8 Muscle News
Drivingthe 2019 HSVCamaroZL-1at thesceneof BobJane’s 1971 SandownATCCvictory.10 Muscle Maniac
PreviewingtheRepcoRoundOzRetrial.EntrantPhilWalmsleytalksusthroughpreparations for
thebigevent,wherehewillcircumnavigatethecontinentin a genuineVC‘Brock’Commodore.26 Cover story: Moffat’s Mazda era
AllanMoffatwasFord’sracinghero.Butallthatchangedin theearly1980s.Havingbeen
abandonedbyFord,heabandonedthem.Worsethanthat,hesidedwithJapanesecarmaker
Mazdato raceanRX7.AMCunravelsa remarkablestoryof a turbulenttime.50 Civil war of 1979
It’sthe40thanniversaryof thehard-fought 1979 ATCC.It wasa sometimesbittercivilwar
betweentwoHoldencamps:PeterBrockandthefactoryHoldenDealerTeamversusBob
MorrisandtheRonHodgsonMotorssquad.Now,respectiveteamchiefsJohnSheppardand
PeterMolloyweigh-inwithsomestunningrevelationsof justhowintensethingsbecame.66 Two of a kind
ThetwoToranasBobMorrisusedto winthe 1979 ATCCliveontoday.Notonlyis thispair
oflegendaryA9XGroupC racemachinesstillwithus,buttheyresideoncemoreunderthe
sameroof,withbothcarsnowownedbyhistoricracerAndrewCannon.71 Muscle Man: David Brabham
HecarriesthebiggestAussienamein worldmotorsport,butGeoffBrabhamwasn’tcontent
tobejusta famousson.Hecarvedouta remarkableinternationalcareerovertwodecades- inCan-Am,Indycars,IMSAandLeMans– andthenreturnedhometoscoremorewins.
84 Round Oz Odyssey
Earlythisyeara smallgroupofFordenthusiaststookonthechallengeofcircumnavigating
thiswidebrownlandin a pairofXYGT-HOPhaseIIIs.92 My Muscle Car
XEDickJohnsonGrandPrix,HGBroughams,MustangGT350anda VHCharger770.100 The snub
It’s 50 yearssinceGM-HturneditsbackonreigningBathurstwinnerBruceMcPheeahead
ofthe 1969 race.It’sa bafflingsnubthatverynearlycamebacktohauntHolden,with
McPhee’s’69Falconprovingtobeanenduringmachinein morewaysthanone.Contents
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