The 1974 Hardie-Ferodo 1000 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars, held at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1974. The race was Round 3 of the 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship and was the 15th in a sequence of annual “Bathurst 1000” races commencing with the 1960 Armstrong 500.
John Goss's reproduction of the winning Ford XA Falcon GT
1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship
The 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship was an Australian motor racing competition for Group C Touring Cars. It was authorised by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as an Australian National Title.
Holden won the championship, with the Torana SL/R 5000 L34 model being its main pointscorer. The example above contested the Bathurst round of the 1974 championship
A reproduction of the Ford XA Falcon GT Hardtop with which John Goss & Kevin Bartlett won the Bathurst round of the championship