I remember Dick Johnson saying “ racing at Winton is like running a marathon around your clothes line” and from that angle, I now understand what he meant!

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

James McGowen , remember that we’ll, back in his Cosworth Sierra days. 😊

@jeanette5457

3 жыл бұрын

More than true at the old Winton, before the extensions. My old XU-1, with big rear end, only really used three gears. I would very briefly put in top at the end of the old back straight, but only to ease the revs for a moment before braking.

@barryphillips7327

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the big 351 needs Room to fully wind up, plus the XW Falcons were not the best handling or braking machine, but on a LONG straight, oh yeah baby it will GO!

Love to watch this Ford at Bathurst. This is still great viewing watching this gentleman getting arm workout. Love ya work Glenn

Sitting here with more than a few rums under my belt, with headphones on and volume up to 11....Loving it, thanks Glenn for posting this!

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Phil Long , glad you’re enjoying that sweet music!

The beauty of cars like that is that you really have to drive them to make them quick. Big, heavy, no traction control, no VSC, no ABS... No electronic interference at all. In the 70s they raced them on factory suspension! On twisty tracks, they make you work for it. But it's such a satisfying feeling( and just plain old FUN!) steering all that hefty anger around a track. Just quietly though... If the Falcon and the Mustang were at a more open track like Bathurst, the Stang would have trouble staying in front.

that motor in the xw is FEROCIOUS

The X Series Falcons were the best 4 door production vehicles in the world. Easily outperforming anything from The USA and Europe.

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

That's correct, at the time, our 71 GTHO Phase 3 Falcon was the fastest accelerating 4 Door Sedan in the world of the showroom floor. They ran a 14.7 sec quarter mile with stock aquajet tyres and a tall final drive ratio in all the tests.

@RK-ml2ns

3 жыл бұрын

@MDS Wrong again. Enter The A9X 2 door Holden Torana. Winning The Bathurst 1000 had it easily beating any 2 door U.S. production vehicle at the time. As with the XA, XB and XC Coupe in the mid 70's winning Bathurst in a 1, 2 Podium finish. Chrysler(Mopar) GMC, Ford America etc were unable to build any 2 or 4 door race/ production cars to reach the performance of the Aussie made Fords and Holdens. While you are at it you can include most production vehicles out of Europe.

Watching him wrestle that thing around makes me miss my old XC and XT V8s. No power steering, big skinny steering wheel, manual gearbox, no traction control, hot, noisy... but sooo much fun to drive :D

Great work . The music is just right now.

I want to see a 1973 holden Monaro and 1973 ford falcon xb gt hardtop go against a 1969 Dodge Charger and whatever Plymouth you have.

Muscle Car racing is amazing, look forward to getting my drive

@gregorybathurst4326

3 жыл бұрын

yeah but not on these pokey little things they call race tracks . More suited to open wheelers .

Looks like a track that'd suit a Torana or that Charger that was at the beginning.

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Stitch Jones , it does suit the smaller cars as a rule. 👍

@stitchjones7134

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergiannaros9037 Peter Brock's little Torana rather neatly removes the edge off your point behind "top end of the Falcons" being the be all and end all at Bathurst, and Geogeghan managed 3rd with shite brake pads in his Charger. Why he was stuck with crap pads is another story. Rumour abounds. Would have been interesting to how Chrysler would have gone if they'd put some effort in.

@petergiannaros9037

3 жыл бұрын

@@stitchjones7134 Peter Brocks little Torana won a wet race in 1972.The Falcons also struggled with shit brakes as you put it that year. and Mcphee still came second.The Falcons won again in 73 and 74 .In 1974 there were only three Falcons in the race and no Ford Backing that year and Goss still won.Howard Marsden said the Charger would have been competitive at Bathurst with the 340 but the supercar scare ended that.

@stitchjones7134

3 жыл бұрын

@@petergiannaros9037 So top end didn't help em in the wet :D I have an XB coupe, you're preaching to the converted mate, I love my Falcons, but the original comment was about a tight and twisty track, not Bathurst, and the Vals and Toranas were definitely better at those. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4GL0ZeKdszScsY.html

@chrisjames5406

3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget. ..Chargers don't handle. Ford guys like to tell you.

She sounds tuffer than a $2 steak

What a sweet noise.

Had plenty of power but not the handling,which is king for Winton!

Winton was never a big car track. That's one of the reasons they stopped running the V8s there. Still good to watch

@Rattles4392

3 жыл бұрын

They still race there

@Southside_Slim

3 жыл бұрын

This guy and the 64galaxi kill it on that track bummer they looked perfectly happy out there

351 anytime ))

Battle of the smoke screens. Long live the Cleveland. King of the track.

@maxxuman9915

3 жыл бұрын

Shelby did pretty damn good with Windsors, and they won the Le Mans 24 hours twice in 1968 and 69. No Cleveland ever did that.

@phelanpawly2507

3 жыл бұрын

Maxxuman imagine how good theyed have gone with a real engine.

@JasonfromBiripiCountry

3 жыл бұрын

@@phelanpawly2507 both engines have there strengths and weakness. Pretty sure Cleveland wasn't available when Shelby & ford went to le man's, but yes could you imagine the Cleveland 👍 racing at that time

@phelanpawly2507

3 жыл бұрын

Jason Currie it’s a well known fact the Cleveland has a much sturdier bottom end but the Boss engine was a Cleveland headed Windsor. Go figure 🙄

@JasonfromBiripiCountry

3 жыл бұрын

@@phelanpawly2507 oh yes I'm well versed in Cleveland mate, but it wasn't invented. Windsor first, but they went to BBF for LE MANS race

The sound of that falcon tho 😼🥴

Doesn’t mind a rev the old girl 👌🏻

No match for the 265 hemi up the front.

@LsMaloo

3 жыл бұрын

It takes a mopar to catch a mopar 👌🏼

@LsMaloo

3 жыл бұрын

@Kenneth Jones I’m no yank mate. I’ve yet to see a clevo outdo a hemi.

@bcgjacquin

Жыл бұрын

And what’s ahead of the charger? How many 265 have won any significant races?

@LsMaloo

Жыл бұрын

@@bcgjacquin typical ford man getting but hurt by a 6 cylinder. No different to the time when holdens little 6 cylinder blew the fords big bad clevo off the track. 😂

Charger ✌ 🏆

Hi Glenn Everitt, did you end up finishing off the project warHOrse xy?

👍👍👍

White mustang looked to kill the charger up front while the chargers rear tyres lock up.

Was that tyre smoke from the Charger?

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Erroneous Code , it was a brake lock up.

Noice..........!

Did they import Mustangs into Australia? Seems a shame that they got Mustangs down in Australia, but we never got the Australian Falcons in US. I would have loved to have one of those cars.

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Only in very limited numbers when new. We have many here these days though, all private imports, and of course the new Mustangs. :-)

@gustavbabic5004

3 жыл бұрын

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines One final question. Did Ford import the 427 cammer motor into the Australian market?

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavbabic5004 , not to my knowledge, although various race cars featuring such engines in the day were imported by individuals.

@gustavbabic5004

3 жыл бұрын

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines Too bad, because I think that something like an Australian version of the Talladega Torino would have been a really cool car, and to my eye, Falcon XA looks a lot like a 71 Ford Torino. Thanks for the info.

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavbabic5004 , yes it shares a lot of DNA with the Torino, even the same floor pan. Unfortunately we never got the big engines down here, only small blocks. I know that there were some big block concepts put together in the Ford and GM camp but that’s about it. Also, when I think about it, most of our racing revolved around road racing here, although we still had drag racing going on, road racing (circuit racing) got most of the media and TV exposure, that meaning a small block was the best weapon of choice for betting handling and dynamics with less weight over the front axle.

351's aren't legal around here for Vintage racing (not to say there aren't a couple of 331 or 347 stroker kits) - NO ONE would ever do such a cheat... :)

The glare was pretty bad that day . . .

Noiwne...Sixty noiwne.. Two aaghty noiwne.....Maaaatteee......fweee..oo.tooo...FUCK YEAH!!

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

😂

Excuse me for a moment... Me and youtube here are going to sit in the corner and remember when....

That's bloody awesome 👍👍👍 what ever happened to your warhorse build?

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly had to shelve it, due to lack of funds.

@markssmallengines3542

3 жыл бұрын

Bugger that's always the way, but a least you still have it shelved and one day finish the build when your ready 👍

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Mark Dillon , luckily I have a ground up sister car, Vermillion Fire and all, but it’s a street version. We’ll create a feature video on it in the near future.

@markssmallengines3542

3 жыл бұрын

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines wow, that would be an awesome, keen on seeing that video when you feature it 👍

@BadApe351

3 жыл бұрын

@@GlennEverittMasterofMachines Very sad that Glenn. I guess it would help the hip pocket if one of the commercial tv channels picked up your show. It's streets ahead of the shit they dish out to us.

As much as i love falcons and 351,s the charger just dissapeared on that tight track.

Looks like it could use a softer rear end and a little stiffer on the front sway bar to start with I think. might get it to bite in the back a little better.

Drives and handles like a Victorian bath full of water

@-ac-8296

3 жыл бұрын

drives a lot better than any bath of water I've ever been in

@antpoo

3 жыл бұрын

Compared to what? Future technology? What a ridiculous comment!

Fun fact 64 mustang has the same chassis as a 64 falcon

The circut didn't suit your car . I don't think you got it into top gear .

Great sound but he couldn't catch anyone so he might want to look under the bonnets of the 2 cars that disappeared.

Just my opinion. I have owned 1965 Mustangs since 1976 and built AC Cobras. I'm listening to his car's engine and I think he needs a diffrent differential gear. His power band is hitting way too late after exiting a turn and his rpms are too low while managing the turns. A 351W is just marginally heavier than a 289 or 302. But my 289 in third gear from turn one to exiting turn four at Road Atlanta the rpms are higher by at least 30 to 400 rpms higher. Sao when I am exiting a turn I am at the beginning of my peak torque. You can see the red 67 or 68 start powering out immediately, where the Falcon doesn't till half way down the store straights. He is at 2200 to 3000 rpms which for me are too low going through or exiting the turns.

Too big and Heavy 👎🏼🙀🙀

@GlennEverittMasterofMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Tim Dingle aka Jack Sparrow , they are a handful on the tighter tracks.

@-ac-8296

3 жыл бұрын

@MDS imagine getting butthurt over a 50 year old family car

Glare ruined the video