The 1958 Round Australia Trial, officially the Mobilgas Trial was the ninth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 20 August and 7 September 1958. The event covered 16,250 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Eddie Perkins and Arthur Smith, driving a Volkswagen 1200.
Results Entrant Drivers Car Penalties (Points) 1 2 E.B. Perkins Eddie Perkins Arthur Smith Volkswagen 1200 11 2 48 Greg Cusack Greg Cusack Pat Lawless Volkswagen 1200 55 3 23 G.J. Coles and Company Dave Anderson Laurie McAlister Holden FE 58 4 68 S.G. McGlashan Stan McGlashan W. Leabeater Volkswagen 1200 68 5 53 H.R. Smith Harry Smith David Orr Volkswagen 1200 117 6 8 L.L. Fiebig Lance Fiebig Jim Claridge Holden FE 125 7 72 Regal Motors Malcolm Brooks Frank Tate Standard Vanguard Phase III 154 8 21 Team Firth and Young Harry Firth Kevin Young Volkswagen 1200 155 9 31 Leith Car Sales Harvey Gunn Desmond Smith Volkswagen 1200 158 10 3 Team Murray and Murison Bill Murray Bill Murison Chrysler Royal V8 AP1 194 11 25 Team James, Williams and Calnan Clarrie James Jack Williams Albert Calnan Holden FE 394 12 71 Motokov Ken Tubman David Berman Škoda 440 429 13 69 Nalder's Garage Wes Nalder Jack Nalder Ford Zephyr Mark II 480 14 63 Elaine Lenaghan Elaine Lenaghan Len Lenaghan Reg Lenaghan Holden FE 520 15 41 J.N. Mather Joseph Mather Ron Jones H. McKinnon Volkswagen 1200 658 16 57 Parkers' Colac Arthur Parker W. Stacey John Parker Holden FC 695 17 29 Lorna and Keith Gamble Keith Gamble Lorna Gamble John Hayward Rover 90 786 18 59 R.J Holden Bob Holden Matt Walton Peugeot 403 794 19 62 O.G. Roberts Tom Quill Sidney Chapman Owen Roberts Holden FC 820 20 42 C.R. Turner Motors Claude Turner Laurie Turner Hillman Minx Mark II 904 21 58 John and Peter Perkins John Perkins Peter Perkins Peugeot 403 911 22 49 Team Cullen and Garard Pat Cullen John Garard Holden FE 939 23 60 Wally Eremin Wally Eremin J. Alexander Hillman Minx Mark II 1,012 24 37 Motokov Vince Brown Norm Saville Škoda 440 1,018 25 19 Nissan Motor Company Yasuhara Nanba Bruce Wilkinson Kazuaki Okuyama Datsun 1000 1,129 26 22 C.G. Chappell Chester Chappell Rob Mills Holden FE 1,157 27 65 H.E. and F.N. Pitts Motors Frank Pitts Kevin Higgs Hillman Minx Mark II 1,183 28 55 Victorian Police Motor Sports Club Alan Sharpley Kevin O'Neill Jerry Merrett Ford Zephyr Mark II 1,227 29 5 Aubrey Melrose Aubrey Melrose John Cummins Austin Westminster A90 1,255 30 54 Jack Murray Jack 'Milko' Murray John Pomroy Bert Madden Chrysler Royal V8 AP1 1,295 31 44 Motokov Major Warwick Max Watson Škoda 440 1,486 32 36 Team Hose and Hillman David Hose John Hillman Morris Minor 1000 1,545 33 27 Leslie Young Leslie Young Harry Harris Morris Minor 1000 1,780 34 14 Nissan Motor Company Yoshitane Oya Allan Gibbons Yonekichi Minawa Datsun 1000 2,003 Source: Bill Tuckey & Thomas B. Floyd, From Redex To Repco: Gregory's 25 Years of Around Australia Trials, 1979, pages 93-94 & 99 Hal Moloney, Long Distance Trials in Australia by Car, Plane & Motor Cycle, 2018, pages 204-206
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