1968 HARDIE-FERODO 500

[@robertcameron2808]

Was lucky to be at Bathurst saw the great 👍 win and bought a gts 327 .

[@cqwt6103]

Fantastic. No powder puffs there in their ice suits and run offs and a Conrod straight with a bend in it. Brings a tear to the eye.

[@jasonjason5184]

Real Bathurst, up to and including 1972! Factory spec cars on the track :)

[@denisthemenace.]

11 minutes quicker than the previous record over 800 k's! Shows the great strides taken in performance. They would be very happy with 30 secs over 1000 k's now.

[@jamescarney6894]

The 1968 Monaro.... what a dream machine ~ especially a red one with shiny mags and big fat tires.

[@0011clem]

Body roll , steering boxes , drum brakes etc . ahh the good old days .

[@mikldude9376]

And the good old days when you could repair them in driveway .

[@Rob-fc9wg]

140 mph with steering, brakes and suspension straight off an 1850s Cobb & co mail coach. That's balls out racing!

[@Eric-kn4yn]

​@@Rob-fc9wg128•5mph fastest speed a monaro

[@Rob-fc9wg]

@@Eric-kn4yn Thank you Mr Pedantic.

[@flamingfrancis]

@@mikldude9376 They could only be worked on with tools that came with the showroom car

[@idak12]

GREAT STUFF WHEN CARS WERE REAL AND DRIVERS WERE PERSONALITIES

[@maifantasia3650]

Even the tracks and the cars had personalities.

[@partymanau]

Yep, sure miss the great race. It is boring as bat shit now.

[@0011clem]

Except Jim Richards who is a straight out prick.

[@idak12]

@@0011clem why do you say that

[@0011clem]

@@idak12 His attitude to the crowd , and his fans and just him in general. a prick.

[@critchley3819]

Ford Australia was seriously contemplating running a 390 FE engine for the XT GT, after realizing the handling from the weight was not for Bathurst they had to resort back to the Windsor 302...

[@partymanau]

JHC u would never fit an FE into an XT would u?

[@kingcosworth2643]

@@partymanau Plenty of Big Falcon's where built up by modifiers.

[@andrewphillips4897]

My friend had one. It was a 289 ci.

[@AsinineComment]

I've always liked that an HK Holden Kingswood sedan was entered in the this particular race. 1:10 I _think_ it even won its class, but I don't know how many other vehicles were actually in that class. 😬 (Class C?)

[@OlBlueshound]

Lol DAM it's a hard test for those poor old 68's cars, it's basically hub caps off, numbered up & thrashed senseless until it either wins or breaks. XT's seemed to handle "a little" better than the Monaro's but only a little. I see the old VE? Valiant mixing it up with the pack, wonder how it went? Good footage to watch thanks for posting it.

[@AsinineComment]

Chrysler Valiants entered were usually the Pacer 4dr sedan. However, 2 yrs prior to the Monaro's ground breaking win, Chrysler V8s were being punted up, down and around the mountain. In '66, two separate factory-backed teams brought the VC Valiant sedan to Mt Panorama. - and with Chrysler's Torqueflite auto trans.

[@andrewphillips4897]

I watched this race.

[@mcd3379]

Great stuff!

[@gjmob]

At 0:15 Who was the bright spark at Alfa that put the air cleaner above the exhaust and not picking up cool fresh air. I guess it was meant for cold climate rallies and not endurance circuit racing.

[@andrew_koala2974]

That'a what happens when one is on a diet of Alfalfa a 'European' leguminous forage plant with trifoliate leaves

[@justanotherrandomperson1359]

They did that on classic minis as well

[@denisthemenace.]

Motor sport at its best

[@nevilleabbott2330]

Honestly, I think you would require more skill to throw these old cars around the track then of the computer controlled hi tech super cars of today

[@jamesstarkey5276]

The old shit box cars, way better entertaining than today cars

[@chrisschneiders6734]

Yes, all bad handling big cars, big balls were needed.

[@robertdercole8201]

I wonder how the results would have panned out for the alfas if the holdens and fords didn't have their custom built rear axles with the gentlemans agreement between Holden and ford to say nothing.

[@wadem4503]

'HARDIBESTOS' - at 3:07

[@Rob-fx2dw]

That's interesting - Those brake pads with dust everyone was potentially breathing.

[@Roid508]

I am not responsible for your mesothelioma. Signed CEO James Hardie.

[@Rossi-wu1ks]

Poor old Barry, 1 lap.

[@andrewphillips4897]

The Monaro had a Chevrolet 327 Ci.

[@andrewphillips4897]

The HQ had the 327 cui. The HZ had the 350 cui.

[@WalrusRiderEntertainment]

@@andrewphillips4897 the 1968 Monaro is a HK

[@allansunderland6944]

@@andrewphillips4897 nah mate, the 327 was ONLY ever fitted to HK Monaro GTS 327 !!! and only ever offered as a heavy duty 4 speed manual ( Saginaw gearbox), no auto option. HT Monaro got the 350, as did HG, but only in Monaro GTS, no 350s in any other variants, such as Brougham, Premier, Kingswood, or commercial range. HZ never had a 350, as the last one was an option in 1974 HQ. HZ could have a Holden 308 in manual or auto. By 1970, the USA was producing lower compression 350s to meet smog requirements, so horsepower dropped, and Holden's high compression 308 almost matched the low comp Chev 350's output. The writing was on the wall, no more 350s!!

[@blumie006]

Holden breed on the mountain

[@stevesalkas533]

Hk what a beast they are if today 80k for a mild one in this seen you could buy one for 3500

[@mikldude9376]

Yes , they drove pretty nice , the old falcons where alright too , i miss the old cars , did quite a few highway miles in a v8 hk and xr 289 , liked em both ....... except for the brakes :) .

[@timdingleakajacksparrow2748]

Another great win for Holden Australia’s Only True Home made car ;; 👌👍👍⁉️⁉️🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@ldnwholesale8552]

With an imported engine gearbox and diff. That describes the Fords as well.

[@bruceraymond8611]

I think the Hq was the first fully Aussie holden. I bought one in 1973. I didn't know at the time. Too young.

[@andrewphillips4897]

The Ford XT GT was 289 Ci. The Windsor was 351. Ford went to the Cleveland 351. I had an XW HO in 1971.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

XT GT, 230hp 302. And a potentially winning car. Freddy has moaned about getting a stone through the rad that was the cars demise

[@justdoesntaddup8620]

@@ldnwholesale8552 These days the steering wheel on the XR - XT GT is worth more than the original GT price. Heartbreaking to realise how many of these few manufactured cars went to wreckers, scraped before they started to go up in value around the mid 1980’s

[@chrish4469]

No, The XTGT was a 302 Windsor, The XRGT had the 289, Both the 289/302 and the 351 were Windsors, But the 289/302 were a different block than the 351 Windsor. The Phase 1 HO had a 351 Windsor, And changed over to the Cleveland for the phase II in 1970

[@andrewphillips4897]

@@chrish4469 I made a mistake. My XW HO had the later engine which was a Cleveland. This was fifty two years ago. I am now seventy nine.

[@justdoesntaddup8620]

@@chrish4469 Was it a different block for 351 Windsor ? or just different crankshaft and con rods like the 351 Cleveland?

[@glendooer6211]

Now same cars different badges//

[@reverseuniverse2559]

How good are Ford 😂

[@flamingfrancis]

Think I heard that the Monaros finished in top three places here so the answer to your question is..........not bloody good enough.