#98 AUTO ACTION '74 - Frank Gardner; Torana's 1-2-3 - eBay Australian Cars, Cars, Bikes, Magazines, Books. (end time 09-Nov-09 19:57:07 AEDST)


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Magazine: "Auto Action"
Issue: #98
Date: 15 November 1974
Cover pic: Peter Brock's L34 Torana
Magazine condition: 4/10 Fair ... not very good CONSIDERABLE insect damage near the spine - doesn't affect the reading of this copy, but it's not pretty! ... remember that these are printed on newsprint, so tend to yellow with age ...
Poster:
News:

Frank Gardner returns to Australia for good
Pete Geoghegan to debut new Monaro sports sedan at calder on 1 December

Lella Lombardi

Race reports:

Surfers Paradise: Torana 1-2-3 to put Holden in a good position for the Manufacturers Championship ... Colin Bond (L34) from Barry Nixon-Smith (XU1) & Charlie O'Brien (XU1)
Symmons Plains: Henry Mitchell (Elfin 360 Repco) finishes 2nd to win the Australian Sports Car Championship
Sandown: Max Stewart (Lola T330) wins the Gold Star race & title ... Peter Brock broke the lap record on his way to winning the touring car support race ... and Bryan Thomson (VW CHev) won the sports sedan race
State rallies: Vic; NSW; SA
Calder rallycross ... Warwick Henderson (Monaro) wins the final title at the final rallycross to be held at Calder

Columnists:
- Peter Janson
Classifieds include ...
- Tom Naughton's Porsche sports sedan for $9,500
- Peter Brock sells his F2 Birrana 272 for $POA

One of many issues of the then bi-weekly "Auto Action" magazine I will be listing as I have surplus from collecting them for myself. I will be listing other issues in date order, plus a wide range of other car & racing magazines (primarily Australian) - please check out my other auctions.

These early Auto Action magazines are very difficult to find as most people threw them away after reading. However, they contain very detailed race reports (unlike today's car racing magazines!) and fantastic black & white photos.

This early 1970s period featured the emergence of extremely strong "tin top" racing. In the last years of "improved production" were the legendary driver/car combinations like Norm Beechey (Monaro), Allan Moffat (Mustang), Bob Jane (Camaro), Ian "Pete" Geoghegan (Mustang, then Falcon). The emerging "Series production" races saw battles between the Falcon Phase III GT-HO (Moffat, John Goss, Fred Gibson, etc) and smaller XU1 Torana (Peter Brock, Colin Bond, etc) - with a few Chrysler Chargers (Leo Geoghegan, Lawrie Nelson, etc) thrown in. And "sports sedan" racing was just starting to take off.

For payment, I prefer direct deposit from Australian buyers or PayPal from international buyers.

Shipping is A$3.70 within Australia - I will combine for postage (usually works out to be around $1 extra per magazine). Overseas shipping via Air Mail - A$8.50 to Asia; A$11.00 to Europe; A$13.50 to USA.

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