Bathurst respect

[MD]

see what you think of this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toLPTjE1GZk&feature=youtu.be

[jimnielsen]

what an amazing video - great driving, and incredible how much steering adjustment is required when the car is going in a straight line too...

jim..

[Paul Gulliver]

WOW When real men drove real cars ( except for the guy in the 1952 Austin A30 at the rear of the grid at the start, what could be have been thinking . Has he finished yet)

[Anthony Miller]

There really is no substitute for cubic inches.

Hey Gully, don't knock the A30, one P Brock started his career in an A30, admittedly it did have a red hot holden six in it..

[MD]

Yeah Anthony, I have seen some lunatic with a V8 at Calder in an Austin A30-"an engine with wheels on"
I'll never forget.

Went like a Chihuahua with a hot chilly up the foochoo but couldn't stop !! 

[Evan Bottcher]

Went like a Chihuahua with a hot chilly up the foochoo but couldn't stop !! 

You most certainly have a way with words Mr D. 

Fantastic video, sound, love watching the variety of other cars as well.

[colcol]

He is not a bad steerer as well, took a while to get past the Valiant, you remember Chrysler Australia?, they went to Bathurst with a 3 speed gearbox!, and the gearlevers used to break off, thats the Chrysler mob who are building the new Alfa Romeo V-6, loved the variety of cars Vauxhalls, Ramblers and did i see a Hillman?, i was talking to a bloke the other day who drives a XB Falcan and he says it is diabolical, but they actually used to race cars like this at Bathurst,  no OHS then, Colin.

[L4OMEO]

thats the Chrysler mob who are building the new Alfa Romeo V-6

Err, no it's not.

[Duk]

Credit where it's due, that was decently quick, sounded great and entertaining to boot  .
But as for 'No substitute for cubic inches'? I'd like to see it drag as much weight around per litre of engine as a 105 GTV. Say 500kg/litre, 5.8 x 500kg = 2900kg! I wonder how fast it'd be then 

[Sheldon McIntosh]

But as for 'No substitute for cubic inches'? I'd like to see it drag as much weight around per litre of engine as a 105 GTV. Say 500kg/litre, 5.8 x 500kg = 2900kg! I wonder how fast it'd be then 

Ha!  I'd also like to see how a 105 would cope with a 300kg V8 in the front!!  Considering how heavy that car is, it does pretty well.  It's still a shitbox, but just sayin'

Great driving though, and he's way more patient than I would have been.

[Jekyll and Hyde]

Ha!  I'd also like to see how a 105 would cope with a 300kg V8 in the front!!   Considering how heavy that car is, it does pretty well.  It's still a shitbox, but just sayin'

Great driving though, and he's way more patient than I would have been.

Probably handle and stop just as well as the Falcon.  

[Davidm1600]

Yeah know what you mean Choder but then again, if you put your rose tinted glasses on for a moment, as I have, it takes me back to the days when Bathurst was Bathurst and a real spectacle, rather than the boring 2 horse race that it is these days.

I for one used to be glued to the telly as a kid when Bathurst was a proper race, with all sorts of makes, classes competing.  Today it is simply V8 chooks and crapadores and I can't even be bothered to turn the telly on.

So while I am no real fan of the XY GTHO, at least I had an arm chair view of a race with, Alfas, Studibakers, Valiants, Escorts etc all having fun over the mountain.  More the power to this.

[Davidm1600]

Too true mate. 

[Darryl]

For some really wild steering inputs, have a look at Seton in the rain on slicks in '87. Also, as it was a world touring car race, a huge assortment of cars...

[Duk]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D-JtvVvESc