Thread: Bathurst....V8 Supercars...Russel is driving!!

My Single Spinner was fully imported from the states and using Ford Australia bits it was converted to RHD, the door cards were vinyl with the Ford V8 insignia embossed on them, also the roof headlining was also Vinyl.
The front seats were fold forward buckets from a 2 door USA model, only had 15K miles on it, ran like a dream, I wish I still had it, traded/swapped it for a 56 Ford Prefect + cash my way.
I actually like the Twin Spinner better and would give my left one to get hold of another Twin.
Became a Man (15 y.o.) in the back of my first 48 Merc and so did most of my mates, heaps of room you could walk (stooped) across the back from door to door, I still go weak at the knees when I see that 48 merc grill in mags and at shows, classic, Regards frank.

Originally Posted by Pickles2

C'mon Frank,tell me, how many races did Brock win in a VARIETY of Aussie cars...Tell me how many He won in Commodores??!!, using an AUSSIE 304/308 engine?...totally Aussie.
Likewise, how many races did Johnson, Bowe & Moffatt win in Sierras!?..And these guys won in Aussie cars too, same as Brock.
Frank, they ran what they ran, when they had to,... TO WIN.
Good to hear you owned a '48 Mercury. Believe it or not, probably still one of the favourite of all my cars. Very rarely does one see a nice one these days,...most have the dash painted wrongly, with a whole lot of other "woggy" interior stuff & other non original bits. Those were the days when cornering & braking was not so important, but to me my Ford was always better than my mates' FJs etc, wasn't always faster, but Jeez, it ALWAYS sounded better,....nothing like the sound of a good side valve with a nice dual exhaust set up. My twin spinner had a twin 2" set up, exhaust system running through the chassis with dual 24" Lukey Mufflers (one on each side!)
Pickles.
NB: Coulthard (Holden Driver!) has gone to DJR Penske,..You'd be happy with that.

Top stuff top stuff.
"At 15"?...well you beat me by a couple of years!!
My Twin Spinner was RHD, but Frank, I never really thought about how that came to be,....must've been assembled in Aus, surely.
My Twin Spinner cost me $300 when I bought it with 60,000 miles on the clock, black, no rust except for a bit on the front bumper. It had brown leather trim, & had been owned by Mrs Henderson, of Henderson Springs. I sold it for $750, one of the few cars I've ever made money on.
Like you, I love that '48 Mercury Grille, and I also like the little bit "extra" they had over the Super De Lux. I haven't seen a good '48 Merc for years & years,.....there was a Red one on Car Sales for $38K but it didn't do much for me.
Regards, Martin.

Originally Posted by Tank

Not so different at all,
Quote:"Me?..Well I'm a bit different,..if you're interested in reading. My first car was a 1948 Ford Super DeLux Side Valve V8, followed by a 1948 Ford Mercury V8, followed by a 1951 Ford Twin Spinner V8 (gen 60,000mls!)." end quote.


My first car was a 48 Mercury (2X), then a 51 twin spinner, 49 Single Spinner, then a succession of Customlines 55 on, had a couple of holdens, both let me down badly.
You talk about Ford being all American, well holden Monaro ran a 350 chev. a Muncie gearbox, and a chev. 10 bolt diff, later changing over to the superior Ford 9".
Still my point is that Brock would not have won so many Bathursts if holden hadn't squibbed out by using a Vauxhall and opel small car against the full size Falcon, WHY?, because the full size holden couldn't cut it, Regards Frank.

I would call that smart racing. Winning races isn't all about having the fastest or best car. Smart people (and teams) win races. Knowing how to make the best of what you've got wins races.

I call it as holden building another crap car to foist on the Australian public and when it came to racing, full size holdens were rubbish and would never survive the rigours of racing.
The simple fact is holden never had a car to compete with the falcon so they bought in a ringer and when ford did the same thing with the Sierra holden cried and screamed and got the rules changed or they would have taken their bat and ball and gone home and as far as your statement,
Quote:" Knowing how to make the best of what you've got wins races"
holden never had a car to make the best of, so they stuffed prod. car racing and Bathurst by bringing in a Ringer, regards frank.

Originally Posted by bacicat

I would call that smart racing. Winning races isn't all about having the fastest or best car. Smart people (and teams) win races. Knowing how to make the best of what you've got wins races.

Then we'll agree to disagree.

You're obviously a Ford man, which is fine, and I used to be a Holden man - up until about the VT Commodore, everything after that has been a disappointment. I've driven many Falcons, and many Commodores - and had to live with both as company cars over the decades, and if I had to choose now, it would be a Ford, but from the 70's through to about 2000 I found the Kingswoods/Commodores better to drive.

I don't think the Ford/Holden battle is likely to be solved here, or anyone's mids changed about who/which car is better if they have already made up their minds.

I was a Holden buyer until I bought a VB , stands for very bad , have not bought a GM product since. Think the Citroen ( Lemon) C4 we just traded was as bad as the VB.

Originally Posted by bacicat

I would call that smart racing. Winning races isn't all about having the fastest or best car. Smart people (and teams) win races. Knowing how to make the best of what you've got wins races.

Didn't he win by kicking his bother out of the teams second car?,and by getting the Sierra's blacked flagged because the guards were 3mm too wide?.Like Frank I'm not rubbishing Brock,he was a very good driver,but there is/was a dozen others of that era that fit that mold . Pat

Hey Frank, Mate,..Have you heard the VERY GOOD NEWS!!!
Mate, We're gonna be on the "same side" at the G.C.600,....Rusty is driving for Prodrive, to fill in for the injured Chaz!!
I reckon Rusty did a great job for HRT, & He will do a similar job for Prodrive,..He will get great "exposure" for the team, just like He did for HRT at Bathurst.
A fitting "finale" for a "RACER", don't you think?
Regards, Martin.