Ask him if he has any photos or videotape of these types of races, If so, message the super100mph website here!

" big fords ?" they were racing cortinas

scotty3da Pretty sure it's Ken Sparks kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fqyUjLeZzbiVeZs.html

Not always for the better...

L34 had rollers homolgated though not a full alloy rocker like that

Moffat used roller rockers (illegally) in an atcc round in 1978 to embarrass cams . In the early rounds he blew the engines up .He hated the imbalance so much that he stayed away from the homologation process . Cams refused to help the Falcons with sumps like they had the Torana . In 1975 cams refused to give numbers to Ford to homologate a Goss spec Falcon . There are many more issues which is why Ford pulled support from racing .

@@BruceLee-sw4ms Alan has said that Brocky had oil pressure accelerting away for slow corners and the Ford had air! Quite simply the Ford pan was designed arse about. And the Falcon engine bay/ crossmember would not allow a rear pan well. The winged pans were used on XC? They were originally a ph4 part. Far from ideal but better. And the Yanks had made pans that worked on TransAm with trap doors and baffles. Same engines same standard pan. Though come Commondore, they too had front well pans. Dry sumping simply made the cars reliable, you do not race with one eye on the oil guage. Ford wanted the rules changed to suit them,, Holden homolgated roller tip rockers on the L34. Which had a rear well pan. And still exploded regularly. The Plastic Fantastic! As for the roller rockers on the Fords with carefull engine building they were reliable enough. Though 1.72 ratio made then more vulnerable. BUT Ford could have homolgated them earlier. They were readliy available in the aftermarket.

LDN Wholesale Ford in 1975 tried to homologate a new XB evolution that John Goss listed and amazingly Ford agreed - Cams however would not give Ford an answer on car numbers and delayed so long they ran out of time so the program was quashed . The Specs included roller rockers and a vast array of improvements for speed / power and reliability. No wonder cams didn’t let Ford build it.

@@BruceLee-sw4ms Whatever they did the Clevo anchor was still an accident waiting too happen. Especially when you are trying to open the valve 600 thou with a tin rocker,, even a roller throws a LOT of load into the stud. And bolt ons [ala y/t] simply break the 5/16 bolts. Or the now current Crane deal with a 5/16 bolt that becomes 7/16 and uses a 7/16 rocker. 6 grand and max about 520 lift and they still break The Holdens were little better, the roller tip rocker was still a bolt on bridge, again 5/16. And they break!!! And yes I do know about the Ford weaknesses as I Sprint and hillclimb an XE with a Clevo. Perfectly good pre 27A engine for the road but fragile for motorsport as well as HEAVY! As were those XBs. Post 27A a big thirsty gunker that does not go. After playing with Chevs there will never be a comparison. And they had plenty of problems as well. The Ford is better cast and machined but is a heavy poorly oiled and cooled lump with a front well pan. That far too often has the floor pushed up as they are very vulnerable. That means lousy oil pressure and running a main or rod bearing. Been there and done several of those as roadcars.

A lot of people didn't particularly like Moffatt , but make no mistake , he was the real deal . Would have been a Front-Runner in Holdens as well .

That was 74/75. They were LH L34’s.

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to see the whole telecast would be awesome, not sure anyone would have it on vhs as im pretty sure the public didnt have vcrs until the late 70s, but maybe some specialist mightve had the ability to record it from tv, who knows

@@johngoogle8635 it was 1980 the first vhs recorder was available in australia I just googled it and in America it was 1977 yes I highly doubt anybody has it which is sad as those l34 toranas were miles ahead of the Ford's it I'd pay good money to get the opportunity to watch the full race unfortunately I think it's gone forever now😔😔😔😔😔

@@markperkins8858 i reckon i can remember watching it on tv, a few weeks before my 5th birthday, what sticks in my mind was being excited that forbes was winning at one stage coz my favorite number was number 4, i was sitting on the floor watching on a little b&w tv in my parent's bedroom, also remember the rain and all the spray

Are you serious when did that happen may I ask and did they salvage anything and which hdt place was it Harry's or brockys which ever one it was it's still fucked and very sad that's motorsport history lost😢😢😢😢😢

Perhaps one reason is by that time Ford Australia switched to using the Cleveland V8 which was wider than the Windsor and impractical to fit in the Cortina and Capri. I've seen Windsors fitted to both, and even Escorts in the 70's by enthusiasts. Chrysler also should've considered a run of aluminum block 340's and fitted them to the Chargers and Centura's. What might have been?

@@erroneouscode Holden were always the media's favorite. Always given the lime light. My guess is regulations were made to stop Ford. However, as I suggested, a specifically constructed and developed small body car could have been produced to take the 8 whether Windsor or the Cleveland. Hell, Torana was too small until they changed the body shape. Then again, I think Ford just gave up on Australian motor sport altogether, probably too big a battle with homologation. Ford were never going to win that battle. And yes, Chrysler V8 in Centura would have been interesting.

@@crustydownunder Capri had v8s

@@crustydownunder early days it was all ford good old Moffat, till brocky he was a rockstar of racing people where installing drawn to him

He was a huge tea drinker at the time, but it does look a bit messy for a cuppa tea.

@@gilesflower Tea is a diuretic. Milo is not. Urination is a big concern in endurance races, take it from me.

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