Issue 155

Issue 155

 

18 Moffat memories

Former AMC editor Luke West’s reflections on Allan Moffat, the man and the racer

 

20 A man apart

He was our original Ford superstar driver, and his on-track battles through the 1970s against Peter Brock helped shape what we know today as the Great Race. Moffat was a man apart

 

30 The real thing

Moffat’s Coca-Cola sponsorship of the Trans-Am Boss Mustang was ground breaking in corporate involvement in sport at the time. Here’s how the deal came together

 

38 The Phantom

What if Ford had released a two-door XY Falcon GT Hardtop? There never was an XR-XY FoMoCo answer to Holden’s sleek Monaro, but had there been it would have looked a lot like this

 

58 Group A OK 

Forty years after the introduction of the brave new world of international Group A, AMC asks: was it really that bad? In fact, the first two years delivered some vintage touring car action 

 

72 The Jaguar Ball

How do you fund a three-car Jaguar assault on the Bathurst 1000? If it’s 1985, you put on a lavish ball and invite the elites of Sydney’s high-society to put their money down on the new XJS convertible

 

76 Back in the day

Commodores at Bathurst in 1985 

 

82 Marsden Pt2

Howard Marsden at the helm of Nissan’s motorsport effort: the rally effort and the Bluebird Turbo touring car in Australia, and then the European touring car and sportscar racing programs