Australian Muscle Car – July 01, 2019

publicitytourof HunterValleyandnorthernNSW
Forddealershipsto promotetheKlosters-backed
entry.KlostersdistributednewFordsandspare
partsto agenciesandworkshopsin townsasfar
awayasNarrabriandCoonabarabran.In each
town,thelocalmediawereinvitedfora rideand
photoopportunitywiththedriverwhowasriding
a waveof successat Bathurst– at thatstageve
podiumsin sevenyears,includinga win.
“Scoresof GloucesterpeopleonTuesday
inspectedtheFordGT-HOwhichransecond
in thisyear’sHardieFerodo,”reportedThe
GloucesterAdvocatein October1969,with
localsposingwitha ratherbatteredanddirtyXW
at ValleyMotors.
ImmediatelyafterthepromotionaltourKlosters
soldthecarto NewcastlecoupleJenniferand
GrahamCromarty.ThissuggeststhatMcPhee
soldthecarbackto Klostersimmediatelyafter
itsBathurstoutingorthatthedealershipowned

thecarallalong,contraryto McPhee’s

recollectionsin theStathisbook.

Whatwedoknowis thattheSilverFox

GT-HOracedonbeyond1969,in thehands

of GrahamCromarty.In 1970and 1971

thecarcompetedin circuitracingevents

at Sydney’sOranParkandKatoomba’s

CatalinaPark.Hillclimbs,however,were

Cromarty’sprimarymotorsportingactivity

duringthisperiod,withoutingsat Silverdale,

Kempseyand,unsurprisingly,Newcastle’sKing

EdwardPark.

In late 1971 theCromartystradedit in.The

nextownerwasa dragracerwhocompeted

withthecardownthequartermilefora spell,

This spread: How cool are these post-Bathurst shots

obtained from Klosters’ archives? They show the

battered and bruised Windsor HO on a publicity tour

of northern NSW. Note the front bumper and left-rear

quarter panel damage from its run-in with a Mini.

In each town, the local media were invited

for a ride and photo opportunity with the

driver who was riding a wave of success at

Bathurst – at that stage fi ve podiums

in seven years, including a win