Episode 49: Back in the workshop with the 1993 Bathurst winner post Calder Shakedown
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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The kids will remember forever running around playing in the workshop while Dad and Grandad were working on the Race Car
Yeah I remember it as a kid and now it's my kids!
@@perkinsengineering what a great thing for you and your Dad. 3 generations of Perkins having the one memory.
I think what I like the most about these videos is the immense pride you and Larry have for each other, that's priceless.
Cheers!!
Well done Jack
You have done a hell of a job to bring this old girl back
Many thanks!!!
The thing I loved most about the 1993 win was that Larry was the only Commo in the field with the Holden engine, everyone else was running the Chevvy. Larry and Skaife were the only ones who actually completed all 161 laps that race, he lapped every single car except one.
Last Holden to win Bathurst with a Holden engine!
@@perkinsengineering Speaks volumes of the man's greatness as an engineer imo. He knew what he had, and he knew how to drag every last horse out of it. Made them all look stupid that day.
It’s a very special car 👍🏻🇦🇺
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Bathurst 1993 in 8 minutes. The day Fred Gibson had an aneurysm 😂
Jack, I'd love to hear the story about the decision to stay on slicks at the end
Right on, the autosport mag had a great article pretty much the same time as the win, i was spannering a 253 alot myself at the time and the pencil cad drawing was like manna from the heavens.
I get so emotional watching the great Larry Perkins. I met him at Calder with Brock as a kid and hope to meet him again
Cheers!!
Can’t wait to see it running around the Mountain again. Such a wonderful piece of Australian racing history.
Will be a cool moment!
Hopefully LP has a good crack and the VP comes home safe.
I worked on the 49 Alcair Commodore under Bob Tindal back in the 90's. Not sure what PE number that one was.
It brings back great memories to see these old rides.
I remember we had a few valve spring issues at Bathurst one of those years.
Good times.
PE 024. We still work very closely with car owner John Alcorn who has restored that Alcair car to an immaculate level. Great people.
Awesome. Yes they are great people.@@perkinsengineering
Hey Jack, as always another great video. Always in depth and super informative. With regards to the "Blue book" woukd be at all possible to get a copy of your template that I could adapt and implement for my teams 6 Hour car ?
Thanks, and keep up the awesome work.
Stu
Cheers! There's actually some original blue books for sale on our website, search blue books and then scan through some of the photos and you'll be able to see the page layout/template.
Hey Jack, would you ever consider putting the Perkins brake caliper technical drawing out as a poster ?
Possibly, we've looked at doing something similar with the Slide Manifold drawings too
Cant wait to see Larry cutting some laps at Bathurst in the 93 winner. Love the channel Jack and looking forward to the next project
Cheers!!
You guys need to restore the 1997 bathurst winning car and the best looking supercar, the vt
The 1997 car was restored many years ago, it's currently sitting in the Bathurst Museum! I think our best Bathurst result in a VT was 2nd.
Phil from driftworks here in the U.K. had his small daughter sit in his bmw M3 race car and she turned off his abs and traction 😳😳 made him nearly crash
Thankfully we don't need any of those driver assists over here in Aus ;)
great work Jack the car is looking amazing, and its looking well prepared for the Bathurst run. well done mate cant wait to watch larry drive it at Bathurst
You and me both! Cheers!!
Is that your daughter Jack? Such a cutie. Bet she loves being around Dad and Grandad in the shop.
Yes that's Emmie :)
Did 7 Sport pay some sort of contingency for running the stickers? or where they required for every car in the category?
It was a requirement for every car, and to be honest, it still is today, just the stickers are smaller and found on the rear quarter window section.
Was this an e 85 car? How do you stop the corrosion in the fuel system when they're sitting for long periods with ethanol type fuels?
No, e85 was only introduced in 2009. This car runs on BP Ultimate 98. With any race car, regardless of what fuel is used, we would always drain the tank and system if sitting around for extended periods.
This car didn't have to be the final holden powered bathurst winner but it was 😔 what a shame Australian-made stuff has lost its appeal
It is a shame, we were all about Made in Australia!
Awesome job jack and the team,I was at Bathurst in 93 and it looks just as good now if not better
Many thanks!!!
Can,t wait to see LP driving the car a Bathurst on the 30th anniversary of the win.
Will be great! Cheers!
Excellent education in methodology. Nice !
Cheers!
I remember bleeding brakes and clutches the same way with my dad.
Some things never change hey!
If i had this beautiful clean beast i would be too scared to take it out and get it dirty😂
Haha adds patina!!
Love your work Jack, Larry and team. I cut my teeth working on VP/VS commodores which were Perkins customer cars at the time. Brings back super cool memories (especially cleaning inside the wheel arches with acetone!!!!) Can't wait for more content 👍👍👍👍
Haha yep, we typically used solvent for that job!!! Cheers!!
such an interesting channel, thoroughly enjoy the content
Glad you enjoy it! Cheers!
Jack this was a great time for Touring Cars thanks what a great site.
Yes it was! Cheers!!
Awesome jp another great video 😊
Cheers!
Great show Jack! What’s the plan for Bathurst will the car be on display? Can’t wait to see LP running around the mountain again 💪💪💪💪
I'm not 100% sure, my focus that weekend is on the Bathurst 1000, Super2 and Channel 7. I believe the car will be on display all weekend and if the weather is ok, it will be on track for a demo run once or twice.
Yep your going to be busy and good luck!.
Jack , is there any chance you could do a sort of recap before Bathurst …( in your spare time 😳🤦♂️….) about where the car has come from when you got it back , to where it is now ? Sort of a summary of how it was and the racing form it was in, to the absolute pinnacle of VP-ness that you’ve restored it to …. Asking for a friend 😁 … 👊💥
This has been covered off quite a lot on our Facebook page, there is even a photo gallery "PE 017" with plenty of photos when we got it etc. There's also lots of information in the PE Cars book we did with V8Sleuth.
Thanks Jack, love my PE book 👌
Well done Jack she is cleaner then most show cars
Bit dirtier now it's been on track! Cheers!!
Keep up the great work and the videos
Cheers, will do!
the nostalgia of this is just awesome, so funny listening to the serious regiment of you two brake bleeding, my dad taught me the exact method probably around 93! and it was always performed in the same tone and seriousness! OLD school real mechanics for the win.. thanks for the content as a true Perkins fan this has been great!
Haha yeah somethings are taught the right way from the beginning and they can't be changed!
Thanks from England.
You're welcome!! Cheers!
Love it jack keep it up my friend!
Must be so special being able to work on some of the best race cars with you’re old man!
Yeah it's very cool. Cheers!
Hi Jack. Love your work 👍
Cheers!
Can't wait to witness this at Skyline this year! Great work Jack and Larry.
Cool spot to watch!! Cheers!!
Good to see someone on RUclips bleeding brakes with a bottle for once .
Haha not that common?
@@perkinsengineering bloody Americans just bleed onto the floor or into a rag . It baffles the mind .
Another awesome video Jack. Love seeing Larry on the videos. Long time fan here. Looking forward seeing the beast at Bathurst. Your daughter is so cute. Such a loving family. I remember seeing you Jack at Bathurst many years ago while grabbing some photos with Brocky. I was there the year Larry won Bathurst in this car. Such sweet memories. I've enjoyed every single video Jack. Cheers.
Many thanks! Cheers!!
Cool thanks mate
Cheers!!
Awesome content.
Cheers!
Great job, there was a lot of gravel in that front bar!! Did someone have a little off Jack ? 😁 Nice to see Emmie keeping you two guys under control 👍
Front left guard suggests some scrapes 😂
Nah definitely no offs, can guarantee that! It's just what happens at the race track as loose debris sticks to the hot tyres and flicks off and either chips the paint or ends up somewhere!
Haha nah thats from more right hand corners than lefts and just running out of guard clearance at high steering lock and lateral load. Be the opposite at Bathurst...
LP was my favourite driver back in the 90s, a real golden era. The 93 car was my favourite by far and will be great to see it back cutting laps at Bathurst. Great job by all for the restoration. Now bring it up to Darwin so I can see it in the flesh 😜🤙
Cheers!! Love Darwin!! LP was just up there!
Awesome. BTW in the 1/18 scale model world the 1993 Perkins Bathurst VP is one of the most valuable and sort after cars of all. Everyone loves this car!
They are hard to find!!!
Great series Jack, congrats to you and Larry to get her back to mint condition, much respect for everything you guys have done with australian touring cars.
I have watched all the races and been to a few bathursts and touring car rounds back in the day.
Would stir some emotions to see that car go around the track a few times this year with Larry at the wheel.
Looking forward to any other content you put out after this.
Legends
Not wrong there!!! Cheers!!
Top video jack
Cheers!
Fantastic stuff Jack! Always enjoy the video's you share, cheers!
Thank you! Cheers!
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Cheers!
Great to see the catch up, after Calder. Looking forward to Bathurst.
Us too! cheers
Great vids, thanks for sharing with us ya legends.
Cheers!!
Bloody awesome Jack can’t wait to see it at the mountain
Same!
Thanks Jack. Again, well done mate
Cheers!
Hey Great stuff Jack congratulations on a fantastic result. Just a question for you . I worked at PPG for 35 years seen many a race team visit the factory over the years . When we dispense solvents and all flammables we alway bond and earth our vessels to stop static and obviously fire which I have seen happen with an open vessel fire hit the roof. I think you didn’t do that I could be wrong But if you have an good earth rod it would be a good idea when you are emptying a fuel tank . Once again this is not a criticism just pointing out a safety aspect it was taken very seriously at PPG and you could loose you job just saying cheers mate job well done
Yeah I never realised how much static electricity there was until I was filling up a 200L drum with fuel at night! Thankfully everything here is earthed to the ground and it's how we always filled and drained our fuel tanks but proper earth wouldn't hurt for sure.
@@perkinsengineering yeah mate earth the tank with earth lead then a bonding lead from car to the other vessel that’s the only way we were allowed to do it . Just don’t want anything to happen to you or car for the sake of 10 seconds of work if you want to call it that cheers
Even worse on humid days 👍
Awesome. What fuel was used back then and now?
It was about a 95 octane Shell fuel back then and now we use BP Ultimate 98 from the closest BP Servo!
Haha awesome, thanks for that 👍
cool looking jack stands
Yes they are rippers, not quite period correct for 1993! But this is what basically all current supercars teams use. Designed and made by K & A Engineering in Adelaide!
Love these vids, thanks for all this :)
Glad you like them! Cheers!
I know it's impossible (unless you're Red Bull) to keep all the cars once replaced, but it's amazing to see this back in the workshop in this condition and with all the right parts. One thing I'd love to see is a video on setting up the corner weights and alignment. Also post a picture of the Motorola radio you're looking for so we can see if there's one around. But it's stunning.
Yeah we always had to sell the current one to pay for the next one, but then that built up the customer base to service more engines etc. Will try and get a video on corner weights with the 1994 car when we have a bit more time up our sleeves doing the job. Thankfully we have found the radio's too, courtesy of two people for sending in two.
Red bull sell their cars too. SVG’s car was sold before the season had ended.
@@tomnewham1269 Yes. But they don't have to as they can afford to keep anything they want to.
@@perkinsengineering That set up as a video would be amazing. A lot of people don't know how much time goes into the setup of a professional race car.
Thanks Jack, love your work 👍🏻
My pleasure! Cheers!