Miss the authenticity of past. Lost its meaning. Excellent video 👍👏💯

Good one 👍👏

Wow, thanks for letting us know and thanks for taking the time to comment, great to see you beat the factory team, something we as Gricey fans relate too, took Grice years to do it at Bathurst, first in 1986 then again in 1990 as a factory driver, now that was weird...:-)

Hi Lindsay, Bob Middleton, lived next door to Brian Dixon & the twins. used to see you driving that old Citroen and my big sister Robyn always called you Sherry Little. Never knew why ?? Cheers

Remember the Michelin X? Hopeless in the wet but lasted and lasted and lasted? Sigh. And look at the track without the supercar armco.

Loved this old footage. I've got a brother who runs one of Kevin Bartlett's old Starions from the 80s. He's run the car for yrs in NZ and still going strong.

Thanks for your post Laurie, yeah, they were a great little car those Cortina's. I am a bit younger than you, but they were always one of my favourite cars...

GUILFORD THESE DAYS YOU NEED BULLET PROOF GLASS AND A 2ND LANGUAGE

1966 race

You must be catholic and thicker than shit.

It was a million years ago ,,, now theres riots in Melbourne ,, for what ?

I have tried myself to keep up the tradition but after an hour of bullshit safety cars and having information thrown at me (info for wood ducks) I gotta walk away. After watching every one of these old videos then I start again on my Bill Tuckey Bathurst saga's. Which tell the whole story, today ain't no story to tell.

I thought it was sped up. Pity that only 0.75 is the next step down available to me on my computer, tablet and phone.

@@johnd8892 I was using google chrome on my computer and up the of them speed options it has custom speed, maybe try using chrome if you aren’t already? Hope it works!

huh? they do a 600+ mile race here every year...

@@slipangle3027 Where's "here"?

@@wizzard5442 ...bathurst? duh?

@@slipangle3027 Ok. Then I dont understand your reply to Nick? But you dont have to explain if you cant be bothered.

@@wizzard5442 because they do a 600+ mile race on the same track nowadays and the cars don't go into "limp mode"??

And the multi class races as well.

Mate, couldn't agree more. Those were the classic days of racing. Not this bloody circus they call Supercars. From 2022 onwards it'll have to be called the American Touring Car Championships. Mustangs vs Camaros.

You check out the Bathurst 6 hour cancelled this year but was run in 2018 and 2019 and Easter in 2021

YES BUT DONT LET ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE RACE

Yeah but the V8 Masters covers the greatest history...

@@roywinchel3620 Mate love the masters just can't stand watching cars that most Aussies can't afford and from car companies that threw Australia under the bus.

Took quite a few years before the cars in the race had a rollbar in the car let alone a roll cage. What were they thinking?

Thats how the self adjustors worked, you went backwards and hauled on the handbrake. A little ratchet device would wind up the slack. With disc brakes theres no need to worry about such things now.

I thought that too

So that's it! I thought they were cornering far faster than I remember from the TV coverage I watched in 65.

It's hard to find much about Midge, will try to find out and let you know..

+Super100MPH Midge Bosworth worked in the spare parts department at McGrath Holden in Liverpool,New South Wales. He moved to Queensland.

polygamous1 Sozou not really correct, Armstrong were the manufacturers of automotive shock absorbers, nothing to do with sound reinforcement, I was there at the race, the advertising was obvious.

They stayed with trucks on the track under racing conditions into the seventies. Just good luck that I do not think there were crashes and injuries from trucks.

Although a Cortina race special limited run Cortina GT 500 with the secret weapon of the big extra fuel tank as at 2:32. Big fuel tank so less time lost in the pits. They were also supposed to have a special ported and polished cylinder head for more power, but in reality Harry Firth only got around to doing this extra work for the race teams and then only a few of the rest of them before it all became too hard in the time available. But the organisers did not know this. A few other mods in the standard Cortina GT 500 limited run to qualify for the race. This annoyed the race organisers so much with this race special that they changed the rules the next year, which prevented the GT 500 Cortina running in 1966. A Cortina GT 500 model now worth a fortune, but not quite Falcon GT HO levels.

@@johnd8892 facts👍🏻

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Armstrong_500

Yes 1966, The only year the Mini Cooper S, or any Mini, won outright , but made up for it by taking the first nine places.

Good comment💪👍👏

I believe it with con rod 's downhill assistance

Even with conrod's downhill, they'd have to be revving close to 6500 to do 100 MPH.

Its a bloody big hill though.

Radial tyres were standard and used on the Cortina GT 500 shown post race. See 20:03 for the Olympic GT Radial spare identified. The GT 500 and I think the winning Cortina GT cars from 1963 and 64 had front disc brakes too as did the Mini Cooper cars. Drum brakes just in the less expensive car classes. I think early on most teams were fitting the available radial tyres that were sold then. Although Harry Firth was involved with a protest with the superior non standard Pirelli radials fitted to one Cortina, but still allowed in the rules,

@@johnd8892 Sports Car World that year did a road test of the winning GT500. It barely topped 100 on the flat. It had the extra fuel tank, Lotus gear box ratios with the long first gear. I've still got the mag.

Just their joke leading up to the race.

They had personal sponsorship from a Menswear Company and wearing suits was part of the deal. It was the only way because advertising couldn't be on the cars. Brooke Brothers may have been their name but I'm not certain on that.