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Bathurst - The Big Three. Four Corners 1970 on You Tube

Started by Lee Nicolle , Mar 09 2015 08:30

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#1 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 08:30

'Bathurst- The Big Three.

Looking through You Tube this afternoon and came across this interesting clip 'Bathurst- The Big Three' 4 Corners 1970

Quite interesting, introduced by Mike Willessee and feature Oran Pk footage, A bit at Sandown and a deal with H, Al Turner and John Ellis.And Leo Geoghan. Even some footage inside Harrys Workshop and of the padlocks at Mahoneys Rd!!

And the furore was HDT funded by the dealers! And John Roxborough whinging!

Worth a look for anyone interested in those cars.

Edited by Lee Nicolle, 09 March 2015 - 11:35.

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#2 DanTra2858

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 09:06

Thanks for the URL Lee

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#3 275 GTB-4

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 11:33

Thanks for the URL Lee

Yeah...Thank You Lee...your post included exactly what I needed to go straight to the item being discussed...

[EDIT - POST VIEWING:

Big 3 ignored the little BMC's!

Cute to see the Coca Cola boy getting free advertising on the ABC

John Ellis came across as quite mature and astute beyond his years (which were wet behind them)

Great to see Leo featured and he spoke quite eloquently

Good to see AM thanking the Flag Marshals at Sandown

Roxburgh certainly had a bee in his bonnet, when you consider the types of cars that Datsun/Nissan eventually ended up competing with

Freon gas! Yikes :-) ]

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 09 March 2015 - 12:18.

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#4 Dale Harvey

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 21:19

'Bathurst- The Big Three.

A bit at Sandown and a deal with H, Al Turner and John Ellis.And Leo Geoghan.

Lee, the correct spelling is GEOGHEGAN. May he rest in peace.

Dale.

Edited by Dale Harvey, 11 March 2015 - 05:42.

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#5 275 GTB-4

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 21:27

Lee, the corect spelling is GEOGHEGAN. May he rest in peace.

Dale.

Dale, just correcting your CORRECT...and there is a separate tribute thread to Leo here:

http://forums.autosp...51936-02032015/

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#6 Dale Harvey

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 21:32

My mistake :blush:

Dale.

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#7 GMACKIE

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 22:30

Mick, would you please refrain from correcting - or doubting - everyone...that's someone else's job.

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#8 wagons46

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Posted 09 March 2015 - 22:34

Dale, just correcting your CORRECT...and there is a separate tribute thread to Leo

I think that thread has been changed to a discussion on wings now. Only the EH S4 thread is immune from going OT.

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#9 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 10 March 2015 - 07:42

Yeah...Thank You Lee...your post included exactly what I needed to go straight to the item being discussed...

[EDIT - POST VIEWING:

Big 3 ignored the little BMC's!

Cute to see the Coca Cola boy getting free advertising on the ABC

John Ellis came across as quite mature and astute beyond his years (which were wet behind them)

Great to see Leo featured and he spoke quite eloquently

Good to see AM thanking the Flag Marshals at Sandown

Roxburgh certainly had a bee in his bonnet, when you consider the types of cars that Datsun/Nissan eventually ended up competing with

Freon gas! Yikes :-) ]

Reputedly they were cheating even then with Datsuns. Both 210 and 510! Which were both imported 'specials'

How nothing has changed!

John Ellis is still playing with Valiants, locally and I have never met him!

By 70 The Minis were class competitors only. Playing with 1200 Dattos! Who did win, can anyone remember. Very different cars.

Leo did make a lot of sense didnt he, as did Moff too.

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#10 brucemoxon

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Posted 10 March 2015 - 09:15

A friend of mine owns the old Datsun 1200 coupe that Bill Evans drove at Bathurst.

When racing it as a 'Club Car', at one point someone decided that these cars should have back seats. So he went to a wrecker and bought one. It fell straight through the gap into the boot. Seems the body shell is wider than the one the seat came from. The one at the wrecker must have been a special, narrow-track version.

Bruce Moxon

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#11 gtsmunro

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Posted 11 March 2015 - 09:01

IIRC this segment was on Vol 2 of Classic Australian Touring Car Races DVD. Been a while since I've seen it though.

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#12 275 GTB-4

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Posted 11 March 2015 - 10:36

IIRC this segment was on Vol 2 of Classic Australian Touring Car Races DVD. Been a while since I've seen it though.

Ohhhhh OK, and where do you think Vol 2 of Classic Australian Touring Car Races DVD got the footage from? :well:

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#13 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 12 March 2015 - 03:58

IIRC this segment was on Vol 2 of Classic Australian Touring Car Races DVD. Been a while since I've seen it though.

If you hunt I believe all the clips are on you tube. I put this one up because it should interest many here, and not just the Aussies either.

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#14 275 GTB-4

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Posted 12 March 2015 - 06:55

If you hunt I believe all the clips are on you tube. I put this one up because it should interest many here, and not just the Aussies either.

Ohhhhh OK, and where do you think You Tube got the footage from Lee? :well:

Its all period footage...re-used and re-branded many times over...

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#15 gtsmunro

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Posted 13 March 2015 - 22:50

Ohhhhh OK, and where do you think Vol 2 of Classic Australian Touring Car Races DVD got the footage from?

Not from youtube.... I was making a point it was also on a DVD. Whats the problem with that?

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#16 275 GTB-4

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Posted 14 March 2015 - 02:48

Not from youtube.... I was making a point it was also on a DVD. Whats the problem with that?

Nothing...

Mick said: Its all period footage...re-used and re-branded many times over...(including being packaged, topped and tailed and burnt to a DVD)

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 14 March 2015 - 02:48.

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#17 Catalina Park

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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:04

Surely there is more than four corners at Bathurst?

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#18 275 GTB-4

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Posted 14 March 2015 - 04:37

Surely there is more than four corners at Bathurst?

Yep...TDT was about...cue Crunchy Granola Suite

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#19 Ray Bell

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Posted 14 March 2015 - 13:11

Originally posted by Catalina Park
Surely there is more than four corners at Bathurst?

Some might not notice (though Bruce does)...

But there's four between McPhillamy and Forrest's Elbow.

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#20 Catalina Park

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 00:42

If there's only four between McPhillamy and Forrest's you aren't going fast enough.
There's three corners in the Dipper.

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#21 Ray Bell

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 02:51

There's actually seven between McPhillamy and Forrest's Elbow...

I wasn't being specific there.

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#22 275 GTB-4

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 04:26

Would a street map help?

Bathurst%20streetmap_zpskcor6oxr.gif

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#23 Catalina Park

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 04:36

Would a street map help?

Normally, but when did they move Skyline?

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#24 275 GTB-4

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 05:16

Normally, but when did they move Skyline?

Artistic Licence - the text looks better in the middle

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#25 Ray Bell

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Posted 15 March 2015 - 05:20

As I said...

...seven corners between McPhillamy Park and Forrest's Elbow. No need for erroneous maps.

And as for the improper understanding of 'Skyline', this is obviously a non-enthusiast's view as they are thinking the 'skyline' is the line of the circuit along the rim of the hill as viewed from the bottom of the mountain. They aren't thinking of it as being a 'skyline' as approached on the circuit.

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Edited by Ray Bell, 15 March 2015 - 05:23.