Issue 111

Issue 111

Muscle News
Holden’s Chev Corvette, Tickford’s Moffat Trans-Am Mustang

Muscle Maniac
Finance the old fashioned (muscle car) way, Ford currency and Hobart historics

Cover story: Bathurst 79
It’s 40 years since the HDT’s domination of the 1979 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 feld. AMC puts theteam’s unparalleled performance in an equally remarkable race under the microscope

  • 22 Bathurst 79: The boss
  • 28 Bathurst 79: The hired gun
  • 32 Bathurst 79: The engine man
  • 36 Bathurst 79: The new recruit
  • 42 Bathurst 79: Nice and Juicy
  • 54 Bathurst 79: Brakethrough
  • 64 Bathurst 79: What went wrong
  • 68 Bathurst 79: Tables Turned
  • 70 Bathurst 79: Back in the Day

Muscle Woman: Sue Ransom
Our Muscle Man feature this issue isn’t. Instead, it’s muscle woman Sue Ransom, whosecareer in rallying, circuit racing and drag racing through the 1970s and ‘80s surely mustmake her one of this country’s most versatile drivers ever

Hidden Gem
How one of the three works Falcon XT GTs from the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon hassurvived nearly half a century out of sight and out of mind in the red centre

My Muscle Car
AMC readers show us their pride and joy - including one very special old Valiant

Display purposes only
Ths story of the original Holden Racing Team display car - a show car with a difference