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Note that the 6.9 had significant handicaps vs the XY ‘race car’ yet is still extremely capable, if not more so

The infamous XY GTHO pic of 1971 which started the whole ‘Supercar scare’ and killed off the Phase IV

The Patton’s of whom Kerry took the speedo pic.

Gossy & his work vehicle a few years later...

And judging by the last photo, there’s others out there, somewhere!

Polaroid colour pix....

Jeffs car has the earlier Becker compared to my car....

Oh and some thoughts re Stirling Moss & reports he was there at the 6.9 launch. The pic in this thread clearly shows Moss at Emu Bottom. However the regos visible in the background indicate this was taken years later. Plus Fangio appeared unflustered in a suit however Moss was clearly...

Some other pix of Jeff Kennett’s car. Quite a different colour combo to the car involved on the day, as shown in the colour pix. I wonder where the car is now?

1924 my boo boo!

Well that’s a surprise with clear links to Mercedes Dealer Lanes! Who knew?? I’d buy it if I didn’t have so many other projects....

I’ve checked the confirmed route of 20.2km in 11mins = 110.2kmh average speed! That’s fast considering there was at least 8 tight corners....

Oh I find it also interesting that the 6.9 cost $68505AUD in 1978, which was about double the cost of the average home. Being that the average price of a home in Melbourne is now $750000AUD, that would put the relative price of a 6.9 at $1.5M today! So a new S Class in today’s relative terms is...

Lastly (for now) here’s a couple of articles from the Gisborne & Macedon Telegraph; huge thanks to Ken & Kerry Patton who were running the publication for many years. The articles were published quite a few days later since the event was held too close to the previous publication deadline. Note...

St Johns as it appears today... This was where the event was based for the morning and church staff provided morning tea & refreshments. Note that 2 race cars were trucked to the location, plus the marquee. Media were transported by bus, but I’m unsure how Fangio & his interpreter arrived on...

This was found proudly displayed at the historic ‘Poltons’ garage, which is still in operation today. Poltons is only a few blocks away from the St Johns Anglican Parish in Riddells Creek which was the centre of ‘operations’ for the morning. Behind the wheel of the $36M Silver Arrow is John...

More info from Ian including a temporary MB sign he souvenir(ed) which was used by the marshalls on the ‘closed’ road. Seems they did encounter other motorists on the circuit, which could indicate many locals were unaware of the event.

Well my friends, yesterday I found the Holy Grail of my quest & I’m now approaching the end of my journey for the last decade! Re-discovered in the shed of the retired policeman from Riddells Creek, Ian Goss. These photographs are far better quality than the last set so I intend to...

Carobu did testing & found various restrictions. But I’ve not seen any documents detailing why they were designed this way in the first place

Slightly off topic some of the gadgets on the current BMWs are totally infuriating!! 🤬