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Published on 16 June 2022

Thanks for your input gents. Yes Pony, the Phase III/XU-1 image of Moffat and Brock slugging it out at Surfers Paradise during that tremendous 1973 ATCC is one of my favourite images too. Note the look of fierce determination on Moffat's face! Another favourite Moffat vs Brock memory is a clash that few would remember but one I'll never forget. Given the Cortina-Lotus Mk II’s success in Australian rallying, the Ford works team prepared one of its ex-ARC cars for the burgeoning sport of rallycross at Melbourne’s Calder Park. Although this car was usually driven by rally champ Frank Kilfoyle, Moffat did a one-off guest drive to take on the dominant Peter Brock in his supercharged HDT LC Torana GTR in 1970. In Moffat's first and only rallycross appearance, he not only set a new course record but in the final had the audacity to pass Brock over a jump on the last lap, colliding in mid-air with the Torana and breaking his Cortina’s side window before going on to win! If you click on the image to enlarge, note the Cortina's crudely flared wheel arches to reduce mud splash and the nudge bar still fitted to the front, which was perfect for giving Brocky a little hurry-up here and there. Those were the days, all right.