This was the right type of race. All groups involved. The glory days of stock car racing long gone. The Conrod was awesome before the kink. All these drivers had balls of steel.

Great see the old circuit. Much preferred the racing back then for so many reasons.

We grew up watching this race. Every year a group of Mum and Dad's friends would get together for a 'chicken and champagne breakfast' at one of our homes and watch the race with a BBQ lunch, lots of beers and kids running around. We had a blast. Love the commentary and the soundtrack....so 1970's!!! Great memories and laughs!

How Bill Brown walked away from that crash is unbelievable….

2:04 that shadow of the cameraman sitting on the bonnet is just insane. thats dedication

Sad to see that AM is in a bad way with dementia. He may have outlived his greatest on-track rival but I think he's getting the rough end of the pineapple. Anyway...thanks for putting this on YT. I watched it back on the day at a friend's home in Eastwood. Tradition had it that every "Hardly Ferocious 500" was watched with friends at one of our homes. Great days.

Ah shorts and white socks. The pit uniform of the 70's.

Real racing, real men, no media hype or bullshit. Pure Magic! Thanks for posting. Paul in NZ

One of the most beautiful racetrack in the world

Love this in colour saw it in b&w when 11 yrs old.

Dead beers hurled onto the hill, screeching cross ply tyres, body roll like the Queen Mary. ❤️ it all!.

1971 was a special year , having the three , Holden , Ford and Chrysler , all running factory backed teams . Fantasic extended original footage .

I remember that roll over clear as day, was getting ready for Sunday school on the Sunday morning and was in shock, black and white television back then, great days.

I think these were the days, so enjoyable when all together and REAL cars

Great times. I own a Bathurst charger. I can't believe they raced on razor blades for tyres.

I've. been a motor racing fan since I was a kid, and this is the first time I have seen this coverage of probably the greatest time in Oz Motor racing. Today most of the cars in this race are worth more then a nice house and some worth the cost of several. 1971 was imo the pinical of Australian motor manufacturing. Thank so much for putting this video on KZfaq.

Thank you for putting this up. I was 3 at this time but dad worked for GMH and I quickly became a Brocky fan. In the early '00s I photographed a lot of the races - particularly the Porsche Cup, the V8 Supercars and the Bathurst 1000 and my press pass gave me full access to the pit areas and the course. One night at about 9:30pm after a big day of race photography, I was packing my camera gear into my car in the empty carpark and I heard footsteps behind me. I turned and it was Brocky making a bee-line towards me. He held out his hand to shake mine and thanked me for my contributions. We had a chat for a while and he dimly recalled meeting dad. This was after a very full day of signing autographs and shaking hands with endless queues of fans. Can't think of many motorsports 'heroes' who would have done that. Not long after that he passed away on that fateful day and we lost a true racing hero and gentleman. This video rekindles a lot of great memories and I thank you for it! Regards, Dave

Thanks heaps mate. That was just plain bloody terrific. V8's, sixes, fours and even rotary engined cars that were able to be bought from the showroom at the time mixing it up together. Apart from the factory teams from Chrysler, Holden and Ford with the Charger, Torana and GTHO I noticed Datsuns, Mazdas, Ford Escorts, Minis and an Alfa Romeo all fighting for class honours. It was several races within the one race. V8 supercars? I think I would rather watch Home and Away repeats instead. Thanks again for posting this gem.

The great Australian dream, Australian cars, Australian culture, Australian way of life... all gone.

The good old days so. Much better than today

When racing cars was racing and exciting and one could not miss a minute, shame it is hardly worth watching anymore!

FORD Australia at its zenith. The world wide "total performance" decree ( from Ford in detroit) was still alive and well in '71. A full factory backed team, wonderful leadership, engineering, and first class drivers. The phase 3 in the hands of Allan George Moffat, were too reliable, and electrifingly fast.

What a time capsule of an epic race and the best track 👏

just AWESOME, GTs, Toranas and Chargers wallowing thru the corners :):):)

Kevin Goldsby...his narration and commentary creates excitement...love that style of voice.

Damn this brings back so many memories for me as a kid I loved watching Moffat Bond, Bartlett and Geoghan etc, my old man used to take me to practice days at Oran park and Warwick farm, we'd jump the fence, run across the track and walk around the pits like we belonged in there, no one ever said anything to us, I loved it of course. he never took me to race days just practice, hated crowds my old man did, we watched the main race on the tele.

I remember watching Bathurst 71, when I was 12 years old ! (and every year since)

What unbelievable incredible day's of real racing. When bathurst was unspoiled with that chase and we here in Australia built great Australian cars remember those days. At least l still own a falcon 351 which is part of this country's history now as are all those car's from those far better day's of racing. What an era....

That's what freedom looked like.

Back then, most of the race cars were road registered. They drove them to the track. stripped off and/or added a few bits and raced them. If they survived the race, they drove them back home. I much preferred the racing back then. They were racing cars that the public could buy of the showroom floor.

I was there. Camped up at Mcphillamy for three days. Brilliant. Wouldn't go near the place now.

When Conrod was straight all the way down, ahh brilliant.

Oh, they were mighty men wrestling what were essentially street saloons around all day. I can remember hurrying back from Church with my brother to plonk ourselves down in front of the tv for the rest of the day to marvel over the Phase 3's. Sounds like Kev Goldsby doing the narration.

It's because these production cars were actually production cars, some with their number plates still attached that soon after when CAMS changed the rules completely that I stopped following the great race and haven't watched it live since. Excellent video that brings back fond memories watching as a 15 yo. 👍

Lucky enough to be there in 71, I'm a Holden person BUT Moffat was a great Competitor.

this is better than the hybrid nascar bs we have now

I remember watching this race that year all day. Wasn't a Moffat fan but loved the Chargers. Always loved the way the cars popped up over that little hill on Conroy straight. From memory that crash of Browns ford actually broke a marshals elbow as he tried to get out of the way.

Mt.Panarama....what a track! What a history at this circuit. Used to watch it from Go to Wo as a nipper.

Great quality video....and what a Great time for australian racing.

These cars didn't have the brake, tire, or suspension technology of today. But see how fast they are anyway. Driver skill was on display every race from all the drivers.

Great !!! Thanks for this.... real racing !!!

This was definitely “the good old days” when it was a real race. Not any more. Racing was indeed racing! Bathurst USED to be an absolute must for me, (and even for my wife)! I went there many times in person, (and certainly in ‘72, ‘73, ‘74, ‘75) and if not, would ALWAYS watch on Tv. Now I often don’t even bother turning the Tv on unless I have absolutely nothing better to do. Yawn!

Wow great upload. . Great to see it in colour .. looks like plenty other good videos on your channel too!

Thems were the days, this is what got me hooked. I really dont remember all these squealing tyres, maybe some dubbing has taken place here. The bloke in the HO in the pits with brake problems! I thought they had no brakes left by this stage and just kept going. This was racing in its purest form, I loved it, I still love it and we wont see the likes of it again.

Real authentic production car racing. Great days!

Ive driven a xy gt ho falcon at 140 mph. It was scary. And ive driven a hsv clubsport at260 kmh and that sat on the road like it was on rails.That is 30 plus years of cars getting better and better

I remember we had the telephone on all day. We as kids would watch the start. Then at lunchtime to see who's winning, then the last few laps.

Gee that was a bad accident with Bill Brown. But the most amazing was to see the Datto roll on Forrest Elbow...the marshals simply righted her and the driver hopped in and continued the race!! Wouldn't happen nowadays. I lament the loss of the true production car style the Bathurst race used to be.

REAL production car racing,some of the cars even registered with number plates!!,very close to what the public could buy

Loved this, nice memories.

Heaps better back then I don't go there anymore

That was hilarious. Casual wear in the pits, spectators helping to lift a rolled car, marshals (one in slacks) o the track ambling beside a wrecked car while the race still runs....and awesome driving and cars. Loved it.

This is incredible footage and it’s great to see.Well done to the person who posted this and I love watching the old footage of the series production cars at Bathurst because there are some great stories in there as well!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is awesome. (The safety aspect has changed slightly these days).

GOD I remember this what an era,

Great show brilliant cars Top video thank you

WoW so happy came accros this i was born in 1971 so glad i watched this and ive been to around 35 Bathurst 1000s 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Brings back a lot of really great memories- cheers and thanks for the upload 👍

I love these old Holden promotional films from the '70s. Very cool.

Thanks for posting that was Gold, was that driver having a smoke on his pit stop!

Thanks for posting this brilliant footage 👍 I remember when me and my mates all looked forward to watching Bathurst we’d watch it all day. I remember after the race I’d jump in my car and go to a back road and drive the car hard and listen to the sound of the V8 thinking I was racing ( I survived) I had a XW GTHO falcon Back in 1971 I wish I still had it 😢 Today I wouldn’t cross the road to watch the bullshit cars they race. Not a single one of my friends have any interest in the fake cars they’ve turned into They’ve totally fucked it up 😡

The Landscape around Murrays Corner is so weirdly different. Its had some huge excavations taken out of the fields

im a holden guy but i love them all.

That was awesome thank you very much for uploading, it brings back fond memories of yesteryear when real cars were racing at Bathurst. The closest we have today is the historic races that are run on Saturday of the Bathurst 1000. It’s a shame that they dubbed the tyre squealing noise in this video, I would much rather have listened to the 351 Cleveland in the GTHO. 😁👍

Awesome year I was born :-)

Cheers mate. My late father used to compete against Harry in the mid 1950s. He and Harry were of the same age. Harry was indeed "the fox" 🦊 Dad was a GMH man who tested the Holdens at Lang Lang and worked at both the Dandenong and Salmon Street plants.

Death defying feats on skinny tyres. 60 entries vs 28 for the race this year...

All that body roll is beautiful

Racing was so freakin' cool back then...stock-based cars on a natural-terrain course. Now it's so sterile and artificial, I don't even watch it anymore.

Moffat's horse power wins his races but that said he still was a great driver.

No matter what we said about Moffitt he could drive a race car what a champion Allan was

Yeah, I think the tyre squeal was added for "excitement and drama". Unfortunately we cannot hear the engines, which I know were much louder than the tyres. For me, 1971 was the greatest year, despite the Chargers not winning the race.

15:26 One of the spectator areas at the Albert Park circuit for the Australian Grand Prix was named after Doug Whiteford. I think he was the first Australian to win the Australian Grand Prix three times. What strikes me about the Bathurst track back then was the lack of run off room if you lose your brakes which was not uncommon - except at Murrays and Hell corner… where the road goes on and on and on.

I introduced Alan to espresso. He couldn't handle it. :)

Anyone of those GTHO's would be worth a small fortune these days

If you look at the shadow of the cameraman at 01:55 and at 02:01 he seems to be perched on top of the car, the good old days

the highlight for me was the gtho rolling along the armco. until i saw them right the datsun 1200 and he drove it off without windows!

All those old Mt Panorama safety features like dental-floss Armco, earth banks and gum trees, just in case you missed the other two. I think that the cars go faster now-days because they aren't carrying around drivers with giant testicles!

When Bathurst was a race

Wow this upload is gold!!

Old racing and old female golf games, don't know why but I love it!

Talk about drive by the seat-of-ya-pants. Them's were the days!!

that suspension roll

A time in which compared to what races at Bathurst in 2023, I rather watch the grass grow. Nothing can convince me that Supercars is better than this. The grand old days of variety of cars, classes and outright winning drivers.

thanks

A cold can of Coca-Cola, a tank full of BP petrol, a GTHO, Bathurst and Allan Moffit behind the wheel. Sad to get old and put up with rubbish.

When all cars raced not just the sooks in a v8 . Well worth watching back then but now I only watch the first few laps and the last 5

What a great time all Australian made cars , now fifty years later we have nothing to show shame.

This was on black & white tv back then, Australia didnt have colour tv till 1975.

Awesome, go Allan

Plenty of run off areas back in them days, into space.

Ah, when men were men and sheep were frightened !

Race Sunday sell Monday not any more

Thanks Stomp!

I can't believe the Datsun was allowed to keep racing! 😂

the days, when there were no guard rails, worked on your car in the paddock, and painted them with a paintbrush with a few beers over the weekend...

One minute in and I'm just realising what sort of particular chap Allan Moffat is! (nearly tricked me... I wasn't sure if it was Alan or Allen... never too old to learn a new one...Allan!)

8:07 Bill Brown testing fate ... 13:04 few laps later big crash same spot. How lucky were the flaggies on the fence. These cars had rear seats, I wonder if there was anyone game enough to sit in the back? It is good quality up load and in color, thanks.

No fences on Conrod. Just trees

Hard to truly appreciate that these cars are pretty much ‘stock’ and that weren’t much slower to today’s specialist race cars including power, suspension, brakes, tyres, etc!