the National Gallery of Victoria had an exhibition ‘Shifting Gear – design, innovation and the Australian car’ last summer, starring the Holden Efigy

https://primotipo.com/2015/05/13/shifting-gear-design-innovation-and-the-australian-car-exhibition-national-gallery-of-victoria-by-stephen-dalton-mark-bisset/

of snorkels and spare tires, the Ferrari P4 in 1967 -68

Modified to run in the ’67 CanAm Series in the US. Chassis ‘0858’was then acquired by ‘Scuderia Veloces’ David McKay for one fabulous season in Australia

just look at the induction snorkels and that spare tire... quite a strange look indeed.

the caption to the above photo:
That ‘Australian’ spare tyre. Fitted as a consequence of our local sports car regs at the time. SV solution a neat one even if the weight is well outside the cars wheelbase…where else to put it!? Yellow stickers ‘Gatto Verde’ a gift from Alf Francis to McKay, McKay makes mention of it in his autobiography but not actually what the stickers mean/represent.

https://primotipo.com/2015/04/02/ferrari-p4canam-350-0858/

Holden Hurricane

Repco's 1966 promo film, the Fantastic Year

https://primotipo.com/2016/08/05/rb740-repcos-1967-f1-championship-winning-v8/

The Last Fast Place in Australia, a film to be made through an Indiegogo crowdsourced fundraiser about Speedweek on Australia's Lake Gairdner

A documentary journey to  Lake Gairdner in South Australia, the salt flats similar to Bonneville.

A film about the colourful community of land speed racers trying to attain the extreme speeds at the annual Speedweek.

The fundraiser is going to be used for the travel, camping equipment, and rental camera equipment at such a remote part of Australia, 150 kilometres from the nearest tarmac road. It might raise enough funds to help with post-production too. 100% of pledges will go towards this project.

Hey, you can even get your 1st IMDB associate producer credit if you can donate $800 AUD and can travel to Australia to join the crew and work behind the scenes on location. (Travel and accommodations not included)

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-last-fast-place-in-australia-environment--2?secret_perk_token=96bee069#/
https://www.facebook.com/DryLakesRacersAustralia/
https://www.facebook.com/omaigniez

racing in Australia with Group 7 cars (Can Am type) in 1968, (to get to the race, skip the 1st 4 minutes, but watch from the start to learn a lot)

thanks Burkey!

https://primotipo.com/tag/1969-australian-sportscar-championship/  for more photos and videos

Denny Hulme, Jim Clark, and Graham Hill testing the Falcon in Australia

https://peterwindsor.com/2015/08/14/jim-clark-tests-new-ford-falcon/

Ford Australia’s 1967 ‘XR’ Falcon was a big step forward in its market competition with General Motors ‘Holden’ who had a dominant position. The XR GT packed a 289cid V8 and started the trend of local pony cars

https://primotipo.com/2016/09/25/beauty-and-the-beasts/

6 P51 Mustang were subjected to atomic tests in Australia in Oct 1953. In late 1967 the aircraft were pulled out of the desert and after extensive repairs, one aircraft flew to Adelaide. The others were shipped to the USA