The MELBOURNE GRAND PRIX 1958 Albert Park
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To celebrate the opening of the 2016 F1 season in Australia, here's a little gem from 1958 and the Melbourne Grand Prix held at Albert Park on November 30th of that year.
Drivers included Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Bib Stillwell, Doug Whiteford, Alec Mildren, Arnold Glass, Stan Jones, Len Lukey and many more. It appears Sabrina was a bit of a star too!
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Motor sport is an international language.
I was there, I was eleven at the time, but my motivation at that age was to see Sabrina with her 42's which I did, but also saw some classic racing.
Haha. Yes, she was a bit of a hoot with her hooters!
I recall being there at 8 years of age. Can remember the racing cars lined up for viewing and the hay bails. I probably played on the swings and seesaw. Dad worked for Repco in their motor winding department. He was involved with parts for the future Repco Brabham.
My grandfather was at this race as a spectator, amazing to see the footage
7:33. Ripple sole desert boots. Wore them as a kid.Glad they were still around years later.
The golden age of racing. I was 2 when this was raced. Love the design of the D Type Jaguar. Not much in the way of safety for the drivers and the race fans.
Thanks for sharing it's fantastic to see F1 in Aus in 1958 and the likes of Jack, Stirling and knowing that Alan Jones was a young boy watching that race right then...while his Dad took part. Seeing how the track was back then was remarkable, I love the way people could get so close to the action, cars and drivers in general... the fear and danger only added to the magic that F1 has lost today... It's a great shame to see how little the AGPC has really done to make the event any better or more famous than it was then today, what an absolute loss of opportunity.....and lack of business wisdom....Lets hope Chase Carey gives John Harden a really good kick up the backside because he clearly knows little about this sport... The current AGPC mission statement is woefully pathetic in anything it suggests. It shows it has no vision for the future at all.... or understanding of social media as a tool and the like.... in the 21 century.
At 1.20 Lago talbot T26 towed by a Studebaker Golden Hawk.
What an incredibly beautiful circuit. Dangerous as hell though. And a mix of types. And there goes Bob Jane of T-Mart and Bathurst fame. That's one of the great things about the Internet. CZcams and wonderful sites like this allow me to keep learning about my passion. Good on ya mate 👍
Might have been there. I remember seeing cars racing at Albert Park. I was about 5.Unfortunately I cannot confirm it. That was a beautiful bit of road, well and truly wrecked to build a new F1 track in the 90’s . I loved driving around it.
You gotta love that Muzac :)
Not Muzac, good light jazz.
This race always causes confusion because in 1958 there was the AUSTRALIAN Grand Prix held at Bathurst in NSW and the MELBOURNE Grand Prix, a seperate, event held at Albert Park in Melbourne
Incredible video. Thank you for sharing.
well placed trees and cameramen... who needs safety officials when spectators do the job for free...
Human Barrier
Crikey.., I was 3 months old then1958… in 1976 at Bathurst I stood behind Brabham and Moss on pit lane before the race during an interview with channel 7! I’ll fated start then … I got a signature from Jack with him sitting in his 1961 cooper at Indy before he passed., Underrated driver in history
I missed this race. I was being born at the time 😊
David Wilder surely your mother could have brought you....
@@jamesanderton344 New Zealand documentary on three Kiwis at the top of their game .!!!. Bruce McLaren with Denny Hulme & Chris Amon...www.nzonscreen.com/title/trio-at-the-top-2001
@@mtl-ss1538 IMHO, Amon was the best F1 driver to never win a race....saw him once, in 1973 in a third Tyrell with Stewart and Cevert.
@@mtl-ss1538 IMHO, Amon was the best F1 driver to never win a race....saw him once, in 1973 in a third Tyrell with Stewart and Cevert.
Yes I was there at the age of 12. Uncle Leon Gaborit had tickets from Repco Experimental located at Dandenong at the time. A memorable day behind the hay bales.
My Grandfather. Bib Stillwell -=)
Bailey Holden .
My father knew your grandfather. My recollection is that he competed against him in the mid 1950s.
My grandfather Ted Mckinnon raced here with your grandfathers.
@Jack Walsh Bermar. I'm a grandchild of his. Don't know who dude above is though lmao
A little gem of the past
Ah ! how can you forget Sabrina.
Watch 4:35, the bosomy 'Sabrina', the UK's answer to Hollywood's Jayne Mansfield. Watch again at 5:16 as Stirling Moss, arguably the greatest racing driver in the history of the sport engages in conversation with the blonde bombshell. As any competent lip reader will tell you, the crumpet-chasing Moss is observed warning the young lady: "Don't point those things at me; they may go off!"
Awesome
Check out the the Holden twin cam crossflow engine at 3.47 ! Why didn't Holden keep going with real engines like these. They could have been the number 1 cars in the world. Unfortunately the clowns at Holden Australia had no foresight, or perhaps under orders from GM USA to build backward road cars. Yes Holdens were very reliable in the 40's 50's 60's & 70's, but should have all had 4 speed gearboxes from the early 60's & some models should have been more sport orientated as well since the X2 engines. Unfortunately they went backwards since the introduction of the 173 ci engines & German Opal 202 ci engines with the tiny camshafts. The only other decent Holden 6 was the XU1. What a shame & a loss for Australian Holden manufacturing. After the early Holden Red motors, 179 ci, 186 ci & XU1 they didn't make a decent motor until the 253 ci & 308 ci V8 engines. After that it was all down hill.
Trees just yards from the cars!
How many years was gran prix at Albert park.....
Had they had gave Sabrina a car she would have blasted the circuit Record.
Open wheel and full-bodied?