The National Motor Museum is a social place where visitors of all ages, backgrounds and abilities know their community is included and their stories valued. Since 1965, millions of visitors have enjoyed discovering Australia’s motoring heritage at the Museum.
As an international centre for the collection, research, preservation, education and display of Australian road transport history, the National Motor Museum is much more than a collection of vehicles. It is a social history of the way we were, the way we are now and the way of the future. It is the ride of our lives!
The Bay to Birdwood is presented by the History Trust of South Australia and its National Motor Museum.
My first car was a Javelin, two problems back window gave very restricted view and initially some problems stopping in rain fixed by aircraft plugs? Also chassis was rather weak and could fracture if you were lucky when you put your foot on the brake you would head towards the curb if unlucky you would head to the middle of the road, naturally this being the 1950s you carried on driving the car.
I guess you don't hear the Ford Kent engine's special firing order 1-2-4-3, but I get goose bumps from it. There is no V12 or other engine to make the same whoo-sound while accelerating at the 2nd gear.
As a Nasho (1969 - 70) I remember Lightburn washing machines in recruit and corps training. They didn't follow us to Vietnam, however. Outside the wire, we didn't wash our gear, but tore it up and buried it when we were resupplied. Behind the wire, our greens went to the Baria laundry.
Very beautiful car. I remember this model on display in the front room of the local Holden dealer in my home town in East Gippsland in the 70s. It was the same color too .I was just a mid teen. Seems like yesterday. Thanks for video.
I believe that this HJ prototype has the HZ grill with HX centre piece badge. RTS suspension came on the HZ series, definitely not the HX series of Holdens, which were panned by the scribe's of the day. Abysmal ADR27A motors, woeful mushy soggy understeer handling, rear wheel brake lock up. HZ series couldn't come quick enough. Nevertheless, a classic and ultra rare factory coupe. Thanks for your upload 😁👍
I've seen 2 of them in Sydney in 30yrs, one green, one orange. The latter I saw at the air show in Albion Park. If they were anything like the P76 I owned, rust would be a huge problem, but the engine was great, all alloy and a great runner.
I've lookd over this car at the museum, pity about the colour. The first one I ever saw was a white one at the late Paul Terry's Extravaganza in Albany WA.
i worked in GMH holden spares and all the old parts books i just loved them even taking them home to study - and know what i am looking at and for and how it works ! - great memories of hot FJ`s and HR and EH - wi hot red motors - speco chrome kit and three 1 - 3/4 inch su carbys with extractors = perry`s exhaust 2inch .
Lovely car, Tim, and nice back story. I passed my driving test in my Dads Javelin in 1967. It’s the same colour as my Jupiter SA, which I still have. Great to see the Metallic Copper Jupiter lurking in the background, is that yours as well?
You had the job of curating and maintaining this highly collectible car at the national motor museum and you neglected it so badly that the engine had seized and the water pump seized? WTF?
Heres an idea..don't get someone to talk about a car they know nothing about. Steers poorly? You've never driven one, have you? Poor sales? There were over 100,000 unfilled orders for the P76 when Leyland UK closed down operations - solely due to the parlous state of Leyland's UK operations finances. Hopeless!
Was thinking the same thing. Poor form. All they had to do was service it and put a couple of k's on it from time to time. If they cant do that move it on to someone who will
Ive just had a call from Elsie Jowetts son, i am the very proud relative of the Jowett family & am currently looking at joining the jowett car club. At the moment i cannot say more, but i hope to be able to help him learn all about a family that we never knew existed until i went through my late mothers belongings and found all the proof & things we have!! Hopefully this will be interesting to all Jowett fans! Or maybe not lol! This car is in lovely condition!! Great job!
My dad had a brown one. I remember how the parcel tray behind the back seat could be removed and slotted onto the back of the front seat to make a table. I also remember the indicators flicking out from the side of the car.
My first car was one of these, it cost me $200 in 1993. I never got a speeding ticket in it because, with 1200cc of raging power and a two-speed automatic transmission, speeding was not really possible without a long, straight, downhill road. Burnouts/wheelspin? Nope, not even in gravel. If you were hiding from a really hot chick, this was your car...
Very interesting. Technology has come a long way. It's interesting to see how they "turned corners", it would be called hooning these days. I think there's a little bit of that in all of us..
My dad had an old shovel-nose RT-40, like this one. In 1990, I bought a 1970 RT-80, basically the same car with a newer design body. I had the workshop manual for it. That rated the 1.5 litre 2R engine at 80 hp.
I know you’re driving on private propertt, but you’re not displaying the best steering technique I’ve ever seen. I’m sure there are safer ways to steer a car…
I've got one that's a 1996 Classic Mini you may think it's mannul because of the 1959 body shell but it you look inside it's got two pedals so it's automatic. According to it's life of driving you'd need it serviced when the kilo-metre comes back to zero.
Im related to the Jowett family, my gran or Auntie were related. My mum was adopted by my gran, Irene Wood. In Bradford in 1947, my mum was from Ireland. Id love to hear from someone about the family, i have a family photo & also a grandfather clock made by him. I remember the name Elsie Jowett getting talked about a lot when i was little.
I had a 1964 Zeta runabout that I bought in 1966. It couldn't possibly reach 95 km/h but it was fine in traffic with the quick, positive gearshift. Reversing was also easy because when you turn the key on a Zeta the engine starts instantly. So switching between 1st and reverse was quick, you didn't have to touch the gear lever. Just clutch, switch off, switch on and go.
When this car was current I was involved in the car club scene & worked in Sydney as a mechanic at a business heavily involved in the same club scene. When the auction came up for the last handful of Force 7s' there was a discrepancy in the numbers. In all,& including the auction cars,we could physically account for 13 cars.In some circles this figure was well known. As an aside the MG Car Club held its'club meetings in the theatrette at Leyland in Zetland. When we had the last one after Leyland closed (offices were still functioning) we found many dozens of tea chests full of engineering & line drawings of many Leyland past & then current cars.However,some of our members being,shall we say nosey ? found 2 chests full of proposed plans for a very advanced Force 7. They included a 5ltr motor,5sp g/box,larger flared guards with a rear wing mounted a la Road Runner style above the roof line. Most astonishingly there were tech specs for a 2sp diff. I'll let you wonder at its' racing & Bathurst potential. What if ? Sadly,we shall never know.
