Issue 156

Issue 156

18 The Max factor

Former early ’70s GM-H boss Max Wilson ordered a 400cid V8 heart transplant for his two HQ Monaro GTS 350 company cars - and both Monaros survive to this day

 

30 Super Snake

Limited numbers of genuine Shelby Mustangs are now built to order here in Australia by Mustang Motorsport… including the most potent of all Shelbys, the Super Snake

 

38 Sandgropers

Tales of the epic cross-country journeys on unseal roads from the Western Australian touring car teams back in the day that took on the big one at Bathurst

 

48 John Bowe book

Exclusive extract from the new and just-released John Bowe biography,  Driven

 

56 Muscle Man 

The story of Bruce Richardson, master mechanic to a host of Australia’s top drivers in the 1960s and ‘70s - including Bob Morris and that emotional 1976 Bathurst Torana L34 win 

 

74 Toyota in Supercars

As Supercars welcomes a third manufacturer this year in Toyota, David Greenhalgh reflects on the history of the ATCC - and how it’s almost always only ever been a two-horse contest

 

82 Dodgy effort

The underrated Australian Dodge Phoenix, and why the TD2 model Phoenix at Bathurst in 1967 wasn’t quite the joke entry many still think it was  

 

90 Early Falcons

Late last year the Apple Isle hosted the Early Falcon Nationals with a special celebration of the 60th anniversay of the pivotal Falcon XP model