Biante Newsletter 51 by Biante Model Cars

A NEW COLLECTION FROM BIANTE. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW FROM YOUR LOCAL BIANTE DEALER. *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Newsletter - Issue 51 - FEB 2014

LARRY PERKINS - 1:18 SCALE 1988 ATCC HOLDEN VL COMMODORE SS GROUP A DRIVEN BY -

Introducing The Biante Larry Perkins Collection

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the opportunity to place your orders for the 1:18 Scale Holden VL Commodore SS Group A driven by Larry Perkins in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship. Produced in high quality die-cast alloy with fully opening parts and highly detailed features, we are extremely privileged to also announce that this model will be the first edition in our new driver’s collection, the Biante Larry Perkins Collection. Exclusive to Biante Model Cars, this collection is endorsed by Larry Perkins and this model will include a signed Certificate of Authenticity by the legendary six time Bathurst winner making it a highly collectable limited edition. The collapse of the partnership between Peter Brock and Holden in 1987 opened the door for the formation of Holden Special Vehicles to take the place of HDT Special Vehicles as the ‘place to go’ for hot road-going Holdens. It also formed the basis of the company’s racing program, though the pressure and enormity of the task in setting up HSV meant the company out-sourced the Group A touring car racing program for 1988 to long-time pilot and engineer Larry Perkins. Perkins had set up his own team in 1986 under the Perkins Engineering banner and was contracted by Tom Walkinshaw to run under the HSV banner in the 1988 Shell Australian Touring Car Championship. Homologation delays meant that Perkins had to stick with the existing, carburettor-engine VL Commodore that he had debuted in late 1987, albeit given a new white, black, red and silver livery. The new fuel-injected ‘Walkinshaw’ Commodore (complete with wild rear deck lid spoiler and aggressive styling) was on the horizon, though wouldn’t appear until later in the year when the endurance races rolled around. The existing VL Commodore was the only weapon Perkins could take into battle and it was more a case of flying the flag than expecting to win the championship. So Perkins fronted up for the opening round of the 1988 Shell Australian Touring Car Championship at Calder Park to take on the turbo Sierra brigade headed by the Shell cars of Dick Johnson and then-new-teammate John Bowe, the Caltex car of Colin Bond, the Freeport example of Tony Longhurst and Port Macquarie privateer Andrew Miedecke. Peter Brock and Jim Richards were in a pair of Mobil 1 BMW M3s, leaving Perkins as the top Holden contender supported by a range of privateers. He finished fourth in the opening 60-lap race of the season at Calder Park in Melbourne, though one

lap behind winner Johnson and it was quickly apparent the turbo Sierras were over their growing pains and would simply be too quick all season. Symmons Plains in Tasmania was far worse for Perkins when the ATCC visited the Apple Isle for round two as he didn’t complete a lap in the race when the diff failed on the opening lap. He again was a first lap retirement in the next round at Winton after contact with Johnson on the opening lap sent the Sierra spinning and the Commodore cleaned it up on the way through, putting both out of the race. A freak storm turned the next round at Wanneroo in Perth on its ear, Perkins surviving the big wet (which saw the race red-flagged and restarted) and finishing sixth, though again one lap down on winner Johnson. Eighth place at Adelaide International Raceway was followed by a fourthplaced result at Lakeside and then Perkins’ first (and only) podium of the 1988 ATCC at Sandown, where he finished behind the dominant Shell Fords of Johnson and Bowe. The tight confines of the now-defunct Amaroo Park hosted the penultimate round of the championship and the big V8 Commodore managed to finish seventh in the 70-lapper. Perkins rounded out the championship with another retirement in the last round at Oran Park, a clash with Colin Bond off the line damaging the steering of the #11 HSV Commodore and sending him into instant retirement. The end result of the frustrating season would be seventh place in the 1988 ATCC for Larry Perkins with the debut of the new fuel-injected VL Commodore to follow in the weeks and months that followed the end of the Oran Park ATCC finale.

ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: B182703E Model: 1:18 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship - Driver: Larry Perkins (Forms part of the new Biante Larry Perkins Collection) Pricing: RRP: $225.00 including GST

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Biante News:

A NEW YEAR & A NEW COLLECTION FROM BIANTE

It has been a very busy start to 2014 for everyone at Biante Model Cars. As always work continues on developing new and existing model projects for collectors; we attended the 2014 Spielwarrenmesse Toy Fair in Germany in January; and we have just put the finishing touches on a deal that sees another legendary Australian motorsport icon join the Biante family. We’re very pleased to announce that Larry Perkins has joined Biante to produce limited edition model cars of his extensive racing collection under the Biante Larry Perkins Collection, with each model to be accompanied by a signed Certificate of Authenticity. Biante Model Cars have had a long standing history of forming strong relationships with past and present drivers and acknowledging their contribution to the sport in this country and it is a tradition that we will continue to pursue. We are extremely proud to be associated with Larry, his achievements and his standing in the Australian and World motorsport community are second to none and we look forward to bringing you a range of previously unreleased cars celebrating his illustrious career. You can read more about this announcement in this issue of the Biante Newsletter including a little insight into a new project that’s on the horizon. We have a range of new model announcements in 1:18 Scale for this month, the first of which is the Holden VL Commodore SS Group A driven by Larry Perkins in the 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship. This model will form the first edition in the aforementioned Biante Larry Perkins Collection and we expect it to be a popular release. Sticking to the historic racing theme we’re also pleased to announce two new models that will form part of their

respective driver collections - the Ford Sierra RS500 driven by Peter Brock in the 1990 Tooheys 1000 and the Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II driven by Allan Moffat to win the 1970 Sandown 250. A year after Allan Moffat won the 1970 Sandown 250, Chrysler Australia released one of Australia’s most popular muscle cars, the Chrysler Valiant E38 Charger which we are pleased to announce this month. This is the first E38 produced by Biante in 1:18 Scale and will be in impressive addition to collections featuring our previously released E49 Chargers. Last but not least we have two modern V8 Supercars for you from the guys at Brad Jones Racing, the 2012 Team BOC and Lockwood Racing Holden VEII Commodore’s driven by Jason Bright and Fabian Coulthard. Pick these two up before we finish the development of our new Car of The Future Holden VF V8 Supercar models to ensure your Team BOC and Lockwood collections are up to date. That’s it for me for this issue, I hope everyone is as excited as me about our Larry Perkins announcement. Please place your pre-orders as soon as possible for our latest batch of announcements with your local Biante dealer. As always, thank you for your continued support of Biante Model Cars. William Hall General Manager Biante Model Cars

Biante News: Introducing The New Biante Larry Perkins Collection.

BIANTE MODEL CARS WELCOMES SIX TIME BATHURST 1000 WINNER LARRY PERKINS TO THE FAMILY.

With a great deal of pleasure, Biante Model Cars would like to announce that we have signed an exclusive deal with legendary Australian touring car driver, team owner and engineer Larry Perkins to produce a range of model cars from his career under a new drivers collection. The Biante Larry Perkins Collection will feature a range of models previously unreleased by Biante from various stages of Larry’s career with each model including an exclusive signed Certificate of Authenticity by the six time Bathurst 1000 winner himself. Larry Perkins certainly needs no introduction. The self-taught engineer took himself all the way to Formula 1 without a cheque book after humble beginnings in Formula Ford and Formula 2 open wheelers. Victory in the 1975 European F3 Championship opened the door to F1 and a drive with the Bernie Ecclestone-owned Brabham team. A lack of cash bounced ‘LP’ from the piranha world but not before he’d lined up on the Grand Prix grid 11 times. From there Perkins became one of the most celebrated touring car drivers in Australia. Three Bathurst wins with Peter Brock in the 80s cemented his engineering prowess. Having developed the Holden Dealer Team Commodores, Perkins struck out on his own and formed Perkins Engineering in 1986. Since then the results speak for themselves. A further three Bathurst crowns, two Sandown 500 wins and a Queensland 500 win have all established his team as endurance specialists. He gave Russell Ingall his full-time shot at V8 Supercar racing and the two became a feared combination over seven years. Along the way he was contracted to run the HSV race team which eventually became the Holden Racing Team. He was signed by Tom Walkinshaw in 1988 to drive for the works Jaguar team in the famous Le Mans 24 Hour in France. Fourth place proved that Perkins was indeed world class. Perkins decided to call time on his full-time driving career at the end of 2002 before making his last Bathurst start a year later. General Manager of Biante, William Hall has been working tirelessly behind the scenes at Biante and believes that this is another positive step forward for the business while being true to our roots; “I am very proud that we have secured the signature of one of Australia’s most successful and popular motorsport faces in Larry Perkins to form an association with Biante. We are extremely proud to be associated with Larry, his achievements and his standing in the Australian and World motorsport community are second to none and we look forward to bringing his fans a range of unreleased cars celebrating his illustrious career”

Product Code: B182703E Model: 1:18 Holden VL Commodore SS Group A 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship Driver: Larry Perkins - Pricing: RRP: $225.00 Inc GST

The newly formed Biante Larry Perkins Collection will feature the 1:18 Scale Holden VL SS Group A, driven by Larry during his 1988 Australian Touring Car Championship campaign which is now available to pre-order. Other models on the Biante horizon are Larrys 1993 and 1997 Bathurst Winners, as well as his 1986 Enzed Bathurst VK.

New Announcement: 1:18 2012 Team BOC V8 Supercar

WHILE THE 2012 SEASON WASN’T THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FOR TEAM BOC, IT SET UP A PLATFORM FOR THE WINNING COTF PLATFORM THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2013. ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: B18311S Model: 1:18 Scale Holden VEII Commodore V8 Supercar - Team BOC 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Season - Driver: Jason Bright Pricing: RRP: $215.00 including GST

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BRIGHTY’S BATTLER *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the 1:18 Scale Team BOC Holden Commodore VEII driven by Jason Bright in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Season. There is no doubt that the #8 Team BOC Commodore entry is special in the V8 Supercars Championship. Driven for two seasons by the late, great Kiwi Jason Richards in 2009 and 2010, the number, sponsor and team combination is a familiar one that continues to be carried by another Jason in Jason Bright.

The 1998 Bathurst winner joined the Brad Jones Racing squad in 2010 as teammate to Richards and moved into the Team BOC entry in 2011 after Richards was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that would ultimately claim his life just before Christmas later that year. The following 2012 season would thus be an emotional one for BJR as they lined up on the grid for the first time since the passing of their former driver and great friend. Bright remained behind the wheel of the #8 Commodore as part of a three-car BJR line-up, joined by Fabian Coulthard in the #14 Lockwood entry and David Wall in the #21 Wilson Security car. All three cars would carry a special tribute to Richards, a ‘JR Star’ prominently positioned on the B-pillars of each car as a reminder of their departed friend. Bright’s season began badly at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide where he slipped up on oil left by James Courtney’s HRT Commodore and crashed at the highspeed turn eight. The Team BOC crew worked through the night to get the car onto the grid on Sunday and Bright salvaged a 16th placed finish. A tough weekend at Symmons Plains was followed by another one on the Hamilton street circuit in New Zealand before the teams moved to Barbagallo in Perth. The site of a race win for Bright the previous season, the Western Australian circuit helped he and the Team BOC outfit build some momentum for 2012 with three top 10 finishes, highlighted by a fourth-place result in the final race. Phillip Island would see Bright’s first podium result of the season as he claimed third in the Sunday race behind Will Davison and Craig Lowndes and move to 11th in the championship, he’d been on target for a podium on Saturday before being tagged into a spin by Lowndes. A pair of 13th placed finishes in Darwin were followed by a tough run in Townsville where an accident took Bright out of the Saturday race. He finished 10th on the Sunday. Queensland Raceway proved problematic while a return to Sydney

Motorsport Park (formerly Eastern Creek) netted a pair of top 10 results on the eve of the endurance races, where Andrew Jones would again partner Bright in the #8 Team BOC entry. They finished 13th in the Sandown 500 before a tough weekend at Bathurst. A jammed seatbelt in a pit stop on lap 82 of 161 dropped the #8 Commodore from fifth to 16th but the crew had recovered the ground when the Safety Car appeared soon after.However, disaster struck when Jones reported a problem with the steering and he ran off at Murray’s Corner. The car was repaired and ultimately finished 21st and three laps down.

Frenchman Stephane Sarrazin, experienced in Formula 1, World Rally Championship and the famous Le Mans 24 Hour, again returned for the Gold Coast to team up with Bright in the unique ‘international co-driver’ formatted event for the second straight year. He managed to survive the carnage of multiple standing starts on Saturday, finishing 12th from 21st on the grid, before suspension damage and an accident took them out of the Sunday event. Three short sharp sprint races at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi gave Bright no results to speak of and a damaged car after an accident took him out of the final, before he and Team BOC headed to their home track at Winton, where he salvaged a sixth place from the Sunday race. The final event of the season at Sydney Olympic Park would not be ideal for Bright either as an accident took him out of the Saturday race when he out-braked himself passing Frenchman Alex Premat. The contact with the wall dislodged the safety cut-off switch on the Commodore’s bonnet, meaning it rolled to a stop the following lap! Bright rounded out the season by finishing ninth in the Sunday race, enough for him to finish 16th in the final championship point score. While the season had been something of a let down after a 2011 that had seen the Team BOC Commodore win races, it set the platform for Bright, Team BOC and race victories under the new Car of the Future rules introduced in 2013. The 2012 #8 Team BOC Commodore VE II model by Biante Model Cars is based upon the livery carried by Jason Bright in the Winton round of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship. Please place your pre-orders as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out on this limited edition V8 Supercar.

New Announcement: 1:18 2012 Lockwood Racing V8 Supercar

2012 SAW KIWI V8 SUPERCAR STAR FABIAN COULTHARD JOIN THE BJR LOCKWOOD RACING TEAM AND HAS NEVER LOOKED BACK

ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: B18311T Model: 1:18 Scale Holden VEII Commodore V8 Supercar - Lockwood Racing 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Season - Driver: Fabian Coulthard Pricing: RRP: $215.00 including GST

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FABIAN LOCKS IT UP *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the 1:18 Scale Lockwood Racing Holden Commodore VEII driven by Fabian Coulthard in the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship Season.

crashed the car during Friday practice, prompting a late-night rebuild job by the BJR crew. The car simply didn’t have the speed in the 500-kilometre race, eventually finishing 15th but one of 17 cars on the lead lap.

Kiwi Fabian Coulthard has established himself as one of the best recent racing exports of New Zealand in the V8 Supercar era. After originally appearing on the Australian motorsport radar at the Albert Park Formula Ford support event in 2002, Coulthard raced overseas before returning back to Australia to compete in Porsche Carrera Cup. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 2004 and returned in 2005 to claim the title. Signed as an endurance driver with Tasman Motorsport in 2004 in V8 Supercars he ran part-time schedules with Paul Morris Motorsport before signing with Paul Cruickshank Racing in 2008 and moving to Walkinshaw Racing for two seasons in its Bundaberg Racing entry.

The team’s chances at the biggest race of the year, Bathurst, also took a nose-dive when steering dramas sent Besnard off the track at McPhillamy Park, where he was bogged in the sand trap. The car eventually limped back to the pits, the steering rack was changed and he and Coulthard continued on to finish 23rd, 14 laps down on the winners. Frenchman Nicolas Minassian joined Coulthard for the special ‘international co-driver’ event on the Gold Coast, though the team’s run of bad luck in the endurance races continued. The Le Mans regular stalled on the grid on the first restart and was collected while stranded by a following car. The repaired car finished 10th in the Sunday race, though the weekend dropped Coulthard to 11th in the championship.

In 2012 the Kiwi made the move to Brad Jones Racing and became the pilot of the team’s #14 Lockwood Racing Commodore entry, one of three cars run by the Albury-based squad. His association with his new team began well on the streets of Adelaide with a sixth-placed finish in his opening hit-out, backed up by another top 10 result on the following day. A tough weekend at Symmons Plains was followed by the event in Coulthard’s homeland in New Zealand, which netted a ninth and a fifth placed finish on the Hamilton street circuit. Things continued to gel for the Coulthard/Lockwood line-up at Barbagallo in Perth with a fourth-placed finish before he came crashing back to earth at Phillip Island, where power steering problems and contact with Steve Owen hampered his Saturday race and a collision in the pits, and a subsequent flat tyre on Sunday left him way back in 24th place. A fifth-placed result on Sunday in Darwin showed that the potential was there and a fourth-placed finish in the Townsville opener further underlined that achieving a podium result seemed to be a given. Two more top-five results at Queensland Raceway helped give momentum but the wheels started to fall off a little in the endurance races. A solid weekend at Sydney Motorsport Park set the team before the first endurance event at Sandown, where veteran David Besnard joined Coulthard as co-driver. Unfortunately the Queenslander

The title chase moved to Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi before arriving at the Lockwood team’s home track at Winton in north-eastern Victoria, where Coulthard finished 14th and 12th. The final round in Sydney gave the opportunity for Coulthard to still lock down a top 10 finish in the championship, though a double ‘DNF’ meant that went out the door and he was forced to settle for 11th in the final points.Throttle problems took him out of the Saturday race and a 15th-placed finish on Sunday meant that he was topped for 10th in the championship by former Walkinshaw teammate James Courtney. Nevertheless the result was still Coulthard’s best in the V8 Supercars Championship and built a solid platform from him to build in 2013, when he’d claim his first V8 Supercar race win in the first season of the category’s new ‘Car of the Future’. The 2012 #14 Lockwood Racing Commodore VE II model by Biante Model Cars is based upon the livery carried by Coulthard in the Winton round of the 2012 V8 Supercars Championship.Please place your pre-orders as soon as possible to ensure you don’t miss out on this limited edition V8 Supercar.

New Announcement: 1:18 1990 Bathurst Sierra RS500

THIS MODEL WILL FORM PART OF THE BIANTE PETER BROCK COLLECTION

ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: A89010 Model: 1:18 Scale Ford Sierra RS500 - 1990 Tooheys 1000 Drivers: Peter Brock / Andy Rouse (Forms part of the Biante Peter Brock Collection) Pricing: RRP: $215.00 including GST

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BURN THAT RUBBER *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the opportunity to place your orders for a new addition to the Biante Peter Brock Collection, the 1:18 Scale Ford Sierra RS500 driven by Peter Brock and Andy Rouse in the 1990 Bathurst Tooheys 1000. Such was the dominance of Ford’s turbocharged Sierra RS500 in Group A touring car racing in the late 1980s, even stars from other manufacturers found the old adage to be true: if you couldn’t beat them, join them. That was the case for Peter Brock who, after his much-publicised divorce from Holden in 1987, drove BMWs for a single season before swapping to the four-cylinder turbo Ford machine for 1989 and 1990.

After securing a pair of Andy Rouse-built and run RS500s from the British Touring Car Championship, Brock won a round of the Australian Touring Car Championship at Oran Park in 1989 and claimed pole at Bathurst before wheel hub problems wiped him out of the race. In 1990 the Mobil team again ran with Sierras and, as was the case the year prior, Rouse himself headed Down Under to co-drive the lead #05 entry with Brock in the Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst. The team ran two cars with the second Sierra, the #6 entry, piloted by Andrew Miedecke, Charlie O’Brien and David ‘Skippy’ Parsons. Both cars ran on Bridgestone tyres and the Japanese giant had come up with new construction and compound rubber to offset some of the problems suffered during the course of the Australian Touring Car Championship. The fact that Mount Panorama circuit had been re-surfaced since the 1989 race was something that would also rear its head on race day though in relation to the rubber. The Mobil squad’s 1990 Bathurst assault didn’t start well in qualifying with Rouse crashing the #05 Sierra on Thursday. Brock had set the first benchmark qualifying time for the car at 2m17.26s before handing over to the Brit. But Rouse would ended up tripping over the slow-moving Murray Carter Sierra driven by Matt Wacker and launched into the fence on two wheels on the exit of the Dipper. The damage was enough to take the car out of the rest of the day’s proceedings and give the TAFE Smash Repair Team and the Mobil 1 Racing crew plenty of work to have it back on track. But they did, via a two-stint all-night work session and Brock was back behind the wheel on Friday to set a time to book himself into the all-important Top 10 Shootout. In a ‘green’ car that had not, obviously, had time to be shaken down, Brock turned some sighting laps before fitting qualifying rubber and banging out an impressive 2m14.72s. Even more impressive was that he backed it up on Saturday morning in the Top 10 Shootout, clocking exactly the same time to be third fastest and book a spot on the second row of the grid alongside the Sierra of Glenn Seton. The nine-time Bathurst winner was at the helm of the #05 Sierra for the start of the 161lap race and, when the lights went green, Brock lit up the rear Bridgestones and slipped straight between front row starters Klaus Niedzwiedz and Dick Johnson to be second

to the German’s ANZ Sierra for the run up Mountain Straight. But his run near the front would last only a matter of laps as the Mobil Ford started slipping back through the pack and peel off into the pits after just nine laps. The Bridgestone rubber (designated the ‘62’ compound) was blistered and, in short, stuffed already, and the fact the right rear was flat didn’t help either! Just as in 1989, the team had problems removing a wheel (the flat one in this case) and instantly memories of the hub dramas from 12 months earlier came flooding back. Thankfully, the wheel came loose and Brock was back in the race nearly a minute later back in 20th spot. However, the problem wouldn’t go away and he was back in pit lane on lap 21 for another stop and another set of Bridgestones and fell back to where he was before in 20th position. Lap 34 and he was back in for Rouse to take over, a total of three pit stops taken in the time that the top runners were just pitting for their first. The issue of whether there would be enough tyres for both Mobil Sierras to complete the race actually was raised but from there on the #05 was able to settle back into a pattern of more ‘regular’ pit stops, at least when it came to tyres.

The stop on lap 62 for Brock to take back over was a disaster though, the team dropping the car off the jacks without any wheels on its hubs! He was able to resume and was sent back out in 14th place, though by now clearly one lap down. From there it was a case of pressing on and clawing back through the field as Brock and Rouse rose to fourth on lap 97 and reclaiming lost ground. A drop in temperatures and increase in oil and rubber laid down on the circuit were thought to have helped in extending the Mobil car’s time on-track to more ‘normal’ stint lengths. They would hold fourth place to the end of the race and actually run very well, crossing the line one lap down on winners Win Percy and Allan Grice in a race that left Brock fans thinking of ‘what could have been’. The Mobil #05 Sierra made a total of seven pit stops to the winning Commodore’s four with Brock completing 97 laps and Rouse 63. It was the last of Brock’s two years aboard a Ford Sierra before he paired up with old teammate Larry Perkins in 1991 and returned to racing Holden products.

New Announcement: 1:18 1970 Sandown 250 Winner

THIS MODEL WILL FORM PART OF THE BIANTE ALLAN MOFFAT COLLECTION & WILL INCLUDE A SIGNED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: A87010 Model: 1:18 Scale Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II - 1970 Sandown 250 Winner Driver: Allan Moffat (Forms part of the Biante Allan Moffat Collection) Pricing: RRP: $225.00 including GST

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A SANDOWN SHAKER *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Model Cars are pleased to present the opportunity to place your orders for the 1:18 Scale Ford XW Falcon GTHO Phase II, driven by Allan Moffat to win the 1970 Sandown 250. This is another impressive addition to the Biante Allan Moffat Collection and will be available with a signed Certificate of Authenticity by the iconic touring car driver himself.

After claiming victory in the debut of Ford’s Falcon XW GT-HO at Sandown in 1969, Allan Moffat returned 12 months later with an upgraded version of the car with which to defend his crown. The Phase II version of the mighty XW GT-HO Falcon was announced in August 1970 and was an improved beast over the first version that had appeared a year earlier. The newly introduced 351 cubic inch ‘Cleveland’ engine (named after the city in the United States where it was built) featured a bigger 780cfm Holley carburetor and featured mechanical lifters and the car also featured further updated suspension over the original and revised gear ratios. The stub axles and upper control arms were strengthened, the front track widened slightly and anti-roll bars uprated with the total package coming out at $4790 for a new XW GT-HO. There would be no V8-powered top-line Holden challenger for Moffat or his fellow Falcon pilots to contend with at Sandown given the six-cylinder Torana XU-1 had been anointed the General’s new top-line Series Production racing challenger. The big Falcon was the ‘top dog’ in Class E for the Sandown enduro, which was for cars retailing for over $4100 at the time. Moffat comfortably took pole in 1m22.2s around the fast 3.1-kilometre Melbourne circuit, out-pointing teammates Fred Gibson/Barry Seton by a whopping 2.3-seconds. The third factory Falcon of Bruce McPhee lined up fourth from the privateer version of Graham Ritter and co-driver Richard Knight. All up, GT-HO Falcons filled the first seven spots on the grid with Colin Bond’s Holden Dealer Team Torana XU-1 the best of the rest. The Goodyear-shod Moffat Ford led away from the rolling start and built an eight second lead over Gibson within just four laps. As his fellow Falcon pilots

encountered a range of problems, there was simply no stopping the expat Canadian, even when it started to rain not long before the one hour mark. He made his one and only pit stop (each car had to make a compulsory stop) just before the two-hour mark of the race with a lap lead over Bond’s Torana. Moffat re-joined the race still comfortably in the lead after a stop taking just over two minutes. It would be a lead he would hold through to the end, doing as he liked on his way to victory. Moffat completed the 130 laps in 3hr15m02.3s, a full lap and another 55 seconds clear of Bond’s Torana with Norm Beechey’s Valiant Pacer third some four laps down and a very young Peter Brock making his Sandown enduro debut finishing fourth in the second HDT Torana.

All up, 10 Phase II Falcons started the race but only three (all of them works cars) managed to get to the finish as the rest suffered a range of teething problems with their new machines. But it was Moffat, who led all 130 of the laps completed in the race, that stood tall and he would go on to claim victory in the Hardie-Ferodo 500 at Mount Panorama in the XW GT-HO Phase II. All up, Moffat would win another four Sandown endurance races to end up with an impressive career tally of six wins in the traditional, pre-Bathurst leadup event.

New Announcement: 1:18 Chrysler Valiant Charger E38

PERHAPS ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST ICONIC MUSCLE CARS, THE E38 CHARGER WON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MANY AUSTRALIAN MOTORING ENTHUSIASTS ORDERING INFORMATION: Product Code: A71511 Model: 1:18 Scale Chrysler Valiant Charger E38 - Vitamin C (1971) Pricing: RRP: $215.00 including GST

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E38 CHARGER MUSCLE *1:18 Scale Prototype Model Shown

Biante Model Cars are very pleased to present the opportunity to place your orders for the 1:18 Scale Chrysler Valiant Charger E38 in the exceptional Vitamin C colour scheme. This is the first E38 Charger produced in 1:18 Scale by Biante Model Cars and will be an impressive companion for collectors who have our previously released E49 Chargers.

Australia has been a pretty lucky country over the years for muscle car enthusiasts. Names like Monaro, GTHO, Falcon, Commodore and Torana all spring to mind instantly when the topic of muscle cars gets raised around any Aussie motoring enthusiast. The Chrysler Charger can also lay claim to being an integral member of the aforementioned group with many passionate punters still claiming that the Charger was the best of the lot! The Charger was introduced to Australia in 1971 by Chrysler Australia. This short Wheelbase two door coupe was exceptionally popular during this period both locally and in New Zealand where they were imported and built from kits. Even the motoring journo’s rated the Charger highly, awarding it the coveted Wheels Car Of The Year award in the year of its release. Starting with the Charger R/T as the base machine, the E38 was the code applied to the homologation special of the Charger after it had been ‘bulked up’ with a higher power output 280 bhp Hemi 6 and Weber carbs. As was the norm back in the day, the Charger was destined for the proving grounds of Australian racing and things got off to a perfect start at Oran park in 1971 where Doug Chivas won on the cars debut. This winning success was limited however, particularly at Australia’s Greatest Race which was the one that mattered the most in the eyes of the manufacturers and punters. Bathurst always featured strong opposition from Holden and Ford with the Charger never managing to get to the top step of the podium. The Charger was yet another victim of the ‘Supercar

Scare” of 1972 with Chrysler abandoning its official touring car programs in Australia, so it was a case of ‘what might have been’ for many Charger fans. Interestingly enough in New Zealand however, the Charger was almost unbeatable for the better part of the 1970s due to different rules compared to Australia! While there wasn’t mountains of success on track in Australia, the Charger still received plenty of fan fare. With the E38’s striking array of bold colours, blacked out grille, R/T stripes, decals, optional black paint out bonnet and the vehicles performance capabilities, it wasn’t hard to see why these cars quickly earned their now iconic status.

The 1:18 Scale Vitamin C E38 Charger above is the perfect replication of this amazing Aussie muscle car. Produced in die-cast alloy featuring fully opening parts, high details including the Hemi 6 engine, wheels, interior, undercarriage and impressive interior and exterior finishing, this is one limited edition model that deserves a home in any Australian muscle car collection.

Coming Soon From Biante 1:18 Holden Monaro CV8-R

1:18 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III LIMITED EDITION OF

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1008

Pulse Red Product Code: A73354 - RRP: $215.00 including GST

1:18 Ford XY Falcon GTHO Phase III LIMITED EDITION OF

1:43 Ford EB Falcon LIMITED EDITION OF

1100

1994 Tooheys Bathurst 1000 Winner - Drivers: Johnson / Bowe Forms part of the Biante Motor Racing Legends Series Product Code: BR43602A - RRP: $77.00 including GST

1:18 Holden VK Commodore SS LE Grp 3

1:18 Holden VN Commodore SS Group A

LIMITED EDITION OF

1200

Purr Pull With White Stripes (1973) Product Code: A73389 - RRP: $215.00 including GST

Satin Silver (1967) Product Code: A72446 - RRP: $230.00 including GST ALLOCATION EXHAUSTED

1350

Onyx Black (1971) Product Code: A72776 - RRP: $215.00 including GST

1:18 Holden HQ Monaro GTS350 Sedan

1900

LIMITED EDITION OF

1008

Yellow Fire over Walnut Glow (1974) Product Code: A72726 - RRP: $215.00 including GST

LIMITED EDITION OF

1200

1972 Series Production Touring Car - Driver: Norm Beechey (1972) Product Code: A87217 - RRP: $215.00 including GST

1:18 Ford XA Falcon Superbird

1:18 Holden HR Premier Sedan

1482

Formula Blue (1985) Product Code: B182705C - RRP: $215.00 including GST

TBA

1991 Tooheys 1000 - Drivers: Brock / Miedecke Forms part of the Biante Peter Brock Collection Product Code: B182706B - RRP: $215.00 including GST

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