vehicle Archives - Historic Marathon Rally Group

Datsun 180B SSS on display

The Datsun 180B SSS, Car 53, in the 1977 London to Sydney Marathon Rally.

The car which was crewed by Jones/Davis/Latham during the 1977 London to Sydney is seen here on track. Later it went on display in the National Motor Racing Museum in Australia.

Datsun 180B SS arriving into the National Motor Racing Museum

This video originally appeared on the National Motor Racing Museum Facebook page.

The National Motor Racing Museum is based in Bathurst Australia and celebrates the history, personalities and achievements of Australian Motor Sports.

Thanks to Craig Shiel for allowing to use his photos in this post.

More photos of this car were posted to the National Motor Racing Museum Facebook page.

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Cummins archive of 1968 photos

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm #29 Falcon XT GT Bruce Hodgson Doug Rutherford finished 6th. #2 Falcon XT GT Harry Firth Graham Hoinville Gary Chapman finished 8th.

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm #32 Mercedes Benz 280S Captain Fred Barker finished 18th.

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm #29 Ford Falcon XT GT Bruce Hodgson Doug Rutherford finished 6th

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm #92 Ford Taunus 20M RS Herbert Kleint Günther Klapproth finished 7th

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm HDRT Monaro, #92 Ford Taunus (finished 7th), #2 Ford Falcon XT GT (finished 8th) and #29 Ford Falcon XT GT (finished 6th). Bruce Hodgson leaning against 29.

1968 London To Sydney Cummins Archive Warwick Farm #92 Ford Taunus (finished 7th), #2 Ford Falcon XT GT (finished 8th) and #29 Ford Falcon XT GT (finished 6th). Bruce Hodgson leaning against 29.

Thanks very much to the Cummins archive for allowing us to share these photographs. The images were captured originally in Australia at the end of the 1968 London to Sydney Rally.

Photo from 1968 Warwick Farm finish

1968 London To Sydney Marathon. Warwick Farm finish image 01 - Cummins Archive

1968 London To Sydney Marathon. Warwick Farm finish. Holden Monaro HK GTS 327 (Sydney Telegraph-Holden Dealer Rally Team) of ?, Ford Taunus 20M RS #92 (Ford Works Germany) finished 7th, Ford Falcon XT GT #2 (FoMoCo Aust) finished 8th (Harry Firth) and Ford Falcon XT GT (FoMoCo Aust) #29 with Bruce Hodgson leaning against it finished 6th. Cummins Archive.

This photo was originally posted to Facebook by the Cummins Archive.

This photo is one of several photos from the Cummins Archive you may like to see in this post.

MG Midget 1968 LSM car

This photo shows the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon car 52 MG Midget of John Sprinzel / Roy Fidler just after it retired with a broken stub axle.

That box on the roof is an auxiliary petrol tank. The safety rules in 1968 must have much less restrictive. I can not think adding a petrol tank to the hardtop of a car would be allowable today.

The MG Midget was entered by John Sprinzel and co driven by Roy Fidler. The car was placed 24th at Bombay. You can read a tribute to John Sprinzel on the MG car club website

The images in this gallery has been copied from the internet – please let me know if you know who has the copyrights.

Do you have any other photos of this MG Midget?