This YouTube footage stumbled across me today:
Ted Parsons: Motor Racing
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David Shaw
, Oct 27 2022 09:27
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GregThomas
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Posted 27 October 2022 - 18:01
That needs a voice-over from someone who can ID the cars and people. But it's incredible. Colour - and closeups of known drivers. I don't know many Aussie specials so all I could ID was Black Bess but there are a lot of I'm sure well known cars there. Quite a find.
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nexfast
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Posted 27 October 2022 - 19:24
There is more but still silent:
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GregThomas
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Posted 27 October 2022 - 20:40
Very evocative of the era. Who of a certain age in Aus or NZ hasn't watched motor racing from the top deck of a sheep truck. AKA mobile grandstands.
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David Shaw
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Posted 28 October 2022 - 02:29
At round the 6:35 mark, there is a shot of the Tornado's flathead with OHV conversion. Amongst the saloon cars, I spotted Hoot Gibson's Standard Vanguard Sportsman. And many that I have seen elsewhere, but can't name ATM
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Posted 28 October 2022 - 06:23
Yeah, the Ardun heads stand out don't they. And they are Ardun but didn't the Tornado have locally made heads ?
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Posted 28 October 2022 - 08:59
The Parsons films were being shown at May 2018 Historic Winton by Rob Parsons, then soon after added to youtube.
refer a bit more here... https://forums.autos...2018/?p=8432458
Stephen
