticket, and I live in Bathurst...

[@markallen1782]

I learnt to drive in a 68 Toyota Corona, I couldn't imagine someone trying to go racing in one. Four wheel drum brakes, a 1.6 litre engine, and a gear stick a foot long would have made racing them a real challenge...

[@neilregan2488]

My first car, $435 in '92, would do just shy of 160km/h took a while to get there, but it got there.

[@johnd8892]

The Toyota Corona was after a class win against cars of similar price that also did not have high specifications. Or even just to finish the race well without breaking down was a sales plus compared to some more expensive cars.

[@MelodyMan69]

How long is a foot..

[@ThePaulv12]

@@MelodyMan69 The length of my 'ole fella!

[@MelodyMan69]

@@ThePaulv12 304.9 mm Got it!

[@GetUpFalcon]

I think I've managed to sync the audio. It looks right to me if you move the video track forward 10 seconds and 9 frames (at 25 frames per second = 259 frames). File is about 200mb - happy to pop it in google drive for you to download. Many thanks for the upload.

[@glenncastell864]

Back when the cars had attitude and worth watching..😊

[@jbrandon8945]

Back when any racing was actually worth watching

[@iamasmurf1122]

The cars were shitboxes

[@kwacker45]

So true

[@JohnJohn-gu4nw]

@@jbrandon8945 better looking than the space cars of today , especially 4wd's.

[@chuckselvage3157]

Good to see this stuff go the GTs

[@dviate3242]

Great to watch, real cars real racing! And the most inane commentry.

[@AVportau]

great vid, thanks.... i used to have a 67 Fairmont and it floated around like a boat. horrible handling and cornering.... back then we had to spend money on replacing and modifying everything. better brakes, suspension, rims and tyres, motor work, carby/manifold, extractors and exhaust.... now even a soccer mums vehicle like my Kia Grand Carnival is fast and handles reasonably no mods at all.

[@jeffmcdonnell1179]

I can recognise the type and manufacturer of these cars, unlike today when they are unrecognisable clones of each other.

[@Westyrulz]

Were these the days when you drove your car to Bathurst and then raced it?

[@alwood9148]

and then drove back to sydney

[@mikemurdoch9882]

Wow the great race 50 years young, thx for sharing

[@geneharrogate6911]

They say you can still smell burning brakes at the end of Conrod to this day.

[@bruceg9892]

What brakes? LOL.

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

When you pop a wheel and that same wheel cops you one, that's all class.

[@noorzaidi220]

Wooww 1967 # The first COLOUR VIDEO RECORDED SOO BEAUTIFUL ! i was only 6 years old , still running naked around the village , like the car still using thin tyres and no off-set rim ! Sharpe CONERING THE CAR GO TO GHE SIDE ! The absorber and the spring should be upgrade during heavy coner its able to hold the LOAD AND SMOOTHLY move !

[@geoff2176]

this is better than current races

[@stephensmith1794]

Note the telegraph pole at the end of conrod straight and no fences,

[@postnogravy3618]

@K W That's how it was 50+ years ago. Don't judge the past on what is done today.

[@postnogravy3618]

@K W Good man! That's how we knew motor-racing in those days. I'm 75 and watched "Bathurst" every year until V8 Supercars killed it for me.

[@Sighman]

I was looking at the drivers as they left the pit box, peering over their shoulders. Then I realised there's no wall separating the track from the pits. Brave mechanics in the pits, just getting on with it. ('67 is the year I was born. Everything was dangerous when I grew up ...)

[@ioelubrown4587]

😁😁👍👍👍 I thought I was watching a Classic Movie back in the 60s 🤣🤣👍

[@deadcentre6926]

my uncle had fastest 125cc Yamaha before the kink taken out ..146 mph love the 70s up there

[@Rob-fc9wg]

🐂💩!

[@laidtorest387]

2:10 someone's gorgeous grandma was at the races that day.

[@markhobson5769]

So, which of the motor racing drivers in this 1967 Bathurst The Great Race are sadly no longer with us?

[@vanmaan5350]

Rolling the car back over to complete the lap! 20:28

[@bjscorpio4041]

I like how the race was started by a guy with a flag in one hand and a stopwatch in the other.

[@HSVKing]

Would be awesome to have the video and audio track lined up to match.

[@srnunan4783]

56 cars on the grid, worth some $100k all up. Compare that to now and it gives some idea of inflation over the years.

[@stevej6813]

Now you'd be lucky to get one of them for 100 grand.

[@woopimagpie]

Wow, that was great. Thanks for posting!

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

From 67 to 77 great advancements were made in the event.

[@Michael.Chapman]

An awesome look back with well known Alfa Romeo dealers Mildren and Foley. Is that a young Kevin Bartlett as a member of team Alfa? Imagine racing the Leyland Austin or Hillman Imp... think I saw them in the mix! Thank you :-))

[@johnd8892]

BMC back in 1967. No Leyland for a few years. No Austins ran. All Morris Mini Cooper S cars in Australia. Previous year the Morris Cooper S filled positions 1 to 9 outright. Domination of V8 cars and all others never to be repeated. Austin name reserved for the larger BMC cars in Australia since about 1962. Only the Cooper S models did well. Wikipedia should have how the Imp. Not a memorable result but fast on the twisty flat bits back then.

[@MelodyMan69]

Hillman IMP was big in the UK Racing scene in the time. Rear Engine vs Front Engine for Mini..

[@hogtownhenry]

Ahh, the glory days of Bathurst. On a visit back to Aus in late 1983, I took the VCR tapes back to London with me to view and show the Poms, the race. Before I saw them, some mongrel bastards broke into the new flat and stole a whole bunch of shit. All the other stuff was insured but my precious Bathurst tapes were lost forever. A long time memory of the race that got away. All due to a couple of lowlifes. The halcyon days of proper motor racing. Lakeside, Surfers LUVVED it.

[@Mercmad]

Keep an eye on Bathurst vids uploaded to you tube .... They might show up .😅

[@martinholland8782]

Great footage - has this been colourised from the original B&W film??

[@markgritt4876]

dato bluebird what a screamer

[@telecasteredtodeath]

Fuel spilling on pit crew while drivers jump out for a ciggie? and everybody seems to be lighting one up.

[@michaelhayden725]

When cars were the street machines with a few enhancements.

[@JohnCran]

There was as much oil on their heads as in the cars.😁

[@drujames272]

That was awesome , i watched the whole video , amazing , lol , some big names in there , safety wasnt a and priority , old mate changing a tyre and has fuel poured all over him HAHAHA , loved it 😆

[@spoaus0002006]

16:18 has a quick spit, gives the fuel guy a look and gets on with it, Gold! 🤣

[@rodneyjones4890]

Really ? You watched the whole video ? Gee, you must feel special.

[@denisthemenace.]

Better days

[@oshea900]

Many thanks for this one. Wondering if you had another copy of this, as the audio/video synch is out by about 10 seconds. Or is this how its provided? Cheers.

[@TheWinnerIsSydney]

This is how it was, I will see if I can fix it.

[@308V8HZ]

I remember the old days with cricket , when the batsman hit the ball the commentator would tap his pencil on his desk to imitate the bat hitting the ball , awesome !!

[@anthonyrouse8014]

Great stuff''...

[@louislawson5751]

Had to turn off the commentary's sound it made no sense when he mentions ie a car number but the film shows you something difrent. Perhaps it was never edited.😮

[@letsnotargue]

That's racing unlike today's high tech sterile environment....

[@shanoinoz]

..back when real men raced real cars... and drank milk during pitstops ...

[@willatkins9686]

A la Gelinite Jack! ( The milk shakes)

[@mgers75]

16:16 tire changer gets dosed with gasoline and barely blinks an eye!

[@Mercmad]

Petrol in those days didn't take your skin off like today's filth.

[@lukeya1983]

Great vid

[@Rendezvous70]

Aahhhh !MILK a race drivers energy drink

[@306champion]

For better or worse it was back in the day when commentators had complete license to say as they please. The commentator in question doesn't even know the difference between a Corona and a Corolla, LOL.

[@jondoe8816]

Silver XR GT. I thought they were only in hold

[@Rog5446]

If there was any doubt about who won, why didn't also check the odometers in each car?

[@retiree1033]

What's to stop them altering the gearing on the speedo drive? Anyway, odometers aren't totally accurate.

[@timothylanders3189]

Where's the bloody Holden Monaros :o

[@MickH60]

The were no Monaro's in 1967 !!!

[@timothylanders3189]

@@MickH60 doh* my bad. Cheers

[@johnsexton8759]

It was great to watch this again, the variety of makes and the variety of drivers. But the writing was already on the wall, moving away from the original concept. Sure they still had to be sold in a minimum number and from the showroom, but introduction of 'specials' from the GT500 in 1965, the 1275 Cooper S and the start of the V8s in this clip, it had already lost the ideal on the Armstrong 500. I'm not really complaining though. There was fabulous racing and hard luck stories aplenty. It was compulsory viewing on the Sunday of the NSW long weekend.

[@huepix]

1967 when the commentary was a minute behind the pictures. Iol

[@Mercmad]

#32 Prince GT ?

[@thedolphin5428]

What were those ejits doing standing on the road at 0:40? Jeezuz.

[@davidwall7747]

Pity the soundtrack never matches the video - hard to watch.

[@johnd8892]

Gotta be some recent computer glitch that could be fixed.

[@Dallas-Nyberg]

@ 2:11 - 25,000 miles over 7 hours?

[@lordporcupine8767]

Sum total of all cars driving the 500miles

[@peregrinemccauley7819]

Did ya' see the UFOS hovering above the track ?

[@noviranger88]

Downunder's Daytona!

[@Rob-fc9wg]

No, nothing like it.

[@shipscat21]

[@paulhall170]

The Mildren Alfa team was dudded here, they were laps ahead, thanks to good pace and fewer pit stops for fuel, but, of course, it wouldn't do not to have a Ford or Holden win, so a dirty backroom deal was made and we have the result we wanted.....

[@22copes]

Also the lead Alfa was even further in front until it picked up a stone in the radiator lapping a slower car heading down conrod, by the time the temp gauge started to soar they were already past the pits.

[@atomicmillenial9728]

The Mildren Alfa team wasn't even running in the same class as the Falcons, or the Holdens. Their only competition were two other 1600 GTVs and a Dodge Phoenix of all things.

[@paulhall170]

@@atomicmillenial9728 Nevertheless, the Alfas were notional outright winners, but were robbed of that accolade...

[@MickNol-hi8jn]

The days when racing was affordable and for the masses, people were interested because it related to the cars they drove at the time. Now it’s elitist and very discriminating against those without money.

[@shanecameron7869]

Safety? Who dat?

[@denisthemenace.]

When the term "motor sport meant something" and was relevant to the man in the street

[@rev6litrej560]

11.00 milk was a bad choice RB

[@3000Robbo]

No safety cars!

[@RMinOZ1]

The sounds out of sync !

[@Holden308]

Badly

[@greebo7857]

Old tape footage. Be grateful you have it.

[@GetUpFalcon]

@@greebo7857 I shall attempt to fix it.

[@Holden308]

@@greebo7857 yes that's true. But, with a little effort (its not hard with modern technology) the sound and video could have been made a lot more in sync.

[@GetUpFalcon]

@@Holden308 Fixed - little effort indeed! I just left a comment for the uploader - hopefully he can upload the new video in place of this one so the views and comment remain intact.

[@justinjoyit13]

The sound is really out of sync

[@jaisabai4155]

Pity how this classic race has been ruined.

[@rodneyjones4890]

The 302 XT GT would have won in `68 beating the 327 Monaro if it wasnt for a stone hitting the radiator in the Gibson/Seton car. Holden fans use excuses when they lose so i will too. You can take 5 or 6 wins away from Brock for cheating & im not talking about him swapping cars, he used 4V valves when the rules said 2V valves & he won a few by luck not skill.

[@22copes]

Alfa would of won in 67 but for a holed radiator lapping a slower car down Conrod, they had passed the pits before the temp gauge rose. Alfa ended 2nd in 67 but beat all the Fords home in 68 coming in 4th and on the lead lap.

[@Rob-fc9wg]

Please explain what "2V and "4V" valves are.

[@rodneyjones4890]

@@Rob-fc9wg Seriously ? You need to be told ? So, you can`t GOOGLE it ?

[@Rob-fc9wg]

@@rodneyjones4890 Really? There are 2V and 4V heads, but no such thing as "2V / 4V valves". I think you're getting confused, as the "V" stands for Venturi, not valves.

[@rodneyjones4890]

@@Rob-fc9wgOk expert. Both port a valve sizes are different. 4V valves are BIGGER. 4V is NOT just 2 barrel & 4 barrel carby. The valves are different.

[@aveedub7403]

Funny seeing Beetles and other stuff running, as in other previous years!!! Not much consideration to safety either! BMC racing??? 😂😂😂😂

[@Kingmick58]

Italians like milk.

[@DeanMehrtens]

Harry firth and cheating was just natural to him.. Peter brock had ruined what should have been a great career by stealing race wins. Like oh well I will just kick my team mate out of his car fudge the lap scoring and put a car back on the lead lap and pretend we are a real race team.. now days it Roland Dane. Try developing some skills Holden hero’s darling.

[@postnogravy3618]

Engine and tyre sounds are about as far away from real-life as is possible to get!!

[@rodneyjones4890]

They are real, 1967 microphone technology.

[@hcrun]

@@rodneyjones4890 Referring to the synchronisation, Rodney, not the actual samples themselves.

[@rodneyjones4890]

@@hcrun Early tech microphones & Forest Elbow doesnt help. Have you ever been there ? The speed of the car in a rock valley wall & early microphone tech, it puts the sound out of time just like loud speakers, they are out of time from the person speaking the words to when you hear it.

[@rocknral]

Who the hell wrote the script.... Hilariously awful.

[@PHILPOP2]

Don't look no different

[@donmcleod3674]

What size engine did that ALPHA have?