Where are Brock's Race cars?

Chatters · 16 Sep 2006, 03:39 (Ref:1726564)

We would all know by know V8SA's decision to hold a "Lap Of Honour" at Bathurst this year to remember Peter Brock. They want to get as many of Brock's previous winning cars (or general cars he raced at Bathurst) and run them with various co-drivers. So does anyone know the whereabouts of some of these cars? I know the '79 A9X is privately owned, and the '84 and possibly '87 cars are in the museum at Murray's. Any ideas where the others are?

Raglanparade · 16 Sep 2006, 04:44 (Ref:1726565)

the '73 is at the Museum in Phillip Island and will be demonstrated this weekend at the bikes... as far as i know..

D.R.T. · 16 Sep 2006, 05:01 (Ref:1726566)

I think its Wayne Park that owns the 2003 Monaro.

racer69 · 16 Sep 2006, 05:57 (Ref:1726567)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

We would all know by know V8SA's decision to hold a "Lap Of Honour" at Bathurst this year to remember Peter Brock. They want to get as many of Brock's previous winning cars (or general cars he raced at Bathurst) and run them with various co-drivers. So does anyone know the whereabouts of some of these cars? I know the '79 A9X is privately owned, and the '84 and possibly '87 cars are in the museum at Murray's. Any ideas where the others are?

-'72 winner is around, was at the Torana Nationals at Norwell a few years back
-'75 winner was written off in a road accident years after
-'78 & '79 winning Torana's are owned by Bowden's
-'80 winner is in private hands, and according to an AMC letter from the owner a few years ago was being restored
-'82 winner & '83 winner (same car) is still about, though interestingly with the '82 paintscheme on the '83 body design/aerokit
-'84 winner (according to Brock himself) is with Peter Champion, with the #25 car at the Bathurst museum (though numbered as #05), many quarters claim that it is the other way around though.
-'87 winner is with Bowden's

pete60 · 16 Sep 2006, 13:03 (Ref:1726568)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

I think its Wayne Park that owns the 2003 Monaro.

Rob Sherrard owns the Monaro,along with a few other rare beasts.

Who owns the 2002 Motorola Team Brock machine?

Chatters · 16 Sep 2006, 13:34 (Ref:1726569)

I dunno... Did anyone see the Sports Tonight report about the revhead get together at Tweed Heads? They had

The '72 Brock XU1
The '84 Brock VK Commodore
The '92 Brock VP Commodore
The '87 Brock VL Commodore
The '02 Brock VX Commodore

And they might have had a few more, but I didn't catch them.

pete55 · 16 Sep 2006, 22:03 (Ref:1726570)

Peter Champion from Blackwater owns the 02 Commodore.

twinwebbers · 18 Sep 2006, 01:02 (Ref:1726571)

A large number of them were at Speed on Tweed on the weekend.

Including quite a few of the torana's, the 'day glo' commodore, the (Repco Round Australia Car), the Black Team Brock v8 Supercar and the 'Mongrel' Monaro. (Don't know if they were originals or not...)

As a sad side note the replica A30 was started up on saturday morning and went up in flames.... :-( Fairly extensive damage but not a write off, I imagine somone will be failry busy between now and bathurst rebuilding it.

M-Kart · 19 Sep 2006, 00:43 (Ref:1726572)

Whilst these are not Bathurst winners, they are Brock's Bathurst cars:

1. What happened to the 1996 #05 Volvo 850 (yes, i know he didnt actually drive it at bathurst though)? I know it became Jim Richard's car the following season, and for Bathurst 1997 became the 2nd team volvo (#8), and i guess when back to europe after that, but where is it/who has it now?

2. The Vectra that PB shred with Derek Warick at bathurst 1997, a 888 car, again, would have gone back to europe i guess, but can anyone confirm this/where is it now?

3. Peter's 2004 car that Plato unceremoniously destroyed in the chase. Too damaged for the following round at indy for Skaife to use, (he had to return to 'the golden child'), but i assume was repaird and put into use again. Didnt this become one of the HSVDT cars last year? and where does it sit in the TWPG heirachy of chassis now?

Mitch

Notso Swift · 19 Sep 2006, 02:08 (Ref:1726573)

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Originally Posted by M-Kart

Whilst these are not Bathurst winners, they are Brock's Bathurst cars:

1. What happened to the 1996 #05 Volvo 850 (yes, i know he didnt actually drive it at bathurst though)? I know it became Jim Richard's car the following season, and for Bathurst 1997 became the 2nd team volvo (#8), and i guess when back to europe after that, but where is it/who has it now?

Mitch

At leass 2 of the Volvo cars are still in Australia, one S40 and one 850. In Melbourne. Don't know if the 850 was thae same one.

**GTRMagic** · 19 Sep 2006, 02:54 (Ref:1726574)

I think you will find the 850 that is still here is actually a show car

In the outside shots of the funeral, was it an '86 VK in MHDT colours sitting outside the service, next to the dayglo '84 MHDT VK ?? It was in the shadows and difficult to see on my 2" screen...

Notso Swift · 19 Sep 2006, 04:21 (Ref:1726575)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I think you will find the 850 that is still here is actually a show car

Ahh Ok, the S40 was ex Rydell and then Richards IIRC
There is also the 850R Proddie, shared with Tony Scott, that now occassionally races IP. No longer in Tripple M colours, though.

gkmarshall · 19 Sep 2006, 04:40 (Ref:1726576)

As far as i know the 04 Brock/Plato car is in the hands of Tony D'Alberto & the second team car is the 04 kmart (spiderman) Bathurst winner

Senna05 · 19 Sep 2006, 06:50 (Ref:1726577)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I think you will find the 850 that is still here is actually a show car

In the outside shots of the funeral, was it an '86 VK in MHDT colours sitting outside the service, next to the dayglo '84 MHDT VK ?? It was in the shadows and difficult to see on my 2" screen...

They were shots from the Bathurst memorial I think....

1972 - 28c Torana GTRXU1
1984 - 05 VK (GpC)
1985/6 - 05 VK (GpA)

Chatters · 19 Sep 2006, 07:32 (Ref:1726578)

The '84, '86, and '72 cars were there today, and I think one of the Volvos was in the Museum.

M-Kart · 19 Sep 2006, 08:27 (Ref:1726579)

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Originally Posted by gkmarshall

As far as i know the 04 Brock/Plato car is in the hands of Tony D'Alberto & the second team car is the 04 kmart (spiderman) Bathurst winner

Ahh ok, I forgot the Tony got a new ar for this year and Mark McNally(?) has the spiderman car now. thanks for refeshing the memory.

What HRT chassis # is the 05 Brock/Plato car (D'Alberto's current ride)?

mtpanorama · 19 Sep 2006, 11:12 (Ref:1726580)

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Originally Posted by Senna05

They were shots from the Bathurst memorial I think....

1972 - 28c Torana GTRXU1
1984 - 05 VK (GpC)
1985/6 - 05 VK (GpA)

The VK is my mates rally car that I did the signwriting on as a copy of the GpA car.

86VK · 19 Sep 2006, 15:11 (Ref:1726581)

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Originally Posted by Chatters

The '84, '86, and '72 cars were there today, and I think one of the Volvos was in the Museum.

The 85 car was running around as a 'walkinshaw' and after a number of prangs creasing the floor is basically worthless. My understanding of the 86 car owned by Peter Champion is that was one of the Spa 24 hr cars. The 86 Bathurst car is owned by my mate and I, and sits in his garage. It was converted in 87 to a VL and raced by Brock in the opening rounds, then Sandown by Crompton, then was the display car at Bathurst that year. We had decided to convert it back to as raced by Brock and Moffat but haven't gotten around to it yet. He had autographed the transmission tunnel in the interior and we were going to just get him to redo it once we had finished. Lucky we hadn't stripped it yet.... We had also decided that after we convert it we will sell it but will now delay that as we would be accused of 'cashing in' on the great man.

**GTRMagic** · 19 Sep 2006, 23:15 (Ref:1726582)

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Originally Posted by 86VK

The 85 car was running around as a 'walkinshaw' and after a number of prangs creasing the floor is basically worthless. My understanding of the 86 car owned by Peter Champion is that was one of the Spa 24 hr cars. The 86 Bathurst car is owned by my mate and I, and sits in his garage. It was converted in 87 to a VL and raced by Brock in the opening rounds, then Sandown by Crompton, then was the display car at Bathurst that year. We had decided to convert it back to as raced by Brock and Moffat but haven't gotten around to it yet. He had autographed the transmission tunnel in the interior and we were going to just get him to redo it once we had finished. Lucky we hadn't stripped it yet.... We had also decided that after we convert it we will sell it but will now delay that as we would be accused of 'cashing in' on the great man.

As pretty as the '87 VL was, the original '86 VK has plenty of history too... with Brock and Moffat in the seat.. the crash at Skyline, and the oil cooler breaking over the pitlane speed bumps.... the car may not have been successful in outright terms, but it was the last of the factory Holden Dealer Team cars....

Am I right in thinking this was the same chassis Barry Lake test drove in mid 1986 for Modern Motor??

gkmarshall · 19 Sep 2006, 23:36 (Ref:1726583)

The 72 Bathurst winner, the Torana XU1 going around now is that a replica or the real deal, just looked @ ebay this guy is selling what he says is the rear left hand quarter panel the only part left of the 72 winner, he says this car was destroyed in QLD & was bought back to Melbourne to be stripped & then cut up for scrap.
He also says it's not colin bonds panel. It's Item No 13002641705
I'm confused, it looks real but don't know if it is, it's before my time.

Senna05 · 20 Sep 2006, 02:46 (Ref:1726584)

yeah, the 28C car running around is a replica.

A guy in newcastle only recently finished a replica of his 75 car too. I hope both can take part in the parade lap in October.

Also, hoping they see past their own ego's to let the Mongrel take part.

Techo · 20 Sep 2006, 03:14 (Ref:1726585)

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Originally Posted by racer69

-'72 winner is around, was at the Torana Nationals at Norwell a few years back
-'75 winner was written off in a road accident years after
-'78 & '79 winning Torana's are owned by Bowden's
-'80 winner is in private hands, and according to an AMC letter from the owner a few years ago was being restored
-'82 winner & '83 winner (same car) is still about, though interestingly with the '82 paintscheme on the '83 body design/aerokit
-'84 winner (according to Brock himself) is with Peter Champion, with the #25 car at the Bathurst museum (though numbered as #05), many quarters claim that it is the other way around though.
-'87 winner is with Bowden's

'75 winner was written off in a road accident years after
???????????
Does anyone know who owned the car when the accident happen ?
And if there is any of the wreakage left, that could be used for a major resortation of the orginal chassis ?

Techo · 20 Sep 2006, 05:26 (Ref:1726586)

Bathrust car 75' ?fixed? I've been told the 75' car is in victoria

SkaifeHRT · 20 Sep 2006, 06:13 (Ref:1726587)

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Originally Posted by M-Kart

What HRT chassis # is the 05 Brock/Plato car (D'Alberto's current ride)?

HRT chassis # 048 if I'm not mistaken, and I think it was raced by Garth Tander last year.

Chatters · 20 Sep 2006, 06:44 (Ref:1726588)

So are V8SA going to look for the real cars, or will they settle for replicas?

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