Comments by "michael close" (@6226superhurricane) on "American Reacts to "Barn Finds" Outback Chook Shed Full of Aussie Muscle Cars!" video.

i've put 308 holdens in a couple to get rid of the unreliable v12
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350 chev was never widely used in australia. very few vehicles came with them only a handful of holdens had them like the monaro. plenty were imported and swapped and they were used a lot in speed boats and things like that. so they weren't hard to get, but they weren't even close to being as common, easy to find and cheap as windsors, clevelands, 253 and 308 holdens also not nearly as reliable but maybe that stems from aus motors being built for our conditions and a lot of the 350's being used imports or ex marine engines.
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the host of the video is glenn everett he's done some tv work around street machines and muscle cars and has a youtube channel called glenn everett- master of machines where he test drives peoples aussie muscle cars and street machines, talks about their history, importance, significant features and what they are like to drive. his channel would be right up your alley ian. harry firth the driver that won bathurst in the xr gt falcon was replaced as ford works team boss by al turner an american drag racer. harry left and became the manager of the new holden "dealer" team in 1969 the dealer team is in quotes because hdt was actually fully backed by holden but it was hidden from general motors because they had a worldwide ban on motorsport after 80 people were killed at le mans.
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