I'm so proud that Moff is an Aussie. He's a good, humble and gentleman sportsman.

You Aussies got our 351 Cleveland casts in 1971 and produced for decades, I gather, one of the greatest engines Ford ever built. I feel a special draw to your country and hope to someday visit Mt. Panorama and all your wonderful racing venues to learn more about your deep and rich racing history. From a lifetime American Ford fan.

God bless Allan Moffat for all he has given 🙏

I never understood why anyone gave Moffat a hard time. He seems like a really genuine bloke who was supportive to his competitors.

Hi Iceman, that question has been asked many a time to Moffat, his reply very humble and along the lines of he did not wish to stay, he thought the competition in Australia was just as, if not more of a challenge against the likes of Bob Jane, Norm Beechey and of course Ian Geoghegan. I dare say if he did stay in the USA he would have been quite a bit more famous stateside, but we in Australia would have missed a great generation of racing thanks to his talents.

Thanks for sharing these wonderful memories🎼🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

I saw the Mustang at Oran Park and at Warwick Farm as a jaw-open and wide-eyed kid. Beechey, Jane and the almighty Moffat were hammer and tongs every second of every race! Jane and the 427 Camaro fighting the screaming 302 Boss is never, ever leaving my memory. The huge crowds and the sheer excitement. Moffat and that Coke Mustang was a religious experience for me.

Believe it or Not, I just saw Allan Moffat today And got a picture with him!!!

I grew up a Holden Boy & Mainly a Brocky Fan. I always loved The GTHO Phase III. But when Brock went to the Sierra & BMW M3 I learned to appreciate the Other Cars More. I always thought Alan Moffatt & a Big Bad Enemy, till I met him at Winton in 1995 when I was 15. He is the Most Genuine Man I've ever met. His Time for the Fans is Legendary. When Brocky tragically Died, It was a Knife through the Heart. But when I seen Alan Moffatt talk about his Best Friend "Peter" it ultimately changed how I ever seen Touring Racing. Thank You to the Bowden Family for sharing your Collection. And to Dick & Alan for sharing your Memories of the Good Old days of Real Racing.

Allan George Moffat OBE. Absolute gentleman and a very humble soul. Always a pleasure to listen to his history.

I just adored the Moffat Mustang.Before I colour pics I had a big poster of Alan in the Mustang hooking into a corner. Truth be told I actually learned a lot of driving skills at Warwick Farm watching braking area, downshifts, braking points and how they accelerated out of corners - I used to go to every viewing point around the track and analytically observe LOL. ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY. Never under-estimate the impact you both have have had on young people. Great video thanks for taking the time and posting.

2 absolute legends and gentlemen, hosted by a champion

Two of Australia’s great gentlemen! If you love racing, these gentlemen stand out !

If it weren't for the Bowdens you'd have to wonder what would have come of these cars. True dedication to the sport and the history.

Thanks for the reply, Bowdens! I to agree that it's great that Moffat made the move to Australia. Had it not been for him, Ford might not be as successful now as they are today. He put Ford on the map in Oz, as far as I'm concerned.

Despite being a life long Holden fan, I've got to admit to liking both Dick Johnson and Allan Moffat. Both were champion drivers and people, despite Moffat often being portrayed as the 'bad guy' more because of his introverted nature than anything else.

The first race I remember watching was the iconic Bathurst 1000 in 1977, and Allan Moffat has been my favourite driver ever since. Hearing him talk about his cars, his team mates and his competitors is always a joy, he is the perfect gentleman, polite and always proud to share his successes with his team.

Well done. As an American and road racer I always loved the Australian racing cars.

Thank you Bear, much appreciated mate, its great to be able to share our passion for the cars with enthusiasts like yourself.

An Old Video, but still really good......Bowdens have the Best Collection of Aussie Racing Cars......Allan Moffat was only portrayed as the "Bad Guy" by Holden fans, they often said he was a Dirty Driver, but there was no evidence that I was aware of to back that up. I think it was because he won races.....Dick was such an entertaining bloke, his Race Cam footage was always humorous, even when he was in an uncompetitive car like the Group A Mustang......I hope to visit their collection one day and see it in The Flesh.

Thanks to living in Noble Park, an early morning paper round and a sick note of dubious provenance from Mum, it was possible to attend Sandown rounds on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The sound of 351 GTHO's and the Boss 302 Coca Cola Mustang thundering down the main straight on open pipes was a never forgotten experience.

Great to see that someone had the foresight to keep these iconic cars. To see them all in one collection is amazing.

Totally awesome. I saw all Bathurst races live from 1970 to around 1985. This brings back fond memories...

Some of these cars are just other-worldly. Real cars. As a Brit I'm fascinated by the Aussie touring car scene - a world of its own. Supertourers have fond memories of their own attached (they looked like your dad's family saloon too until 1995 when the aero crap started coming in) but nothing beats these monstrous Aussie V8 barges. RWD, full interiors, side pipes. And they looked like road cars too. The 80s Mustangs were never really considered sporting in the same way as the 60s originals but Dickie Johnson's one is a beautiful bit of kit. Modern day V8 Supercars and BTCC cars just don't have that same aura. They're too advanced. The flaws of the old-school saloons was what made touring car racing so popular - they weren't designed to hoon round tracks and that was part of the fun.

Real race cars, real race car drivers.

I'm sure that even though they were fierce rivals,I'm sure that there's great respect between Mr.Moffat and Mr.Johnson.

Todays cars are smashed and replaced so quickly that they dont have the awe these great machines have,what a collection.

The sound of a race prepped GTHO is so amazing. You just don't hear cars on the road sound like that.

Not just race cars but real cars.

STUNNING 🎉

Great video. Being a Yank all the Aussie history and cars are fresh, new, and incredibly interesting, to me. I've already amassed quite the collection of Aussie race and muscle cars in diecast...but although I love what Allan has done for Australian motorsport, I wonder what he would've/could've done had he stayed in North America...gone the SCCA/Trans-Am route, or gone NASCAR, OR gone open-wheel, etc? I'd love to ask him, or hear that question asked of him.

I have most of those cars in 1:18 scale, magnificent collection of true race cars but that's just showing my age, regards Andy P.S - I love your snow foam, I would say its the best I have tried.

Holden A9X Torana for me, 6 & 7 years old watching those racing, drawing the HOT symbol in my sketchbook (Didn't realize it was HDT until years later). Dual exhausts and drop tanks are ingrained into my psyche forevermore. Marlboro livery was beautiful and I've never smoked, take that advertisers.

Wanna hear it again? HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Race cars that you could relate to a particular time in your life. Race cars that had emotion! Race cars that were relevant to what we drove on the road.

I grew up watching Bathurst when these guys raced. Dick Johnson, Moffat, Brock, never a dull moment. These guys gave all to win. I was a Ford fan when Brock was becoming King of the mountain in a Holden.

Geese 42 years on. Alan Moffat and the Mustang were my Idols in the day. I had a black and white photo poster of the car and the icon driver in my bedroom - even before I had a licence to drive.

wanna hear it again? xD LEGEND!!

Awsome vid loved all those cars back when they raced real cars

Great cars great drivers great collection, well done Bowdens,Would love to do see them all one day

Thanks for that awesome video. Man, that brings back memeories. Fantastic to see a collector who drives his cars, or lets the original drivers in them. Congrats Bowden and sons.

The Lotus Cortina very rare indeed , glad you guys managed to procure it

Very nice presentation. Neil did a great job.

Two class acts .👌

the good ole days

Allan moffat,,, wana hear it again,,, that was like a swarzeneger quote 😂 3 am couldn't sleep thank God for KZfaq 👌great video loved it 👏🤙

cant stop drooling mmmmm Now thats what cars are about LOOOOOVE The FORDS

The best car in the whole collection is the greens tuf mighty XE!!

Both Champions.

Great video guys. Loved seeing some of the cars at DJR. Love ya work. 👍

Awesome. Thanks for uploading

Beautiful....and yes I do want to hear it again Alan... And sorry for pinching your falcon in Adelaide.. I needed a beer.. Haha And Dickie, your a FALCON legend..

There’s some beautiful cars there and possibly the best race cars to hit the race tracks. My favourite ones would have to be the Greens Tuff XE and the Brock VK big banger which sadly I didn’t see there, they would have to be 2 of the best cars ever built in Australia

nice little video. I like that charger there too.

Always the Holden's and Ford's did I see that beautiful orange six pack charger there how bout a spot light on that!!!

💰💰💰💰💰💰mega money collection, REAL cars REAL characters DJ AM

Agree with him on Crompton, has done so much motor racing . Moffat and Geogehan at Sandown were incredible Pete was riding Moffats bumper down the main Straight in Falcons the teams must been going nuts.he was on his bumper. Imagine if someone did that today. I am convinced that Peter Geoghan, Norm Beechey, Bob Jane & Moffat to name a few would have spent all their time being penalised. Great racing to, These cars did not run the Bathurst 500, different rules.

Golden era of motoring in Australia

Great, thanks.

thanks for the upload !

Amazing collection, had the privilege of meeting a couple of the Bowden guys at a recent conference, top blokes. Only thing about the video, I cringed every time the presenter touched or leaned on the cars, you don't do that to a man's ride on the street, you certainly wouldn't do it to these.

Can you imagine the fantasies Allan Moffat's mustang inspired in an impressionable car-loving thirteen year old who lived a bus ride from Sandown? I liked that Allan was Canadian, I suppose life still felt a bit colonial in those days, and took pains to point that out to people who assumed he was American.

Yes they do Wikked, which is why we say it is a collection, not a museum.

I’ve always wondered where some of these cars got to

1977 - Colin Bond's race.

And some say the Poms are wingers... Never sure why! I don't understand why people like yourself have to come online and find fault, it's like you think you are going to get a medal for it.. Neil Crompton is a legend in Australia, knows his cars and racing, plus he was a good driver in the day, have some respect I say.

Hi Jason, the song is Tonight, by Ultimo...not that we are fans of it, but the iphone app Shazam is your friend.

Cool clip.

Love the old girls

could someone please tell me what the song is called that is played in the last 50seconds of this video? thanks

true gentlemen

None of these cars are replicas there all the real deal!!

wldnt it be good if they had a heritage round with the current cars painted in some old schemes ?

@ 9:45 wanna hear it again :)

Neil Crompton saying "Car of the Future". Now in 2019 we see how much of a mistake this was to bring in. NASCAR is also hurting from Car of the Future.

lucky to have such great race tracks in sunny Oz.we,here in the UK,have really quaint tracks like Silverstone and Brands.You've got tracks like Surfer's and Mount Panorama.even the US have better tracks,Lime Rock,Road America,Road Atlanta,the list goes on.

Wanna hear it again? lol

Who repainted the 78 and 79 Torana's? They need to finish both roof and redo the 79 bonnet correctly!

back when race cars were race CARS, Not things that look like race cars!

nahh mate these cars are the real deal!

Pretty sure it says they are the real ones in the clip here oakcman...??

are these the actually cars used in bathurst?

How many years was the green Mustang raced?

do all the cars still run?

Shit!! Neil Crompton was Young!!

How can you have a Trans Am mustang

What makes you think that Afray...?

In front of Moffat in the fabulous Coca Cola Mustang, GTHO, Chevy Monza, Cologne Capri or BDA Escort? You are about to be overtaken and get a free driving lesson.

It would be cool, but there is no money in that for most of the current sponsors, so it is very unlikely you will ever see it done. About the only teams who may do it would be DJR and HDT, like they have in the recent past.

Rx7????

I know this is an old video, but I have to ask. Why does Neil Crompton have a bit of a bad reputation? I personally don't mind Crompo, he was a decent driver in his day and is knowledgeable about the sport. Yet I see a fair few people pouring shit all over him. Wouldn't have anything to do with him giving the Bathurst '92 crowd the middle finger while they were booing the Nissans, would it?

theyd have to be replicas

And yet, the best touring car of all time is missing...the R32 GTR...but thank goodness the yawn boring v8 Taxi Cars is coming to an end

Aaaannnnnd ………….. that's the life of a rich boy , who couldn't drive . To be honest , from what I've seen , I wouldn't let him push my wheel barrow lmao .