1954 REDEX Trials 

Five years before I was born. The Morris Minor would come to be the first car i got my chance to Drive way back in '76, B'dos, W.I. Well documented piece of Entertaining History. Congratulations.!.

Lots of fabulous footage. As a Peugeot fan I loved seeing the two Cinesound News vans in action. They did the first Redex (in 53) as well. This film is a wonderful social document of the era. Great to see it here on RU-vid.

We need something like that again in Australia like the annual Dakar Rally, Melbourne to Port Augusta (via Wilcannia, Menindee and Broken Hill), up to Darwin via Coober Pedy and Alice Springs and across to Western Australia with the finish line in Perth WA, or maybe Albany?, and like the Dakar have all categories from bikes to trucks. Gelignite Jack, Jack Brabham, Jack Davey (famous radio announcer) what legends, back then it was tough men in tough cars. A lot of those outback roads are little changed today. Just loved that witty commentary, great video, much enjoyed!😉

Fragile, underpowered cars, no modifications....an impressive achievement just to finish

Was about 7 and remember watching the Redex Trial cars passing what is now Chadstone Shopping Centre one evening along Dandenong Road as they came into Melbourne.

My dad the mechanic Gordon Jolley along with Harry Everet. navigator and Dave Doherty driver were in Ford Zephr car number 8.

Yes they came through Tenterfield on one of the trials wonderful to see.

Gorgeous !!!!

Ex. Holden but avid owner of Peugeot 203, Holden never stood a chance against one of THE BEST Engineered vehicles ever!!!!!

Great footage of the old days .I liked the meeting of the drivers at 13:10 to have a break & enjoy a beer. Would be a no no these days, plod would be around the next corner.

1954 the year l was born and every car l reconised all of them

2WD...old technology...incredibly challenging roads and conditions...unfamiliarity of what to expect...a pioneering experience. This is all so much more entertaining and satisfying than the current assortment of 4WD programmes. To be with one of those teams would be a remarkable experience. But .. what's this...at 35.17...a non-Australian chameleon??? Did they not turn left at Albuquerque and wind up in Africa?

Australia's population in 1954 was 9,000,000 which is about one third of its 2024 population of 26,700,000. Infrastructure outside of the major coastal cities was minimal and the Pilbara region in Western Australia which is shown here would have been in the general vicinity of the a***end of the universe. Round Australia trials under different names ran occasionally to 1998 but the Redex Reliabilty Trials in 1954 and 1955 were the one that caught public interest.

They're *NOT* "FX" Holdens, they are *48-215* Holdens! The *FIRST* Holdens to have the 2-letter designation was the *FJ,* followed by the *FE,* Then the *FC* then finally the *FB* as far as the "F's" went, Then came the "E's" then "H's". The last two-letter designations were the 'V's" of which my car, the VE-Commodore Series 2 Sportswagon is part.

Can't do this in an EV!

Dinkum Aussies forever !!!

Gelignite jack murray !! 😅

5:17 Sydney Showground (start)

Modern Mad Max will has nothing on this archive.

4:02 Wonder what happened to that bloke?