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Bathurst 1964, when safety was not thought of -

They certainly were the days.

Looks like the only mods for racing is the removal of the hubcaps and tape over the headlights, and look how many are registered, otherwise it is what was driven on the road.

But look at the track, wooden fences, trees and power poles on the edge of the road and patch work bitumen.

A Triumph on pole, mixing it with Ford Cortinas and EH Holdens. I think it was called the Armstrong 500 in those days.

Its a long time since a Hillman Imp raced at Bathurst.

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great pics   went up to the MOTORCYCLE TT races at easter 

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Thats when make versed make, not any more. Proves nothing now about the make of car.



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Back in the days when they raced real cars, not super modified thoroughbreds as today. As JC stated "make against make". Mate back then had a Hillman Imp GT that we hooned around the track. Got me beat how the race drivers could corner at the speeds they were doing. We couldn't even come close.

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Great shot of Ron Hodgson's GT Cortina thru the dipper and Warren Weldons Holden EH S4....ah they were indeed the days. Drive 'em there race "em and drive 'em home!!

Thanks for the memories.

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Bathurst is special no matter what they race up there..
It's more about the teams and drivers these days..
1964 was way before hybrid factory cars which forced them to go Cotf design ..
We where up there again this year..

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I was Born in 1964 smile

Excellent Pics... thankyou

 

me and the mrs were up at Bathurst .. 2010 smile

 



-- Edited by Blue on Wednesday 22nd of October 2014 10:06:18 PM

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Only done the Esses Hillclimb there , that was fast enough , I think I still have the record there for U2ltr Sports Sedans . Driven the camper around the track , And towed my mates camper up mountain straight .

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Gday...

Those days were the best ... so different these days. cry

This video is of a XY GTHO Falcon at Bathurst - turn the sound right up and sit back and enjoy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLPTjE1GZk

Cheers - John



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Wonderful place !

I used to Flag Marshall there from 1965 to 1969, then went overseas for nearly three years - the whole system had changed when I got back home - I met a girl (my wife of 40 years) and that ended my active motor sport days ! Great memories ! To see George Garth fling his Lotus Cortina through The Dipper on two wheels nearly every lap was a memory forever held !!!



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Imagine that... Beetles flying around Bathurst hehe. You can't even buy the cars that race today. Great to see those pics again. Thanks for posting.

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rockylizard wrote:

Gday...

Those days were the best ... so different these days. cry

This video is of a XY GTHO Falcon at Bathurst - turn the sound right up and sit back and enjoy,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLPTjE1GZk

Cheers - John

wow.. thanks for that rocky...

I used to have an ole ZC Fairlane with Shaker.. 351C ... go like buggery... !!  



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Those were the days when Bathurst was at its most enjoyable. A true reflection of 'What raced on Sunday sold on Monday'. Not the crap they have these days.
Larry

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these days its just another v8 car race you see any Saturday on TV.
as soon as officialdom get there hands on things they stuff it up big time .
bring back the real Bathurst 500

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To make it worse, next year all races except the Endurance series are going to Foxtel.  On free tv you will get a replay at probably midnight.



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I think the first year I went was 1966, Loved it and kept going back for 11 years straight. I wish they would bring back production car racing as at least you could buy it at the dealer. We were walking around the car park one trip and a fellow in a mini had a very rough idle like it had a 3/4 race cam in it.

I casually said to him to push his choke in, Boy did he get upset. We all took it very seriously. In them days I was a Holden man.

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Ah they had production car racing.. Remember it took over from group A ?
Then went broke.. That's why the V8's don't race over the long weekend..
Btw there is a 12 hour production race .. From memory the Mitsi Evo won it?

edit NA Ferrari..  

http://www.bathurst12hour.com.au



-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Friday 24th of October 2014 09:50:50 AM



-- Edited by Aus-Kiwi on Friday 24th of October 2014 09:51:53 AM

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Awesome photography, great action pictures, nice remembering most of those cars, and the men sure weren't woozies back then, when the man was a man.....Kisha 



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