1979 Repco Reliability Trial

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The 1979 Repco Reliability Trial held in Australia was designed to test both vehicles and drivers over 14 days and nearly 20,000km. It attracted the best drivers locally as well as international drivers.
Map of 1979 route - www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/emb...

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@VincentNajger1 18 күн бұрын

I really miss this Australia. It's the Australia I grew up in. Born Mt Isa mid 70s...first 4 years in Karumba and then Cairns and all over the Great Barrier Reef.... I couldn't have asked for a more awesome childhood.

@BradGryphonn 16 күн бұрын

I was lucky enough to spend most of my early years travelling with parents around outback Australia following dad's work. I am still a wanderer.

@jimcockburn4652 10 күн бұрын

Don't we who are old enough to remember this era and back to the fifties have seen so mush change, rural power and black top roads are good for outback people but have impact on outback culture.

@returnofthenative 3 күн бұрын

Me too, miss it sorely. 70 now, retired desert truckie WA, & btw, I knew Isa in the 70s. & the snake pit at Boyd's.

@ronanrogers4127 27 күн бұрын

Drew Morphett narrated, I knew it the second I heard his distinctive voice…RIP you legend

@gusman8195 8 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to speak to Peter brock at the check point at port Hedland WA . I will never forget it or him he was and still is my racing car hero, RIP .

@ray.shoesmith 29 күн бұрын

I was 10 when this was going on and remember it clearly. It was in the paper every day. Repco got more mileage out of that trial than any advertising campaign they could have ever conceived.

@blackdoublezero 27 күн бұрын

smokin, drinkin & BBQ'in

@Phil-ww1dv 3 ай бұрын

What a beautiful country Australia is.

@Van_Der_Lay_Industries 3 күн бұрын

I picked up a copy of the results of this race in an op shop. It was released just after the rally was finished and includes results for every stage. All hand typed too!

@southerndiy1 2 ай бұрын

Love the opening shot and sound of the 202 with triple SUs 🔥

@KenOath1234 Ай бұрын

takes me back to the GTRXu1 days

@duncanyourmate2433 26 күн бұрын

Many forget , thanks for memories , and that two great Peugeot pilots , gave their All , RIP ,

@davidwelch6796 Ай бұрын

A brilliant film of an incredibly tough event. I take my hat off to all the driving crews, service crews, admin staff and, not least, the film crews.

@gemcruiser6082 Ай бұрын

I was living in Coober Pedy for both the 1977 London to Sydney and this 1979 Repco Reliability. It was great watching all that machinery being pushed near their limits. I also found it interesting in this video that the Stanza was still snapping it's axle tube just to the right of the differential. We had towed two out of four pre-release test vehicles with the same failure

@grahamwallis5771 27 күн бұрын

The Stanza had an A9X diff and axle assembly.

@davidholder3207 29 күн бұрын

The wife and I with our 4 kids where at the Melbourne showgrounds to see the start. We then drove to watch the first competitive forest stage. I competed against Geoff Portman in rallies whilst a member of Melton Motor Sport Club. Wonderfull days.

@wheezymate5922 24 күн бұрын

My Grandpa was in Car 103. Dr Jim Caudle

@bunky8077 25 күн бұрын

Now people seem to think they need a 4WD to take their kids to school...

@125daxJ 7 күн бұрын

Station wagons and saloons, grew up in them. Never perfect but convenient and efficient.

@peternagel-er7ly 26 күн бұрын

I remember the Holdens overtaking me on the federal highway at Lake George. Bumper to bumper traffic. They flew past on blind corners. The funniest part was the support cars. Two Sandman wagons right up their arse going just as hard.

@Sheeny127 22 күн бұрын

Heading towards Goulburn or Canberra? Either way that’s spectacular

@peternagel-er7ly 20 күн бұрын

@@Sheeny127 On their way to Canberra. It was of course the old road and from memory the lake was so full that spray from wind driven waves was adding to the atmosphere.

@brianlove8413 Ай бұрын

It is a pity that they didn't at least show all of the vehicles at some stage. I crewed for an FJ Holden 207 entry, Jim Reinders and John Lewis from Dandenong, we were in a Mk2 Escort PV loaded to the hilt, flogged the poor little thing around to keep up! Certainly an experience, all those years ago!

@ldnwholesale8552 8 ай бұрын

The Ovlovs are about the same size as a Commodore with far less power!! Fairly tough cars though. Cortinas a little smaller and a little less tough. I spent over 24 hours on the Adelaide control, that after rallycrossing on the Sunday! Teams varied. Ford, HDT, even the Portman crew had a big cast who whipped the crews off to a bed. Others, Larry Perkins in his VW especially laid the seats back and went to sleep in the car. And Larry still has that car recently renovated at Cowangie! HDT were the best organised with all sorts of 'consumeables' at every major stop. Shocks, springs, gearboxes, diffs, brakes were replaced. And their service vehicles carried all of these parts as well. The engines were in effect 202 XU1 engines Bondys Cortinas suffered from a lack of prep, reputedly a rush to build the cars. And the Cortinas were not as strong a car to start with. Though not terrible either. It seems they were a somewhat more standard car. Stones on the road?? Stonies cartoon summed it up that they had GMH part numbers!

@jerryweirdspeed8943 4 ай бұрын

Wait a minute? Are you saying there was cheating in motorsports? How could they! Nah, seriously. Thank you for the insights :D

@Lizardking.420 2 ай бұрын

Been looking for this for so long thank you ❤❤

@FelixRigg 2 ай бұрын

Really fascinating. Thanks for posting.

@svenmartin840 10 ай бұрын

I remember watching this on television. When I was on vacation in Australia in 1979 it was fantastic. I wonder if they still do it today. It would be interesting if they did

@ldnwholesale8552 8 ай бұрын

They will never do another like that one. Speeds were high and so was exhaustion for both cars and crews. More so smaller teams who had to do most of the work them selves. There was one in 95 but a far calmer event where the teams actually got some sleep. Won by Ed Ordinski again in a Commodore. One in 98 won by Bruce Garland in a Holden Jackaroo.

@todaywefly4370 27 күн бұрын

I was just finishing my apprenticeship with the Ford dealer in Mount Isa during this and got to work on one of the Cortinas. We replaced the engine and it was disqualified.

@ranter7100 26 күн бұрын

I feel Repco has gone backwards bigtime If I was in that race today I'd have never started because Repco are incapable of providing the correct peace of kit.

@jerryweirdspeed8943 4 ай бұрын

Helmets are for track racers! Back then. :D

@nzsaltflatsracer8054 29 күн бұрын

Wearing T-shirt & stubbies racing in cars without all safety shit. Now I have a seven point harness in a form fitting seat, arm restraints, leg restraints, SFI-20 fire suit, HANS device, head sock & a helmet the size of a pumpkin!

@BIGSMOKE-bl2lq 5 күн бұрын

Less likely to die if you crash

@fingerprint5511 4 ай бұрын

When Australians didn't sound like Yanks.

@crystalzues4712 16 күн бұрын

Back when Repco was a good company.

@rjl110919581 22 күн бұрын

GREAT VIDEO TO WATCH AS STILL NO CHANCE TO AUSTRALIA ROADS FROM 1979 TO 2024 ARE HARD TO DRIVING TODAY

@timmy74712345 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Paisly17 2 ай бұрын

Narrated by the late Drew Morphett 😢

@alistairmills7608 2 ай бұрын

I remember when this came through Melbourne the Final Leg. I was there.

@maggotiser 20 күн бұрын

Remember it clearly , worked at United motors at the time . Had a VB with a 202 XU1 and WW Stromberg on it for ease of tune . Was in the pit crew for the Adelaide stage . We serviced it in the bush around Blanchetown and the Barrossa . Usual front struts , reinforced with a bit of of angle iron welded in to stop them bending . Middle of the night all piled in some support vehicle .Finally failed - interstate ,wrong plugs fitted at a GMH dealer !

@trevorp6951 18 күн бұрын

Good old Aussie angle iron. After learning to fly looking at a affordable aircraft I could buy ,found a nice craft,but weak suspension.Aussie solution, Angle iron. Became a mod .🍺

@1tufhk 26 күн бұрын

I done this in real life with my Vk turbo Ls commodore. We entred a charity rally full send. The most powerful charity bash ever built.

@richard63 Ай бұрын

Why would you be surprised the GM teams won? They had spare parts shipped in with a team of mechanics.

@bradwilliams1691 28 күн бұрын

They had more than that - this was a complete set up for Holden. In the factory block where I worked there was a sign writer who had the contract for all Marlboro advertising in Australia. In the months leading up to this event, Larry & Dennis' workshop had at least 50-60 commodores through being painted in marlboro livery, they told me straight out that the Holden dealer team were sending out three brand new cars every day. Rigged from the get go.

@craig3916 22 күн бұрын

@@bradwilliams1691 utter rubbish. even today the logistics alone of that stupidity would be impossibile, 45 years ago - not happerning mate. wrap your fingers back round the stubby cooler ..

@trackdusty 21 күн бұрын

@@craig3916 Hahaha. Yes, he's dreamin'.

@logsie3918 16 күн бұрын

That is what my dad said Holden was rebuilding this car at different stages of the race and and full support crews following along whoch gave them an unfair advantage

@returnofthenative 3 күн бұрын

I like Olden, him my favourite.

@seanduffield2971 25 күн бұрын

Wow, Prince Leonard!!!!

@lesklower7281 13 күн бұрын

That was good enjoyed this video and been a Toyota an excellent finish for the Toyota Celica and also the winner Peter Brock

@logsie3918 16 күн бұрын

My dad was in the race as a navigator for his team that completed the race in a celica

@markhernandez8623 24 күн бұрын

Small and Mid-sized sedans traversing rural Australia??? How has it come to be, that everyone now needs a fully equipped SUV to navigate suburban shopping car park?

@trackdusty 21 күн бұрын

Gone soft.

@person.X. 20 күн бұрын

Marketing and innate pretentiousness.

@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13 20 күн бұрын

This should be redone in today's world... But no race prepped cars, it's gotta be available from the factory to the showroom.

@ladanivadriver1578 17 күн бұрын

I'd watch that 👍

@alistairmills7608 2 ай бұрын

Was that How many tires have you done Answer 30 or 50 or something. (Meaning theyd had between 20 and 50 flat tyres in tge Citroen ?

@robertwallace7315 8 ай бұрын

Would like to drive in this race, all the way around the island of Australia

@ranjitsian5481 5 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@BuiltToRace_com Жыл бұрын

Exhaustion Trial actually

@060racing8 Жыл бұрын

20:54 Falcon jumps the start

@VineV-Dutch 18 күн бұрын

... And then, there was the Dakar since 1979. A race in which you can possibly die. As some legends did. Don't remember this Reece being that hardcore and drivers dedicated to the cause.

@joereedsmith1531 25 күн бұрын

All day I see 200k 4WDS driving past with those stupid plastic rescue boards that never get used. They should watch this video.

@rezablade1375 20 күн бұрын

Awesome

@chrisnewman7281 3 күн бұрын

Back when Australia was a the worlds best kept secret

@frankyork5808 4 күн бұрын

The only time to judge any car is in its era. Or against cars from its era. To try and find the best M5 of the last 30 years will be challenging and subjective.

@flickdatbean 27 күн бұрын

Go Stanza! The winner by far

@VincentNajger1 18 күн бұрын

So few overweight people!

@saxongreen78 27 күн бұрын

Rather than going to all the expense of rigging the event with a bunch of Commodore clones, why didn't they just borrow that old EH ute from ABCtv's _The Outsiders -_ that thing got the guts flogged out of it and never quit! 😆

@davidporeilly1 Ай бұрын

Not many countries where you can drive 20,000 km around.

@ronanrogers4127 27 күн бұрын

True. It’s incredible to think Russia’s perimeter is 58,000 km. I’ve been to Siberia…you wouldn’t want to drive around Russia, most of it is impassable

@Dallas-Nyberg 5 күн бұрын

Yep... those were the days.... no EV's, Hybrids or Internet navigation...it was simply a matter of "No guts, no glory".... back when cars were made to last.

@stephenmoutafis5587 27 күн бұрын

I have a question. How much manpower extra tools equipment spares.backup cars did it take to gift peter brock and holden the event .how far from stock..The xu1 bathurst prep motor put out 190 hp plus at the rear wheels

@weppanx 27 күн бұрын

In the only shot of the under bonnet of the Commodore ,IT looked like 2 Carby's.. Two big FO sized air filters. But they were all able to buy or cheat what they wanted. Brock got busted or that later on.

@garycook8220 21 күн бұрын

They were able to do a lot. I saw the Rx7 in prep. Totally seam welded

@klano8443 Ай бұрын

Holden where replacing whole back axles and complete suspension that's not reliability , i bet holden where flogging how reliable they where what crap.

@bradwilliams1691 28 күн бұрын

This was a complete set up for Holden. In the factory block where I worked there was a sign writer who had the contract for all Marlboro advertising in Australia. In the months leading up to this event, Larry & Dennis' workshop had at least 50-60 commodores through being painted in marlboro livery, they told me straight out that the Holden dealer team were sending out three brand new cars every day. Rigged from the get go.

@ronanrogers4127 27 күн бұрын

do you mean were instead of where?

@klano8443 27 күн бұрын

@@ronanrogers4127 were

@saxongreen78 27 күн бұрын

...yep, no quarter was given to the otherwise solid 1958 Morris Major - it was instantly labeled "unreliable" for that very reason. If you experience ANY major mechanical failure, that should be a wrap.

@turbolife5912 26 күн бұрын

You guys wouldn't be Ford guys by any chance Just saying

@fastinradfordable 8 күн бұрын

If they took away GPS Do you think any of the racers today could make it round?

@anthonyjohnson100 9 күн бұрын

I was born in December of 1979 and I was reincarnated from a racer. Maybe this was the race that killed him who is now me.

@BradCollier-zn2uc Ай бұрын

Miss u Peter. What a tough rally

@Jason-gj1pu 23 күн бұрын

Repco and reliability 😅 not any more all from G.U.D in China now.

@bradwilliams1691 28 күн бұрын

@greggreen1025 27 күн бұрын

Yeah right and the moon landinga were faked in that same workshop.

@355sle 26 күн бұрын

What a load of BS mate, how would they have smuggled new cars in every day with all the press coverage, helicopters & not to mention the other competitors , locals ect. Even under the cloak of darkness it could never of logically happened.

@neilringram 26 күн бұрын

Plus they were scrutinised every day. They had to have the same chassis and engine block number otherwise they would be disqualified

@bradwilliams1691 26 күн бұрын

@@neilringram Neither yourself or 355sle have any idea as to the power Holden had over the motorsports authorities. Whatever HDT wanted - they got! Neither CAMS or V-8 supercars would ever allow Ford - or any other manufacturer - to dominate motorsports in Australia. End of thread.

@355sle 24 күн бұрын

@@bradwilliams1691 Are you implying they liked , Football , Meatpies , Kangaroos & Holden Cars ? Or do you just wear tin foil hats ?

@jimcockburn4652 10 күн бұрын

For any people who live on properties close to a rally route or on the rally route to charge to pull a car out of a bog is not a common thing. The opposite has been my experience.

@daviddwight5745 3 күн бұрын

These days you’d have run out of de-merits before Adelaide 😢

@anthonycavalliotis8736 19 күн бұрын

People looked different then.

@martywright1829 9 күн бұрын

How’s the crash helmets back then looks like a work site safety helmet if anyone had one on to begin with

@andrewnorgrove6487 Күн бұрын

The things peter brock did to win !!!

@alch3myau 26 күн бұрын

Noice.

@user-eo4bw6ij4e 29 күн бұрын

@bradwilliams1691 28 күн бұрын

@todaywefly4370 27 күн бұрын

@@bradwilliams1691. Ford wasn’t much better. I got to work on one of those Cortinas and it was in no way a standard TE. And they still only managed to get the one home.

@bradwilliams1691 27 күн бұрын

@@todaywefly4370 Being a blue oval guy, I'll be the first to admit that running with the Cortina was not a very sound choice.

@todaywefly4370 26 күн бұрын

@@bradwilliams1691 yep. That front end just wasn’t up to it. That engine I took out had an alloy head 2 years before the Falcon got it and the rear axle was a 9” on leafs. Not exactly a Cortina hey.

@Phil-ww1dv 3 ай бұрын

Blimey.

@derekmorwood5583 26 күн бұрын

Um that wasn't a Porsche 914, it was a 911.

@h-j.k.8971 22 күн бұрын

Not a 912?

@Scalihoo 4 күн бұрын

@@h-j.k.8971 looked like the 912 4 cyl. yup..

@maakamakana7007 6 күн бұрын

no crash helmuts and roll cages in them days

@jefftheaussie2225 23 сағат бұрын

Didn’t you see the roll bar?

@jfv65 28 күн бұрын

Nice euro cars: Citroen CX, Peugeot 504, Volvo 242GT, Porsche 911 and 924, Ford Cortina (aka Taunus) That RX7 is not really an ideal rally car.

@dalewarriorofthesea3998 19 күн бұрын

Grandma's Axe It's only had 5 handles an 2 heads

@matchismo 19 сағат бұрын

Is it cool to swear here?

@mht525 27 күн бұрын

What no helmets......

@davidneale5821 Ай бұрын

When manufacturers get 8nto motor sports, it ruins it for me.

@stephenmoutafis5587 27 күн бұрын

It was all about the manufacturer

@1knightinbangkok946 Ай бұрын

The good old days when there was no racial garbage acknowledging traditional owners etc...

@picnz1 28 күн бұрын

I'm guessing you lost hrs of sleep conjuring up a comment like that!

@ronanrogers4127 27 күн бұрын

@@picnz1I’m of indigenous descent, Nyungar tribe near Perth, and I can’t stand all that crap too, no one in my family can…get the government to focus on really closing the gap, that’ll do me

@trackdusty 21 күн бұрын

@@ronanrogers4127 Better still, get the Abors. to try to do it themselves.

@peternagel-er7ly 20 күн бұрын

@@ronanrogers4127 Nice to hear a voice of reason. I often wonder what the ‘gap’ really represents. I was involved in a mining project in the Tennant Creek area. The mining company wanted to inject some value into the local community. Build some things that would really help. The local land council said to me, and I quote: “no mate just give us the cash and my mob will sort it”. The project went elsewhere.

@chrisbennett1045 13 күн бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍too true. Well done

@istp1967 15 күн бұрын

Those cars would crap allover any modern SUV!!

@Muddicker 21 күн бұрын

No helmets laugh out load

@harryshaw3760 29 күн бұрын

Any penalty for a crook hair cut ?

@watsisbuttndo829 27 күн бұрын

No, it was compulsory.

@GrahamH-zm3uq 13 күн бұрын

Fuel shortages thank god the politicians sorted that out and constructed massive fuel bunkers under ground all over Australia so fuel will always be available an at a reasonable cost for future generations GOD BLESS THEM

@billmago7991 5 ай бұрын

See, all you need to travel around Australia is an old Commodore

@russell62790 3 ай бұрын

Yes, I see says the blind man.

@JC-zg4xe 23 күн бұрын

Dont forget the full pit crew, 2 backup vans with spare parts and another whole Commodore lol

@jefftheaussie2225 23 сағат бұрын

@@JC-zg4xeI spose they were HZ vans, they were a lot tougher than the Commodores and carrying a lot more weight too and they had to keep up. Why would anyone criticise Holden for taking it seriously.

@DarrenBoxhall 14 күн бұрын

Commodores can barely spin the wheels hahaha

@user-eo4bw6ij4e 29 күн бұрын

Typical Holden they rebuilt the whole car along the way and then try call it reliable…. What a joke but much like Peter brocks Bathurst wins in his team mates car that was a dozen laps down. Fake advertising… 4 hour lead??? Yeah I’m a car that’s still new.. first place should go to who ever made least amount of repairs. It is a reliability challenge after all not who can bolt on the most new bits. You lose Holden. Go the datsun😂

@bradwilliams1691 28 күн бұрын