“You can’t spell Australia without AU.” -Spotto

More cred than any jap vehicle EVER. ❤

WTF!!! That jump is the best I've ever seen you mad bastard!!!

A yorak hunt moment

Go the mighty AU 💪

I was 30 y/o when it happened, that was 44 years ago. I donated, along with some friends watching the race with me. Best $40 I ever spent when he won the following year.

Set up. Gay as

Who is narrating this? I cant understand 40% of what he says!

I enjoyed that bro. Thankyou 👏🍻

The guy changing Bob Morris's front right tire took it pretty casually

Ford always made a super tough straight 6. Here in the US the 300 six is virtually indestructible and are very sought after.

I fn love Dick Johnson. I saw him beat Brocky at Lakeside,i think it was for that years title 80 or 81.Awsome race

Proper racing not this fake car crap of today! I hope TCR gets the 1000 theyre more relevant.

drove my AU home from work on a stinking hot day with no harmonic balancer or belt, no water, no power steering, still started and ran perfect

The funny thing is, if you didn’t bend the frame it’s probably still fixable😂

that was like a shotty

Dick Johnson rally got lucky in 1981 with that crash stopping the race, as his engine was starting to pump oil out the back, but moreso was the fact that just prior to the crash, French had lost third gear in the Tru-Blu Falcon and Bob Morris was catching him quickly. You can't win a race just past half distance with NO THIRD GEAR in your gearbox. DJ would not have won that race. He would have probably pulled the car in.

There was no statistical evidence to substantiate the "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" saying. In fact, in some cases sales declined for the manufacturer that won Bathurst.

Did you narrate this sitting on the toilet?

The commentater seems to have forgotten about the early battle between, Bartlett, Brock & Johnson. It lasted for several laps & produced some brilliant racing with 3 very different cars producing similar times. Oh & no-one threw the rock, there is no somehow. The police investigated the incident & by the time the race was over they had determined that under the weight of the crowd the rock worked itself from the bank. If you your going to explain what happened in something you should first learn the facts

Long time DJR fan, the first Rock Star of Bathurst.

The homogation weight was never the weight of any XD. I recently weighed a very basic sedan and it was about 1320. 200 4 speed with no extras. Iron head engine. I sprint an XE, 351C, close ratio single rail, 78 series BW diff. Big brakes, full steel cage, race seat only and no others, heater etc gone and it is 1350kg So no XD or XE with full trim, heaters, etc etc was anywhere near 1250. My carwill be 2-300kg lighter using a 5 litre Windsor with CHI alloy heads etc, alloy bellhousing and a few other lighter bits. An XD XE etc ute is heavier than a pov pack sedan, not much but all that floor and reinforcing to carry 600kg is heavier. My auto air steer XF ute weighed just under 1400kg

I cant belive a holden fan would throw a rock right on his race line 😢

man forgot the Greg murphy lap of gods

I will never forget this race dick Johnson is a Tru Blu bloke & a great racer who deserves all of the success he has had, as he built a team from building his own race cars to be one of the most successful teams in Australian history.

Actually up until 1973 the race was only 804 km or 500 miles then in 1973 they changed the distance to 1000km or 621 miles

Great footage i've never seen of Dick's crash and his emotional breakdown after. Thanks for posting.

Least abused Au falcon on marketplace

I was at that race in the paddock. Just before the crash the Morris Team were celebrating and took their time in the pits as it was revealed Johnson's car was reporting oil issues. Or the lack of pressure. I distinctly remembering the Johnson Team getting lucky that year. Long term that accident did a lot of damage to Morris leg, eventually a large contributing factor to his driving effectiveness and retirement.

AUs are fantastic. Proof is in the pudding. 😂

My EF sized after 3 minutes with no oil

i wonder y is rhr lower traing arm upside down

Thanks for this mate. I've read the comments and learned that the rock was there by accident and not a malicious act. New to me and sitting here in the UK I'm a big fan of Bathurst and the whole history of the race. Great new content and well done to you, though I did have a tiny bit of difficulty getting every word, though I'm sure that's just me. Thank you

Do the tow test, AU Falcon V 2wd Hilux, chained towbar to towbar

My father had a fleet of AU's as taxis

Every falcon I owned fell to bits

Arrested development .

There goes 23 seconds of my life I'll never get back.

Some bloody good Dukes Of Hazzard stuff going on here, Cool stuff, Cheers Ya'll

The new general lee, Dukes of Hazzard.

I guess this car is like ur guys version of the ford crown victoria. We get the crown vic u guys get that. Both are deadly reliable and used by police, rwd offered in many trim levels and packages and good at everything. Ive always wanted a v8 falcon.. now i want one even more

Yea ,, you fully ramped it bro

Fark bra hahahaha, 7:37 thought it was a photoshopped but nah lol

Gold 😂

Hey guys, keep at love the videos. Q. Do you guys have a torana you might want to sell me?

live to Hoon ,

Sad we don't make cars anymore

The driver that Kevin Bartlett was going to punch was Ron Wanless who was an ex boxer. Needless to say Kevin did not try and punch Ron!

if the rpm jumped then it jumped because you increased torque, probably not exactly but wheel speed went up about 6% assuming factory torque (354nm (x to doubt)) it would have made 371nm. on a dyno chart for an intech i found online torque actually falls to 338nm at 4000rpm so it wouldnt have been producing more horsepower than limiter bashing first. however it did indeed increase wheel speed and rpm by 6% so a safe assumption could be that you produced 5% more torque in the high rev range yeah thats measurable im about to do extractors and exhaust and i might see that

Slap a new sump in her and get another 395000 kms!