Moffat and DJR

[Rob 18]

While we are on the Moffat topic.

Who built the Moffat EB. (small hint: He is involved in V8 Supercar to this day)

 

[TRU BLU]

Ian Walburn

 

[Rob 18]

Geez, I thought that would be a tricky one TRU BLU. Too easy!
Russell Caddey also assisted Wally in the build of the EB.

 

[Rob 18]

And they originally had planned to build a 2nd EB as well.

 

[Beejay]

Rob 18, you wouldn't happen to have a copy of an article about the build of the car, would you?

 

[Rob 18]

Yeah Beejay, 3 page article in the 1993 Bathurst 1000 program. Not all to do with the build of the EB but there is still a fair segment discussing it.

 

[Doug]

Wasn't Moff's EB the same car that was subsequently involved in the Forrest's Elbow debacle of 98 that took Dick and Steven out??

 

[Rob 18]

I think your right there Doug. Allan Heath from SA If I remember who converted it to an EL??

 

[Beejay]

Yeah they converted it to an EL. Subsequently they sold it to the South Australian based 3M team which was contesting the Konica Series. Lost track of it after that.

Rob18 - I already have that article from the Bathurst program. For a long time I thought I had a copy of an article in Motorsport News but now I can't find it. I was hoping you may have had it.

 

[Rob 18]

quote:Originally posted by Beejay



The prior link to Holman-Moody came in the Trans Am Mustang days. Moffat got his running gear (engines, gearboxes, diffs) from them. In fact, if you go to the Holman-Moody website, you'll still find Allan listed as their Australian agent.

Holman-Moody is a story in itself.

Back in the late '50s Ford wanted to get involved in NASCAR and did it by supporting a couple of teams. But when the AMA agreement came to pull out, Ford needed to get rid of all the stock of gear. In stepped John Holman and Ralph Moody. They became the Ford distributors for racing gear and kept a Ford presence on the NASCAR tracks.

They started supplying Ford gear for all kinds of people who wanted it, and not just for NASCAR. When Ford decided to dump the AMA agreement in 1962, they pumped big bucks into Holman-Moody. H-M became a racing factory that ran race teams, and supplied all sorts of gear for NASCAR, sports cars, drag racing and even power boats. When Ford had a false start with the GT40 and then decided to base their Le Mans program development in the US, Shelby and H-M were chosen as Ford contractors to run the main GT40 teams.

The point is, in the '60s, if you had the right kind of letter from FoMoCo, you could walk in to the H-M warehouse and pick all the parts you needed right of the shelf. And those parts were pretty much the best you could get.

Speaking of Holman & Moody engines, this is the engine that was in the original Bryan Byrt XA Hardtop sports sedan that John French used to drive & later on Dick Johnson drove when Frenchy was suspended.
Apparently DJ was not to impressed with this particular engine as they had all sorts of mechanical troubles with it.

 

[Henry]

Ahhh... you're re-reading the autobio too then Rob? I chuckled at that the other night when I read it.

Of course, Dick built a pretty good motor himself...

 

[Rob 18]

quote:Originally posted by Henry

Ahhh... you're re-reading the autobio too then Rob?

Sure am Henry & what a good read it is, and as I,ve said before, it's bloody amazing what you stumble across when your looking for imformation on another subject, in this case Beejay's question about what # the XA Sports Sedan was. It didn't help me though[:0] as I had to look to other places to find that #5 was indeed the # of the XA.

 

[Rob 18]

While were on Moffat, here is an interesting link on AM when he was trying to get the RX7 homologated for Group C www.rx7.net.nz/bathurst.html

Seems things haven't really changed in 25 years as Moff was very dis-illusioned with cams & Holden in 1980.

 

[Henry]

Verrry interesting... Allan knew exactly where he was going with the Rx-7, even at that stage, didn't he?

As far as the disillusionment goes; I don't think that's changed in the last 40 years.

Great piece of writing that!

 

[Seton Fanatic]

It should be noted that GSR offered technical assistance in the building of the Moffat Falcon. From memory, it took three months (90 days) to complete. Charlie O'Brien and Andrew Miedecke were the drivers that year.

 

[Seton Fanatic]

It should be noted that GSR offered technical assistance in the building of the Moffat Falcon. From memory, it took three months (90 days) to complete. Charlie O'Brien and Andrew Miedecke were the drivers that year.

 

[Henry]

The input from other teams was well-noted: I think AM bought wheels from GSR in 1993, in 1994 the Cenovis car ran a DJR engine and a Gibson Motorsport gearbox. Among others I'm sure.

 

[Henry]

The input from other teams was well-noted: I think AM bought wheels from GSR in 1993, in 1994 the Cenovis car ran a DJR engine and a Gibson Motorsport gearbox. Among others I'm sure.

 

[Beejay]

In the original build GSR also assisted with location of suspension pick-up points. I assume in those early days they were not subject to Project Blueprint.

 

[Beejay]

In the original build GSR also assisted with location of suspension pick-up points. I assume in those early days they were not subject to Project Blueprint.