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4 May 2005, 06:05 (Ref:1292563) | #1 | |
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brocks 1975 Sampson/Brock Torana
Could someone let me know the history of the 1975 Brock/Sampson Torana.
How many races it had and the history after Bathurst. |
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7 May 2005, 08:47 (Ref:1294938) | #2 | ||
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The car won the big 3 Races, Sandown, Bathurst and Phillip Island
The Gown/Hindhaugh L34 first ATCC race was Symmons plains unsure if the car had run before this. Brock ran the car at Baskerville in dec/75 and then Bruce Hindaugh ran it there in Febuary.Bruce ran it in a few rounds of the 76 ATCC The car was then sold to Roger Stanley A pub owner from Hobart, He ran it a couple of times in Tassie and had intentions of running on the mainland but unsure if he ever did. The car was road registered and was sold to a speedway driver in the north of the state and was crashed into a tree and written off. |
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8 May 2005, 03:00 (Ref:1295394) | #3 | |
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brock/sampson 75 torana
Thanks for the info, now I know a little more on this missing torana.
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9 May 2005, 02:43 (Ref:1296199) | #4 | ||
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Brock used the car during the ATCC that year as well did he not, running the #1, using various skightly different liveries during the year.
The Sandown enduro win was also the first time he ran number .05 |
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10 Oct 2011, 08:35 (Ref:2968488) | #5 | ||
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It seems the Torana had a New Zealand holiday after its Bathurst win.
The following photo is from a postcard for the Manfeild circuit that I've had for a while: http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/.../Brock-L34.jpg ... and I've just stumbled across this article in a Jan'76 Manfeild race programme which reminded me of the postcard: http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/...ion-Travel.jpg Since the car was back in Australia by December '75 it must have been a short trip. I had wondered if it was brought over for publicity reasons, perhaps visiting a few Holden dealerships with a ride-day at Manfeild, but the article says the car was raced. I wonder if Mr Tander will have his V8 Supercar at Manfeild next weekend. Malcolm. |
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