Although the plan eventually failed dismally it was a mammoth project which deserved better and promised much more. At Sandown a few weeks earlier Moffat appeared in a dark blue Falcon which simply blew the rest of the field into the weeds, winning easily and setting a new lap record on the way.
But this was not the same car that had been built up in America for the Bathurst race. although it did incorporate a few of the lessons learnt there..
The actual Bathurst race car was unveiled at a spectacular function hosted by Moffat's long-time sponsor BP, and its credentials and development history were impressive to say the least.
The Falcon, painted the same dark blue as at Sandown, but sporting the Australian flag and a "Moffat Ford Dealers" motif along each wing, was pretty much the same as the Sandown car, but built and developed during an intensive four week period in Ohio USA.
Its engine. fitted with newly homologated Ford parts. was alleged to give around 440 bhp, and unlike the Sandown race car it featured a four barrel Holly carb, rather than the twin choke Weber setup favored by the works team in 1973.
Dieter Glemser was nominated as the car's co-driver. while one-time arch rival of Moffat. Horst Kwech, was relief driver for the pair of them.
Horst is Australian basically, having emigrated to the USA from Sydney in 1962. He became a pro' driver in the States, as well as a small car preparation expert there. In 1966, Kwech beat Moffat to the 1600cc sedan class in the amateur racing finals of the SCCA at Riverside.
Subsequently, Moffat and Kwech shared a Mustang at Daytona and Sebring Trans Am races in 1968.
Looking after the pits was Lee Dykstra, an American who was Moffat's superior during his time as a test driver at Kar Kraft.
Dykstra, along with chassis ace John Mulrine, worked on the development programme of the Falcon in America.
Originally a General Motors man, he joined Ford in the mid-sixties, where, at the age of 26, he was involved in the Ford GT 40 programme, and later in the Trans Am Mustang development programme.
In 1968 Dykstra headed up the design team on Carroll Shelby's Mustangs which, as we said earlier, Moffat drove at Daytona and Sebring.
Later he transferred to Kar Kraft. When that part of the Ford empire closed down, he was appointed to research and safety design on Ford passenger vehicles.
