Marv’s Garage: Mr Flathead works out how to make gravy
One man outfoxed the NHRA to make speed like nobody else.
Marv’s Garage: Larry’s Iron Lion takes the Chevs to pound town
LP didn’t listen to the other Holden teams who all switched to Chev V8 power in ‘93. And he smoked them at the one race that mattered.
Marv’s Garage: La Pantera Bianca; the white panther.
La Pantera Bianca, the white panther, rewrote how intense Aussie race car builds would be.
Marv’s Garage: Giocattolo, wombats can fly.
When is an Alfa not an Alfa? When it’s a mid-engined V8 calleda Giocattolo.
Marv’s Garage: Making a monkey of NASCAR
Back in the 50s Tim Flock had a co-driver, who was a monkey.
Marv’s Garage: Bob Jane had TWO ‘69 ZL-1 Camaros
The Aussie tyre tycoon had two of Chevy’s baddest muscle cars; one for touring car racing and one he sent drag racing
Marv’s Garage: Ford’s Supervan was a GT40 with a boot
Taking a worker’s commercial van and jamming it on top of a GT40 Le Mans racer made one of PR’s greatest wins.
Marv’s Garage: the big-block V8 deathkart
The Mk1 Shadow featured a race-spec big-block Chev V8 in what was basically a go-kart chassis, and was almost too Can-Am for Can-Am.