Comments by "Helmuth Schultes" (@helmuthschultes9243) on "American Reacts to Australia - Ford Falcon Extreme Durability Test (1965)" video.

  1. No surprise that several of those drivers were to become leading drivers of the Armstrong 500 that now of course os the Bathurst 1000. But of course over 9000 laps, running 9 days, makes ALL endurance races, including Le Mans 24hr a minor event, and 600+ laps in Bathurst race short. No doubt the short rest breaks left drivers as much endurance strained as any modern race. Not very emphasised was the extreme hazard of kangaroo/wallabies, the area has huge numbers and throughout all the years into 2000s they remained hazards to test cars, no doubt to this endurance, and understated. Rabbits too but not such major hazard to cars, excepting making skid hazards. The circuit then was rather primitive. By the 1980s when I was regularly there doing the first Fuel Injection adaption for Falcon and LTD versions, there was a fast loop circuit, various endurance road sections, various rough road, hill slope of various gradients , hot and cold test cells, and several workshops. For me several times a week driving from Melbourne to this You Yangs or Geelong engineering, where engine dynes were located. Other days were going to Holden Engineering and Holden Proving Ground at Lang Lang similarly highly developed test area, with almost certainly better and many equivalent facilitie to do Fuel Injection for the Commodore. Very interesting work times. Both meant much time away from my office. Attendance to both facilities continued into 1990s for various activities. My last junior injection application engineer, departed my employer at a sad difficult time latter 1990s, and was employed at Holden, to several years later become manager for the Holden Lang Lang Proving Ground. Sadly after shutdown Holden has sold their Proving Ground Ford has retained their You Yangs Proving Ground, a basic Engineering group in Geelong, and do Ford development for Ford vehicles on the world market. Latest the new Pickup truck just released near end of 2021, Nov (?)
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