Inside Peter Brock’s 1984 Bathurst 1000 winning VK Holden Commordore | ABC Australia

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Why does one of Australian motorsports most famous racing cars have an interior that looks like a regular family vehicle, has large holes in the boot lid, and the number ‘05’ emblazoned on its side?
National Motor Racing Museum coordinator Brad Owen shows off the VK Holden Commordore that Peter Brock drove to win the Bathurst 1000 motor race in 1984.
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[@andypandy8569]

Group C was great. Wish it would come back!

[@aulzhoefer]

This is when racing was relatable.. win on Sunday sell on Monday!

[@Kwaka28]

My true hero and legend. Peter Brock.. miss you.. shattered when you left us...had a vk Brock running gear...best car ever..thanks for all the great cars and memories mate..

[@tomnewham1269]

Well done on presenting this car. I must admit this car and the car beside it are my two favorite race cars of all time.

[@crustyjusty7]

I went there around 1999 / 2000 and you could actually sit in that car and get a photo. I was lucky enough to do just that... very surreal experience.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Back seat?

[@destinyangel5]

When there was real racing. The Brock 05 machines XU1, L34, A9X ,VC, VH and VK still make the hairs on back on back of neck stand up in 2024 .

[@neverleftthe80s29]

Thank you for this story. Incredible car. They all had real soul, unlike todays racecars, (V8's, F1 , etc)

[@scarto3887]

one of if not the toughest car to ever race.Max respect from a Ford guy

[@96libertytt]

I saw an interview with Peter Brock where he said they brought in the VK in mid 1984. They then changed to Group A for 1985. That means these VK big Bangers were only raced for 6 months.

[@graemestevenson9956]

... in fact they only raced for the final three rounds of the 1984 Australian Endurance Championship, each of which was won by Brock ... at Sandown, Bathurst, and Surfers Paradise.

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

Group C was fantastic. Group A was the beginning of the end really. 77-84 the golden age of Bathurst.

[@substandardabuse6028]

Loved the HDT cars growing up in the 70's and 80's. The Marlboro sponsorship had no effect on me to take up smoking either.. LOL. Looking forward to the Brock documentary tonight.. Great work ABC

[@anitakerry3032]

Good to see that they did not blur out the Marlboro out . Unfortunately they sold the die cast models without the signing and you had to find someone that did the decal on line to make it authentic .

[@wayno23]

Wicked car , love the wide body look. Marlboro man smoking it up lol👍. RIP Brocky O5

[@HeardItOnTheX]

100 Marlboro logos and no ashtrays. Almost an Alanis Morrisette lyric.

[@alancure8841]

My favourite but I like them all cheers great video go Holden Peter Brock still the king of the mountain 👍🏁

[@langfordrae2064]

I remember watching this car race, would like to visit the museum sometime.

[@nswhorse]

Do it. It is fantastic. They have a tonne of touring cars, but also a tonne of bikes, and lots of interesting history about all of it.

[@tupickscc368]

Im gonna buy some ciggies now cheers

[@tonymontana897]

Yeah me too. Can ya spare me fifty bucks mate ?

[@rebeccakenworthy4623]

Just remember where to keep them, under your t shirt sleeve like a real '80's Aussie!!! LOL

[@Bluepillphil-d1w]

I quit when they hit 15. Now…. Woah. How does anyone afford that?

[@Tropicarna]

what a beast! Long live "The King"

[@robossuperchannel9434]

Three wins from four starts. Pretty, pretty good.

[@DirtySlapper99]

Australia rest in peace

[@tonymontana897]

Yep. Only memories to keep us going from here on in.

[@alanwall961]

Love that vk , I have a smaller picture of the last of the big bangers, signed by Peter and larry

[@peterhoare3219]

I have one signed by all four drivers. A professional photo, framed of the 1,2 finish. And it's sizeable 🙂

[@peterbarber7613]

End of the australian engine my bum.The aussie engine was used until "93"

[@kahuwynyard4408]

peter barber Perkins started the ‘94’ season with the engine, not sure how many races tho. Bathurst ‘93’ was a fantastic and very fitting farewell.

[@DirtySlapper99]

Most went to chev except for lp and some privateers i recon the racing died with the privateers

[@jefftheaussie2225]

End of the real one, lead burner, after that it was unleaded. Never the same.

[@jamiespinks3657]

Yep, was disgraceful that the museum coordinator in the video was ignorant of this.

[@michaelgibson3011]

Group C was the ultimate.

[@iancorse9254]

A Great insight Brad !

[@mikey9999]

That's great...so informative

[@robertedwards7695]

Very interesting! I reckon bring this era back. 😊.

[@timdingleakajacksparrow2748]

Rip Brocky 05 😢

[@johnkeil-yo1lq]

And the vk stands out among all of the race cars.Won Bathurst 1984 under group c rules and 1986 under group a rules.

[@bodgiesteve8849]

1:55, the 'Group C 'area, started in 1973. 4:56, issue 76, Australian Muscle Car Magazine, page 41, states that many of the performance parts had been removed and replaced with road car parts. Such as a 253 engine ?????

[@markr6812]

0:43 that picture is from 1983, not 1984.

[@chrisF351]

Didn't group C start in 1973?

[@morphix007]

watched the whole video the guy was great

[@volksdeutschewaffenss9670]

amazing to see its still running the points dizzy in 1984 when all the road cars were HEI from around 1980 on wards, maybe its running the l34 twin point dizzy ? i watched this race too and all the hipe , last of the big bangers pre race ect did not mean a thing to me, how time and history make things a big deal now, to how it was back then , RIP BROCKY

[@jayredau7307]

It’s not the original

[@peterbarber7613]

@@jayredau7307 It's not the original what Jay

[@noeljohns196]

Good explanation thank you. I certainly could relate to the cars and drivers back then given the race cars being more closely related to the road going version.

[@craigpeardon1474]

I believe the real 05 was in the Peter Champion collection. And the car at Bathurst is the 25 car re numbered. .?

[@peterbarber7613]

Craig Peardon. The real 05 car is in Bathurst

[@chopperking1122]

the 25 car , the john harvey car , went to england , where it was turned into a sports sedan . it had a hard life , was returned to australia , where it was restored as 05 . have a look at the cruddy headlite covers on the museum car , the various paint chips and marks under the bonnet , to see it was the 05 car , in its unrestored condition . thats a quick quote from a feature in AMC , where they went thru the car with forensic like precision . comparing pictures of small details from the cars back in the day to match them up .

[@markperkins8858]

I truly believe it's cause of this car that the vk is so popular these days there seem to be a he'll of a lot more vk than vb vc vh around and tributes to the Marlboro vk are a lot there's a lot around

[@mrboppah]

That car was actually sold and raced in the UK and wasn’t located for some time. I believe it had some damage to it at various times as well. There was also a lot speculation around this one being the actual Brock car.

[@obiemichaels9675]

No this car has always been at the museum the Harvey car went to the UK and later got restored as 05

[@melbguy1]

@@obiemichaels9675 Brock drove that ex-Harvey car at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2005. That was a great sounding car & must have been running a lot of compression.

[@CRFLAus]

Can we see that little RX3 next?!! BRAP!

[@hisheroship]

Real cars, real chassis’s, real racing.

[@stevenJEDI3]

Absolutely beautiful looking car

[@davehoar4001]

Great car .my personal favourite win Saturday sell on monday

[@dazaspc]

He missed a very important part of Group C that was right in front of him and could never be done today. The light weight Scaffold Tube Aluminum Roll Cage.

[@beagle7622]

He missed a lot. A car expert he is not, like what brand of carbs. I never knew exactly what carbs they put on this car.

[@angry9901]

Webber's.

[@vkboy3146]

Hi cool vid can you tell me what colour the door cards are? is it sandlewood? Cheers

[@brucelamberton8819]

@00:59 it was NOT the "end of Australian engines" and they did not have the original dash (2:22) - do your research!!!

[@zacharycarrasco5109]

Love it 💯

[@timb8095]

What happened to the original engine?

[@Steveaustin007]

I said to a Brock mechanic how I thought this was The best Holden to win Bathurst. Then he told me the truth about the car.

[@nathansmith7243]

Larry perkins Bathurst winning VP Commodore had a Holden motor

[@rebeccakenworthy4623]

That was a chev based motor I thought, weren't they all running 304 Chev's by then?

[@rebeccakenworthy4623]

I watched that race where he went from last place on the grid to winning! What a drive!!!

[@timjohnun4297]

@@rebeccakenworthy4623 Larry's 93 Bathurst winning car still had the Holden 304 engine. He stuck with it as long as he could, until the Chev was mandated

[@fullnoyz7670]

Hey spotto a joes garage sticker!

[@fatsolutions]

Thank yiu

[@doykwis2220]

My friends dad owns Peter Brock's vk

[@volksdeutschewaffenss9670]

so does my brother , his is a white special 5.0, brought from phil brock at berty street when peter up graded to the newer model, i think peter changed cars like we changed shoes

[@vkboy3146]

Anyone know if the decals were painted or stickers thanks

[@Andyc351]

Painted

[@Samsgarden]

Actually resembled cars we bought rather than a brand

[@timb8095]

Is this the car that was at Goodwood?

[@Andyc351]

No

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Those rear tyres are not the correct size. They were far taller. The plastic engine was used right through GpA and up til 94 in Supercars. Larry was the last one using them.

[@armorgeddon]

What is a plastic engine?

[@obiemichaels9675]

@@armorgeddon it's something misguided people who like chevs call the Holden 5litre. And the tyres are correct

[@terryjackson4538]

I was going to say the same thing. All they did was turn the 308 into a 304 to get under the 5 litre capacity for group A.

[@ryanschacht_]

Did it have a supercharger at all?

[@peterhoare3219]

Nope

[@brittenv1000]

What is the rocktober sponsorship please?

[@skunkoceros]

The car was sponsored by the 3XY radio station, Rocktober was a promotion of rock music for October.

[@simon7218]

2SM did Rocktober here in Sydney too. I think they were affiliated with 3XY.

[@pattoallen1981]

Peter champion bought alot of brocks cars and had a museum in yeppoon how many of them where genuine i dont know

[@oldskool6294]

there was a dispute with him and Bathurst council over who had the real car. I think the council car was verified as being real.

[@steviev1422]

...I'm pretty sure that the blood alcohol limit was .08 when it first came in. Some other fact checks seem required. Don't use Brocky cheaply no matter who.

[@suitinaute]

It was .05 in Victoria. I was a kid but can remember it pretty vividly. casr.adelaide.edu.au/T95/paper/s29p1.html#:~:text=Since%20its%20introduction%20in%201976,be%20in%20excess%20of%200.05%25. Think I can recall Brock promoting it too. There was a red winged logo saying 'Stay under 05'. I think that might have been displayed pretty prominently on Brocks car (as stated in the clip).

[@weareleeds987]

Not in Victoria it wasn't. Since the 1970's it has always been .05% as far as I am aware. Before that, I remember blowing in the bag and the crystals turning green, which meant that the car was locked up at the side of the road, and I had to find another way to get home. I was only 300 metres away from home and was allowed to drive the car the next morning after picking up the keys from the local police station. There was no way a copper could tell how high the blood/breath - alcohol percentage was and no conviction was ever recorded. Oh the good old days!!

[@matthewkulakovski]

Why is the vk orange

[@graemestevenson9956]

DayGlo Orange was the colour being applied to the F1 McLarens back in the day, also sporting Marlboro sponsorship.

[@streetguru3054]

Pretty sure Group C started in 1973

[@peterbarber7613]

Who owns the car now

[@graemestevenson9956]

As with Moffat's 1977 Bathurst winning XC, the rolling shells of both these winning cars were donated to the museum.

[@rebeccakenworthy4623]

Hang on, he's incorrect about the 05 being reference to the Blood Alcohol Level allowed when driving... I think he's forgetting that up until the early to mid 80's the legal blood alcohol limit was 0.8!!! I'm calling B.S on that story

[@beagle7622]

You are wrong . In Victoria it was .05. Brock did a lot of Road Safety talks in his early days & adopted the number for cars he drove. I believe other states may have had different limits in those days . I knew a couple of people who did lose their licences . No sympathy even back then.

[@jefftheaussie2225]

.05 in Victoria, Brocky was Victorian after all.

[@terryjackson4538]

.08 in SA. .05 in Vic and NSW. Not sure on other states at the time.

[@stevenleades]

Last of the Australian engines? ummm.....

[@balwa999]

BT1.....

[@farvatron]

Audio was terrible! And we didn't need to know about the .05

[@DoitforBrockbrock]

🇦🇺👍🚀

[@gasgaslex_photos]

The 70s & 80s were the best days of Australian racing.. Not relevant at all in the 2020's

[@proscreens2137]

Stopped watching when the lame Group A came in

[@justaname1862]

Brock only won a race if he had the fastest car...when he didnt...he Lost!

[@peterhoare3219]

Gee. Let's rethink that statement. I was THERE in 1997. 🙂

[@Dave.S.TT600]

Group A Still great racing but we succumbed to Globalism, looking back.

[@mothereartha7]

I was going to watch this but it’s abc, and lm boycotting them because of years of woke nonsense, so l won’t be watching this video.

[@MrFister84]

Cool story.

[@gdawwg1125]

You’re a flog

[@chapo4461]

Wow your loss then ya goose

[@jefftheaussie2225]

I agree with you too but watched anyway. ABC stands for All Bloody Crap but if it’s Brocky it’s a must even if they went for the woke angle sometimes.