Australian Muscle Car – July 01, 2019

touch with Terry, as the dealership was preparing
an anniversary celebration at the time and the
old photo archives were dusted off.
“The salesman at the time, Peter Robinson,
contacted me and said he had found some
photos of the car with AOL-257 numberplates
after it came back from Bathurst.”
Terry has shared those images, taken in
October 1969, with AMC for this story.
“I am still slowly restoring the car and have
managed to replicate all the original stickers on
the car at Bathurst and will be restoring the car
to the exact way it was when it  nished (second
at) Bathurst in 1969.”
Terry also sent us images he sourced from
JenniferCromartyin theearlynoughtiesof its

outings in the hands of her husband Graham,

in addition to photos of McPhee’s signature on

the car’s glovebox. He does not wish to show a

progress shot of the car, preferring to showcase

the  nished product when fully restored.

Readers with long memories will recall that

this story was partly told on AMC #30’s MIA

page, after the magazine put the call out for

information on its whereabouts in the previous

sue. Oldman was shyer back then, 2007, and

ished to rename anonymous, using the ‘Mr T’

eudonym.

Mr Terry told of uncovering more historical

vidence from the ‘69 race after he stripped

own the body shell which revealed a bent/

paired radiator support panel. There was

so some evidence of quarter panel damage

curred when McPhee got squeezed by the Mini

nd collided with an earthbank.

Thatissue#30articleendedwiththefollowing

promise from then

editor Oastler:

“Look forward to

a detailed feature

on this GT-HO

in AMC when

the restoration is

completed.”

Geez, Terry,

can you get a

wriggleon?

“I am still slowly restoring the car and have

managed to replicate all the original stickers on

the car at Bathurst and will be restoring the car

to the exact way it was when it fi nished (second

at) Bathurst in 1969.” - Terry Oldman

Below left: Owner Terry Oldman with McPhee before

the latter’s passing in 2009. Terry bought the car as an

unfi nished resto project... and, as a man of (too) many

projects, is yet to complete the job himself.

Below right: Oldman supplied us images of its current

state, in primer, and shots of a damaged left-rear

quarter-panel after sandblasting. The latter, he says,

shows damage evident in shots from October ’69.