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