Why they killed off the Aussie supercar

[Capt Worley PE]

The death of the Aussie ‘‘supercar’’ 40 years ago – on June 29, 1972, to name the fateful day – started with a phone call and was done and dusted in less than a week.

Aficionados wept in their VB. Some still do.

I was a pariah in the motoring fraternity for my part in the saga, a Judas to my former colleagues. First, a little history. The rules of the Bathurst Hardie-Ferodo 500, as it was then, required cars to be ‘‘production vehicles competing in showroom condition’’ with no modifications.

A total of 200 such cars had to be built and sold to qualify.

History known to few Americans: http://news.drive.com.au/drive/motor-feature/why-they-killed-off-the-aussie-supercar-20120622-20sfx.html