The following models have been announced by Classic Carlectables and are being produced in 1:18 opening diecast. They can be preordered now to ensure you don’t miss out.
1986 Wellington 500 2nd Place Ford Mustang GT Johnson/Crichton
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Amongst a strong field of the Wellington 500 the Johnson/Crichton pairing qualified fourth in their Mustang GT. Wet weather and attrition played a large part in the results. While leading late in the race, both the Volvo 240T of Francevic/Lindstrom and the BMW 635 of Longhust/Crowe retired, This allowed the VK Commodore of Brock/Moffat to take the checkered flag, with Johnson/Crichton finished 1 lap behind in second place.
The new tooling that features on the 1986 Mustang GT Wellington 500 are the removal of the side body trim, addition of the passenger side mirror, and rear Momo wheel rims.
1983 ATCC 3rd Peter Brock VH Commodore
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Brock’s win in the final round at Lakeside was easily one of the drives of the series. In difficult, wet conditions that actually suited the smaller RX-7’s rather then the heavier Commodore’s and Falcon’s, he lapped the entire field in the 35 laps after taking the lead on Lap 2.
His race almost ended coming out of the Karrasell on the first lap when the left rear tyre of his Commodore got out into the mud and pitched the car sideways, almost into the path of Gregg Hansford in the second Allan Moffat Racing Mazda RX-7.
Brock recovered still in 3rd place and soon past an ailing Dick Johnson whose Falcon had suffered a power steering pump failure which caused his early retirement as he could not steer the car properly.
Brock then passed early leader Moffat on lap 2 and proceeded to run away from the field. Hansford also overtook Moffat who was wisely driving with and eye on the title, but Brock lapped the #31 Mazda through the back section of the circuit on the last lap. Moffat, Brock and Allan Grice were the only race winners in the 1983 ATCC.