Rally Heroes

Just a couple of comments on the car-mag that I look forward to every month!

Firstly, I love reading Garage Gurus and am fascinated by Glenn Torrens’ projects. I am also excited that Morley is back – Welcome back Dave!

So, why am I writing? Well whilst I have been very impressed with GT’s abilities, I’d be interested to understand what the relevant state authorities require for road registration in terms of accepting repairs like a full sill replacement (on the farm-find Commo in issue 448) when inspecting a car for roadworthy. Will the Commo need a more detailed machinery inspection by a certif ying engineer before GT will be able to enjoy his labours?

My next comment/ question relates to the 1968 London-Sydney marathon Falcon story (issue 447) which was great! . Could we please see a follow-up/companion stor y on the other stars of the event…like the Hillman (which was also a very popular car on our market)

“HE TOOK ON AN EPIC JOB AND IT SEEMS TO BE HUMMING ALONG NICELY”

that actually won (and how it took the honours)?

I am a big fan of our homegrown/adopted automobile products, but I do think the mag has covered just about every possible aspect of the XR to XY series Falcons history over the years (I am a reader/ subscriber of some 15 to 20).

I would love to see a story around the 1974 World Cup P76 too…and more contemporary rally efforts 2019 Peking to Paris?

Keep the mag coming!

Russell Cuerel

THANKS, RUSSELL! That’s a good question re repairs and roadworthies. Does all this extensive work require and engineer report? The general principle is that if you’re not altering key structural areas of the car – such as suspension mounts – you should be okay. Much of the decision rests with the roadworthy inspector. If they’re not happy, they can request an engineer report.

As for the Hillman, yep we have looked at them in the past, but not the rally variant that won for the team lead by Andrew Cowan. That would make a great story and we’ll see what we can do. We used to see a fair few Hillmans around, but not these days. A nicely-done Hunter would be welcome in my shed, any day.

That P76 you speak of pops up at the occasional car show and is a sight to behold. Without question the P76 series’ greatest feature was that mighty V8.

It had some Buick roots, as we know, and it was a great thing.