1998, Nairobi • entries/finish - 49/19, 1. P Island 500 1960, Falcon XK, Harry Firth was already a racer/preparer/engineer of renown by the time Ford’s Competitions Manager, Les Powell first involved him with Ford- that fruitful partnership over the ensuing years yielded countless race and rally wins not least four Bathurst 500’s, 1968 Australian Rally Championship and the prestigious Teams Prize of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon. 4.
7. 4. [5], With flooding on the course, roads turned to mud, giving a disadvantage to larger cars as they slipped, slithered and ground to a halt on tracks where the rain and dust had combined to turn the roads into a sea of bottomless mud that saw cars bogged down to ground level.
1993, Nairobi • entries/finish - 44/17, 27. So only 8% finished, making it the lowest rate ever. 4.
– 3. 1975, Nairobi • entries/finish - 75/14, 11.
1966, Nairobi • entries/finish - 88/9, 15. Others 1979, Nairobi • entries/finish - 66/21, 23. Using the same car, Frank Kilfoyle partnered by Michael Flanagan won the Melbourne University Car Club’s July 1963 Akademos Trial and a couple of weeks later the Experts Reliability Trial. – 20. 4. [2] With the demise of the Liège–Sofia–Liège Rally the previous year, the Safari was beginning to establish itself as the toughest rally on the calendar. 4. The steering had 5.5 turns lock to lock- just impossible for racing conditions.’, ‘We made and tested the five Falcons and sent them off to Africa. 4. 3.
All very romantic really, but in fact the myths that surround this great event are slowly being unravelled. 7.
– 12. This period are stories for other times. The ‘contest’ between which bigger Ford would be adapted to local production was won in favour of the US Falcon rather than the UK Zephyr Mk2 when Oz Ford Chief Charlie Smith and some of his senior executives saw the proposed new Falcon on a trip through Dearborn in late 1958.
Perhaps Karma kicked in though as Ford needed an emphatic Falcon win so they could ‘promote the shitter out of’ which they duly achieved, and that is what transpired.
1994, Nairobi • entries/finish - 43/14, 8. – 22. Inaugurated in 1953, the rally's notoriously tough conditions required cars to be adapted to cope; despite this, it made it popular with factory teams. East African Safari 1962; Entry results: 41. Note that the first outright notion was not officially recognised until 1965- until that point, officially at least, the first five 500 mile races at the Island and Bathurst had awards for each class winners. 5.
The Australian Government ended import licensing in February 1960 causing the balance of payments crisis predicted by Treasury, in November 1960 Prime Minister Menzies increased sales tax and imposed credit restrictions to bring the economy back into balance causing a credit squeeze and minor recession. 3. In 1964 Ford were again successful in the BP Rally when the Ford Falcon driven by Ken Harper/Michael Flanagan triumphed over a big field which included the Firth driven Ford Cortina GT which won the 1963 Bathurst 500 in the hands of Bob Jane and Harry- Firth was fifth outright and second in class after a number of penalties.
The race had been transferred to the great Mount Panorama track after the Phillip Island surface was destroyed to such an extent that the Phillip Island Auto Racing Club could not afford to repair it. [2] The Vincents were unenthusiastic at the idea as they had grown tired of circuit racing[3] but were interested in the idea of a long-distance driving event similar to the one in which they had competed for the previous year. 4. 1967, Nairobi – Dar es Salaam – Nairobi • entries/finish - 91/49, 7. 4. I always get a giggle of ‘insights’ after a weeks stay in a place, but today’s smart arse prism is not the way to view things 65 years hence. – 16. 1987, Nairobi • entries/finish - 53/23, 29. – 15. [1], The factory Ford team lost all their Cortinas – Moss, Anne Hall and Bert Shankland – as soon they entered Tanganyika. – 23. [5], The deep treads of snow tyres offered more grip in the mud, but required more power. 27.
1955 • entries/finish - 57/27. It does not seem that Edsel was one of the regular racers in the area, all information will be gratefully received inclusive of how Edsel’s XK performed at Middle Ridge.
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