The Falcon GTHO Phase One made its debut in the Sandown 250 that year, the traditional curtain-raiser three weeks before the Bathurst 500 classic.
It was the second of many classic Sandown debuts for Moffat.
Teamed up with John French in the driving department, Moffat drove clear of the field, which included another seven HOs, and raced to favouritism for his very first Hardie-Ferodo 500.
Suddenly Moffat was the Ford factory's leading hope, partnered with Alan Hamilton for this event which saw fourteen Falcons pitted against only seven Monaros.
The race started somewhat spectacularly when Bill Brown rolled his Falcon going over Skyline on the first lap, blocking the track almost completely and causing mayhem.
Luckily, Moffat was out in front at this stage and knew nothing of what was going on behind him as he led a handful of cars which also were fortunate enough to be ahead of Brown at the time.
That was the extent of Moffat's good luck at Bathurst, though, as a huge tyre problem was soon to raise its ugly head.
Al Turner had decided to use some untried Goodyear racing tyres for the first time and, while they proved to be very quick, were not up to the rigours of a 500-mile race around the tortuous Bathurst circuit.
One by one, the Falcons came into the pits with bald or shredded tyres and slowly the HOs slipped down the leaders board.
Moffat and Hamilton worked hard to make up for their numerous pit stops but fourth place outright was the best they could salvage from the situation, a creditable performance.
The Geoghegans were one place behind them while the Gibson and Seton car crashed out of second place when a tyre blew out at McPhillamy Park.
It was a bitter disappointment for Turner, Moffat and Ford after such a big build-up for Bathurst. so for 1970 they took the GTHO a step further.