chris,your dad's co-driver was glynn scott,a queenslander who raced sports cars,like mclaren m8's & such.must have been quite a shock driving that citroen.he was the father of gary scott,who raced group c car's in the 77 & 79 races,was in a nissan factory bluebird in 83 & 84 & a skyline in 86,plus group a starions in 87 & 88.so,what did the insurance company say about the write-off?why didn't they just find a set of skid marks & call the police.

this is the 68 race,because the car numbers for 68 were 51 & 53.the two cars were disqualified for illegal carbaration,meaning they probably drill out the main jets or some such.they finished 3rd & 4th in class before being excluded.this is in both 'australia's greatest motor race' & 'jamies hardie 1000 1984/85'.oh my,there's even a photo of bill daly in his citreon,having a moment at forrest's elbow.chris,that's in the 'australia's greatest motor racr book,by bill tuckey.there's also photos of 1000's in 1967,& a photo from 1969 where a works 1000 goes through the fence at the dipper,on two wheels no less.unfortuneately,he hit a camera tower,& broke the leg of a cameraman.

OK,...a few questions for the historicly knowledgable.

1. Since this is a '68 model, is it possible that it was the 1968 class "A" winning car? [I have assumed that he survived this little heart stopper]

2. Does anyone know why the winning car was disqualified?

3. Does anyone know any more about this particular car?
Chris

In those days many of the cars were driven to Bathurst for the race, & the survivors were driven home afterwards.

The numberplate suggests that this one was one of these.

The best part of this photo is that it reminds us of the days when the Bathurst race was for real cars, not race cars.
Cars were divided into classes according to their retail PRICE. If you were an intending new car purchaser, you watched this race with intense interest as you wanted to see how well your next new car would perform.

The old addage of "Race 'em on Sunday, sell 'em on Monday" was never so true as when this race was running.

As far as the new car dealers were concerned, winners were grinners, & lots of new Holdens, Fords, big & small were sold within the next week, depending on who won.

Two 1967 Datsun 1000 two door sedans came home 1 & 2 in class "A" [the lowest price class] at the '67 Gallaher 500 at Bathurst. They sold a lot of Datsun 1000's after that.
Notice that this car has a single door mounted mirror. It must have been a dealer installed "option" as these cars were supposed to be completely standard.
The lack of bumper over-riders makes it a standard model. They were cheaper,...& lighter. It looks to be a '68 model, & i wonder if he kept it upright. I don't see a look of stark terror on his face, so perhaps he did.

Gallaher International was a cigarette company that was bought out by Phillip Morris, but in '67 the company execs all went to Bathurst in new Falxon XR GT's that were painted Gallaher silver with the wide red[ish] GT stripe over the car. Same as the cigarette pack. These were the only XR GT's to leave the factory in a non "GT Gold" paint job. Where are they today.

lol the good old days ay no cage, no decent suspension, dodgey tyres....etc but at least he has the lights covered dont want them getting damaged