1964 Round Australia Trial

The 1964 Round Australia Trial, officially the Ampol Trial was the tenth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 14 and 28 June 1964. The event covered 11,260 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Harry Firth and Graham Hoinville, driving a Ford Cortina GT.

Results Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points) 1 50 Ford Motor Company of Australia Harry Firth Graham Hoinville Ford Cortina GT 21 2 60 Lanock Motors Barry Ferguson Tony Denham Volkswagen 1500 S 25 3 106 Pat Cullens Garage Greg Garard John Garard Holden EH 179 Manual 25 4 40 Lanock Motors Doug Stewart Barry Lloyd Volkswagen 1500 S 28 5 91 Pat Cullens Garage Lionel Williams Steve Halloran Terry Gould Holden EH 179 Manual 31 6 122 Kain and Shelton Limited Tom Quill Roger Abrahams Ford Falcon XL 170ci 43 7 39 Enterprise Auto Service Barry Arentz Geoff Stock Ford Cortina GT 51 8 109 Bruce Collier Bruce Collier John Bryson Holden EH 179 Manual 55 9 117 A.J. Thiel Tony Thiel Garry Chapman Ford Falcon XM 170ci 57 10 112 B.S. Stillwell and Co. Pty. Ltd. Malcolm McPherson Ian Home Holden EH 179 Manual 71 11 115 L.L. Fiebig Lance Fiebig Gilbert Ahrens Holden EH 179 Manual 88 12 103 Ron Marshall Ron Marshall Ian Butcher Holden EH 179 Manual 95 13 41 W.F. Hartigan William Hartigan Martin Hartigan Volvo 122S 95 14 44 Goodwin Motors Harold Goodwin Terry Robinson Tom Edwards Volvo 122S 97 15 70 Victorian VW Agents Ray Christie David Dunlop Volkswagen 1500 S 106 16 121 Ford Motor Company of Australia Ken Harper Frank Kilfoyle Bob Forsyth Ford Falcon XM 170ci 109 17 108 Pat Cullens Garage Pat Cullen Mark Markwell Holden EH 179 Manual 122 18 64 Continental and General Distributors Ron Green David Johnson Peugeot 404 123 19 114 Kevin Bell Kevin Bell Ron Wilcock Lionel Long Holden EH 179 Manual 134 20 61 Graham Ward Graham Ward Bruce McPhee Volvo 122S 143 21 104 Seike Motors Maurie Seike Keith Hughes Robert Beasley Chrysler Valiant AP5 162 22 113 South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club Jim Johnson David Harris Holden EH 179 Manual 163 23 7 Tom Bentley Tom Bentley Dean Ryan Bob Johnson Volkswagen 1200 171 24 55 Alan Crabbe Motors Alan Crabbe Des Pike Peugeot 404 177 25 13 Peter Warren Motors Don Garard Jim Roberts Volkswagen 1200 178 26 80 Ray Heffernan Ray Heffernan Des Turner Fiat 770 224 27 47 Laurie Boyle Laurie Boyle Graham Jones Robert Schaefer Hillman Super Minx 231 28 140 Cronulla Tool & Engineering Co. John Priddle Lindsay Adcock Ford Zephyr Mark II 245 29 63 Toyota Motor Company Limited Geoff Russell Ron Burns Toyota Crown 247 30 75 Hemco Safety Belts Stewart Hughes Alan Mottram Ford Anglia 254 31 142 Bill Burns Bill Burns Brian Lawler Bruce Kaye Fiat 2300 258 32 93 Milo Team Murray Jack 'Crackerjack' Murray, Jnr. Peter Barnes Chrysler Valiant AP5 262 33 45 G.L. Crown Gerry Crown Nigel Collier Ford Cortina GT 264 34 17 Dalex Motors Alan Leahey Don Hyam Volkswagen 1200 274 35 62 Bruce Hodgson Bruce Hodgson Ralph Baulch Ford Cortina GT 276 36 59 Continental and General Distributors Bob Holden Monty Love Peugeot 404 290 37 33 J.A. Witter Jack Witter Ron Maloney Volkswagen 1200 296 38 126 NSW Banana Board Russ Hammond Jim Palmer Chrysler Valiant AP5 Safari Wagon 296 39 19 Motokov Ron Bird Jim Horman Škoda Octavia 327 40 54 Continental and General Distributors Jack 'Gelignite' Murray Roy Denny Peugeot 404 333 41 1 VW Motors Pty Ltd Leigh Moore Pat Lawless Volkswagen 1200 347 42 136 B.G. Sloane Keith Dosser John Weare Graham Robinson Holden EK 347 43 128 Eric Vigar Eric Vigar Neil Morrison Graham Stafford Ford 1958 Customline 363 44 37 Regal Motors Brian Hilton David Duncan Morris 1100 371 45 116 Bob Gudgeon Bob Gudgeon Henry Jenkins Holden EH 179 Manual 377 46 20 Team Travelodge Ken Tubman Alan Greenway Morris 1100 385 47 16 Light Motors Adrian Callery John Lock Volkswagen 1200 393 48 35 Western Australian VW Agents George Reynolds Ivan Tighe Volkswagen 1200 398 49 48 Commercial Motor Vehicles Pty Ltd Lance Grosser P. McCarthur Hillman Super Minx 416 50 52 Henry Dalton Henry Dalton Neils Hansen Hillman Super Minx 417 51 150 Fred & Mary Murray Fred Murray Mary Murray Keith Thallon Ford Falcon XM 144ci 426 52 111 A.A. Anderson 'Duck' Anderson Tony Anthony Chrysler Valiant AP5 440 53 152 Canberra Speed Shop Jack Byrne Ray Gulson Morris Cooper 446 54 86 Wes Nalder Wes Nalder Trevor Stanley Hillman Imp 451 55 151 R.W. Haycock Bill Haycock Garry Welsh Noel Bottle Ford Falcon XM Pursuit 455 56 4 C.J. Bond Colin Bond George Shepheard Andy Frankel Volkswagen 1200 460 57 51 Toyota Motor Company Limited Doug Hughes Ross Farmer Toyota Crown 462 58 8 Joe Freedman Joe Freedman Hayden Cadwallader Volkswagen 1200 474 59 53 David Tweedle David Tweedle Marshall McCarroll Jim Smith Standard Vanguard 477 60 74 Yorkshire Insurance Jacqueline Price Neville Price Ford Anglia 480 61 29 Mrs Maureen Adams Maureen Adams Yvonne Johnson Volkswagen 1200 483 62 67 Sports Car World Ron Phillips Ian Smith Porsche 356 484 63 153 Preston Motors Bob Watson Tom Myers Holden EH 179 Manual 504 64 5 Lanock Motors Yvonne McKeahnie Gayle Sach Volkswagen 1200 512 65 94 John Newmarch John Newmarch Tim Bonython Chrysler Valiant AP5 540 66 43 Toyota Motor Company Limited Shihomi Hosoya Masaharu Terao Toyota Crown 542 67 98 Don Faulkner Motors Evan Thomas Les Barren Holden EH 179 Manual 549 68 146 W. Huezenroder W. Huezenroder Jimmy Sweet Stewart McLeod Holden EK 552 69 68 Wal Truscott and Company John Hiscock Wal Truscott Bill Roche Humber Vogue Sports 584 70 30 Geoff Hood Geoff Hood Pat Crea Volkswagen 1200 589 71 65 Bill McLaughlin Bill McLaughlin Alan Clarke Ford Cortina GT 592 72 139 Ford Motor Company of Australia George Hughes Peter Coffey Doug Rutherford Ford Falcon XM 144ci 619 73 36 Keith Gamble Keith Gamble John Old Datsun 1200 649 74 34 Motokov Syd Fischer Bill Coe Škoda Octavia 682 75 58 Ross and Hurst's Ampol Service Station Ron Turnley Brian Cross Alan Lockyer Ford Cortina GT 702 76 46 Toyota Motor Company Limited Kevin Lott Michael Flanagan Toyota Crown 709 77 131 K.A. Dean Ken Dean Edmond McGee Holden EK Station Sedan 729 78 6 Arthur Treloar Arthur Treloar Richard Barker Volkswagen 1200 797 79 28 Bert Ruddy Bert Ruddy Eric Johnson Volkswagen 1200 814 80 69 Reg Lunn Reg Lunn Rex Lunn Jeff King Ford Cortina GT 842 81 105 John Steward John Steward Andrew Richards Peter Richards Chrysler Valiant SV1 851 82 76 Tony Fuller John Stephens Tony Fuller Morris 850 865 83 57 Claude Ruwolt Claude Ruwolt Richard Ruwolt Peugeot 404 884 84 87 S.H. Badger Sidney Badger Edward Cram Morris 850 896 85 132 Mal Longmore Ampol Garage Bruce Darke Ron Willis Holden FC 951 86 10 Ken Ogie Ken Ogie Trevor Smith Volkswagen 1200 930 87 143 D.C. Shooks Desmond Shooks James Ubrihien Holden FC 1,076 88 9 Motokov Gerry Merrett Peter Buckley Škoda Octavia 1,084 89 27 Wilkinson Datsun Bruce Wilkinson Peter Wilson Datsun 1200 1,112 90 135 Enterprise Auto Service Martin Arentz Ron Williams Ford Falcon XM 144ci 1,159 91 141 Neil Harrod Neil Harrod Les Ring Holden FB Station Sedan 1,185 92 95 Sunrise Eggs Blanche Brown Vince Brown Cathy Price Rolls-Royce Phantom I 1,333 93 125 R.A. Walker Bob Walker Majorie Walker Dodge Phoenix 1,367 94 11 Mac's Car Sales Joan McAulay Lorna Gamble Datsun 1200 1,594 95 31 Dorothy Sibley Dorothy Sibley John Sibley Volkswagen 1200 1,692 96 116 Jack Baker Jack Baker Ern Hines Jack Guest Chevrolet 1938 Master 1,841 97 133 Harvey Lane Harvey Lane Jim Thompson Stan Viles Holden FB 2,693 98 107 Judy MacDonald Judy MacDonald Scott MacDonald Vauxhall 1938 Wyvern 2,821 99 3 Goblin-BVC Vacuum Cleaners Tony Cornell John Harris Volkswagen 1200 3,296 100 88 Warren West Warren West Peter Harden Renault Dauphine 3,950 101 78 Lightburn & Company Limited Ted Polgreen Ray Chapman Lightburn Zeta 6,185 Source: Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 100-108 Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 206-209

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