Awesome stuff, gotta have a smoke and beer at the pits, true Aussie spirit.
@jyrkiaaltonen92983 ай бұрын
Right on👍👏
@drewzerna4087Ай бұрын
“Don’t you start that car!” During refuelling….but here, have a cigarette 🤦♂️
@greebo78573 жыл бұрын
Those were the days! Beats the shit out of the current crap.
@1240enzo Жыл бұрын
Lovely to see all those great Alfa Romeo GT/Vs and Giulia’s competing against the big Falcons etc
@dviate324211 ай бұрын
Great to watch, real cars real racing! And the most inane commentry.
@sfitzers37068 ай бұрын
Bumper cam ahead of its time
@bjscorpio4041Ай бұрын
10 years before Mad Max.
@robertharle637711 ай бұрын
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.
@raygale41983 жыл бұрын
No roll cages, no fire suits, standard suspension, standard brakes, skinny tyres. When production car racing meant production cars.
@konewone36128 күн бұрын
Yep, racing in just a pair of jeans and a t shirt.
@306champion3 жыл бұрын
8:58 Ah the X2, a 179 with twin carbys, headers and Holdens first four speed.
@brianmessenger3 жыл бұрын
Love these old videos of Bathurst, who are the plonkers who dislike!
@lukewise122710 күн бұрын
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.
@stephanburgess6543 жыл бұрын
They were the days. Not just Holden and Ford but every brand imaginable. Not like the rubbish at Bathurst now days.
@MrZillaman733 жыл бұрын
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.
@maldunne31753 жыл бұрын
Proper racing no nancy boys . just REAL CARS being driven hard as
@Thespiansewist11 ай бұрын
@@maldunne3175spot on grass roots racing at its best
@bruceg98922 жыл бұрын
"Win on Sunday, sell on Monday"....the Corollas were later put on the AMI used car lot as "Executive" driven vehicles.
@gavinwj79233 жыл бұрын
Remarkable footage enjoyed watching your program. Thank you .
@jeffwilliams7424 жыл бұрын
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
@garybailey88774 жыл бұрын
Quite a few having a smoke. Don't forget the race was sponsored by Gallaher, a cigarette brand.
@raygale41983 жыл бұрын
Rumor has some drivers would light up while driving, these are true production cars with standard ashtrays, lighters and all the mod cons.
@stephenterrilltraveller5 ай бұрын
Drivers used to eat their lunch during their driving stint as it was such a leisurely pace.
@jyrkiaaltonen92983 ай бұрын
Nah, they ate driving.💪👍👏
@peter26793 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulhall1703 жыл бұрын
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???
@leeengelsman63563 жыл бұрын
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.
@gooseknackАй бұрын
@@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.
@lukewise122710 күн бұрын
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!'.
@lukewise122710 күн бұрын
@@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.
@peterm18263 жыл бұрын
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
@richardtravers24363 жыл бұрын
How times have changed miss production car racing you could relate to the cars.
@pedrodepaca573 жыл бұрын
When they had various classes not just the one like now.
@broadytaylor9493 Жыл бұрын
The 6 hour at easter is a good modern interpretation of the early Bathrust 500s with class production car racing and big grids
@yabbadabbadoo82252 жыл бұрын
When you pop a wheel and that same wheel cops you one, that's all class.
@chuckselvage315710 ай бұрын
Good to see this stuff go the GTs
@srnunan47832 жыл бұрын
Hell this was racing exciting enough that I might have even bought a ticket, and I live in Bathurst...
@bjscorpio4041Ай бұрын
I like how the race was started by a guy with a flag in one hand and a stopwatch in the other.
@lucianfranetovic62673 жыл бұрын
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. 👍
@hogtownhenry16 күн бұрын
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.
@Jo_Wardy3 жыл бұрын
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.
@damntuff622 жыл бұрын
It was the best decade of the 20th century ,your dad must be about my age
@glenncastell8644 жыл бұрын
Back when the cars had attitude and worth watching..😊
@jbrandon89453 жыл бұрын
Back when any racing was actually worth watching
@iamasmurf11223 жыл бұрын
The cars were shitboxes
@kwacker453 жыл бұрын
So true
@JohnJohn-gu4nw3 жыл бұрын
@@jbrandon8945 better looking than the space cars of today , especially 4wd's.
@geoff21762 ай бұрын
this is better than current races
@mikemurdoch98823 жыл бұрын
Wow the great race 50 years young, thx for sharing
@markallen17823 жыл бұрын
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...
@neilregan24882 жыл бұрын
My first car, $435 in '92, would do just shy of 160km/h took a while to get there, but it got there.
@johnd88922 жыл бұрын
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.
@MelodyMan6911 ай бұрын
How long is a foot..
@ThePaulv1210 ай бұрын
@@MelodyMan69 The length of my 'ole fella!
@MelodyMan6910 ай бұрын
@@ThePaulv12 304.9 mm Got it!
@Mambojambo1576 күн бұрын
From 67 to 77 great advancements were made in the event.
@srnunan47832 жыл бұрын
56 cars on the grid, worth some $100k all up. Compare that to now and it gives some idea of inflation over the years.
@geneharrogate69113 жыл бұрын
They say you can still smell burning brakes at the end of Conrod to this day.
@bruceg98922 жыл бұрын
What brakes? LOL.
@jeffmcdonnell117910 күн бұрын
I can recognise the type and manufacturer of these cars, unlike today when they are unrecognisable clones of each other.
@GetUpFalcon3 жыл бұрын
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.
@ioelubrown45873 жыл бұрын
😁😁👍👍👍 I thought I was watching a Classic Movie back in the 60s 🤣🤣👍
@vanmaan53503 жыл бұрын
Rolling the car back over to complete the lap! 20:28
@AVportau Жыл бұрын
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.
@deadcentre69262 жыл бұрын
my uncle had fastest 125cc Yamaha before the kink taken out ..146 mph love the 70s up there
@Rob-fc9wg11 ай бұрын
🐂💩!
@nudibanches3 жыл бұрын
Love it, just take out mum's Cortina, tape over the lights and whack a number of the side and....watch the wheel disappear over the fence.
@stephenterrilltraveller5 ай бұрын
Mum won't be happy!
@stephensmith17943 жыл бұрын
Note the telegraph pole at the end of conrod straight and no fences,
@postnogravy36183 жыл бұрын
@K W That's how it was 50+ years ago. Don't judge the past on what is done today.
@postnogravy36183 жыл бұрын
@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.
@Sighman3 жыл бұрын
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 ...)
@noorzaidi2204 жыл бұрын
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 !
@woopimagpie3 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was great. Thanks for posting!
@mgers7511 ай бұрын
16:16 tire changer gets dosed with gasoline and barely blinks an eye!
@markgritt48762 жыл бұрын
dato bluebird what a screamer
@denisthemenace.3 жыл бұрын
Better days
@telecasteredtodeath3 жыл бұрын
Fuel spilling on pit crew while drivers jump out for a ciggie? and everybody seems to be lighting one up.
@JohnCran3 жыл бұрын
There was as much oil on their heads as in the cars.😁
@lukeya19833 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@anthonyrouse80143 жыл бұрын
Great stuff''...
@markhobson5769 Жыл бұрын
So, which of the motor racing drivers in this 1967 Bathurst The Great Race are sadly no longer with us?
@martinholland878214 күн бұрын
Great footage - has this been colourised from the original B&W film??
@oshea9004 жыл бұрын
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.
@TheWinnerIsSydney4 жыл бұрын
This is how it was, I will see if I can fix it.
@308V8HZ Жыл бұрын
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 !!
@letsnotargue3 жыл бұрын
That's racing unlike today's high tech sterile environment....
@johnsexton875913 күн бұрын
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.
@drujames2724 жыл бұрын
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 😆
@spoaus00020064 жыл бұрын
16:18 has a quick spit, gives the fuel guy a look and gets on with it, Gold! 🤣
@rodneyjones48903 жыл бұрын
Really ? You watched the whole video ? Gee, you must feel special.
@grandebigy3 жыл бұрын
Aahhhh !MILK a race drivers energy drink
@306champion3 жыл бұрын
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.
@Michael.Chapman3 жыл бұрын
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 :-))
@johnd88922 жыл бұрын
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.
@MelodyMan6911 ай бұрын
Hillman IMP was big in the UK Racing scene in the time. Rear Engine vs Front Engine for Mini..
@shanoinoz3 жыл бұрын
..back when real men raced real cars... and drank milk during pitstops ...
@willatkins96863 жыл бұрын
A la Gelinite Jack! ( The milk shakes)
@Westyrulz10 ай бұрын
Were these the days when you drove your car to Bathurst and then raced it?
@alwood914817 күн бұрын
and then drove back to sydney
@jondoe881622 күн бұрын
Silver XR GT. I thought they were only in hold
@huepix3 жыл бұрын
1967 when the commentary was a minute behind the pictures. Iol
@noviranger2392 жыл бұрын
Downunder's Daytona!
@Rob-fc9wg11 ай бұрын
No, nothing like it.
@timothylanders3189 Жыл бұрын
Where's the bloody Holden Monaros :o
@MickH60 Жыл бұрын
The were no Monaro's in 1967 !!!
@timothylanders3189 Жыл бұрын
@@MickH60 doh* my bad. Cheers
@shipscat218 ай бұрын
@davidwall77473 жыл бұрын
Pity the soundtrack never matches the video - hard to watch.
@johnd88922 жыл бұрын
Gotta be some recent computer glitch that could be fixed.
@peregrinemccauley78193 жыл бұрын
Did ya' see the UFOS hovering above the track ?
@Rog54463 жыл бұрын
If there was any doubt about who won, why didn't also check the odometers in each car?
@retiree10333 жыл бұрын
What's to stop them altering the gearing on the speedo drive? Anyway, odometers aren't totally accurate.
@Mercmad18 күн бұрын
#32 Prince GT ?
@denisthemenace.3 жыл бұрын
When the term "motor sport meant something" and was relevant to the man in the street
@paulhall1703 жыл бұрын
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.....
@22copes3 жыл бұрын
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.
@atomicmillenial97283 жыл бұрын
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.
@paulhall1703 жыл бұрын
@@atomicmillenial9728 Nevertheless, the Alfas were notional outright winners, but were robbed of that accolade...
@shanecameron78693 жыл бұрын
Safety? Who dat?
@thedolphin54283 жыл бұрын
What were those ejits doing standing on the road at 0:40? Jeezuz.
@MichaelNoller-hi8jn16 күн бұрын
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.
@Dallas-Nyberg3 жыл бұрын
@ 2:11 - 25,000 miles over 7 hours?
@lordporcupine87673 жыл бұрын
Sum total of all cars driving the 500miles
@3000Robbo3 жыл бұрын
No safety cars!
@rev6litrej5602 жыл бұрын
11.00 milk was a bad choice RB
@justinjoyit133 жыл бұрын
The sound is really out of sync
@RMinOZ13 жыл бұрын
The sounds out of sync !
@Holden3083 жыл бұрын
Badly
@greebo78573 жыл бұрын
Old tape footage. Be grateful you have it.
@GetUpFalcon3 жыл бұрын
@@greebo7857 I shall attempt to fix it.
@Holden3083 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@GetUpFalcon3 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@jaisabai415511 күн бұрын
Pity how this classic race has been ruined.
@rodneyjones48903 жыл бұрын
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.
@22copes2 жыл бұрын
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-fc9wg11 ай бұрын
Please explain what "2V and "4V" valves are.
@rodneyjones489010 ай бұрын
@@Rob-fc9wg Seriously ? You need to be told ? So, you can`t GOOGLE it ?
@Rob-fc9wg10 ай бұрын
@@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.
@rodneyjones489010 ай бұрын
@@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.
@aveedub740311 ай бұрын
Funny seeing Beetles and other stuff running, as in other previous years!!! Not much consideration to safety either! BMC racing??? 😂😂😂😂
@Kingmick583 жыл бұрын
Italians like milk.
@postnogravy36183 жыл бұрын
Engine and tyre sounds are about as far away from real-life as is possible to get!!
@rodneyjones48903 жыл бұрын
They are real, 1967 microphone technology.
@hcrun3 жыл бұрын
@@rodneyjones4890 Referring to the synchronisation, Rodney, not the actual samples themselves.
@rodneyjones48903 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@PHILPOP23 жыл бұрын
Don't look no different
@rocknral10 ай бұрын
Who the hell wrote the script.... Hilariously awful.
@user-eo4bw6ij4e26 күн бұрын
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.