# 1964 Round Australia Trial

The 1964 Round Australia Trial, officially the Ampol Trial was the tenth running of the Round Australia Trial. The rally took place between 14 and 28 June 1964. The event covered 11,260 kilometres around Australia. It was won by Harry Firth and Graham Hoinville, driving a Ford Cortina GT.

## Results

| Pos | No | Entrant | Drivers | Car | Penalties (Points) |
| 1 | 50 | Ford Motor Company of Australia | Harry Firth Graham Hoinville | Ford Cortina GT | 21 |
| 2 | 60 | Lanock Motors | Barry Ferguson Tony Denham | Volkswagen 1500 S | 25 |
| 3 | 106 | Pat Cullens Garage | Greg Garard John Garard | Holden EH 179 Manual | 25 |
| 4 | 40 | Lanock Motors | Doug Stewart Barry Lloyd | Volkswagen 1500 S | 28 |
| 5 | 91 | Pat Cullens Garage | Lionel Williams Steve Halloran Terry Gould | Holden EH 179 Manual | 31 |
| 6 | 122 | Kain and Shelton Limited | Tom Quill Roger Abrahams | Ford Falcon XL 170ci | 43 |
| 7 | 39 | Enterprise Auto Service | Barry Arentz Geoff Stock | Ford Cortina GT | 51 |
| 8 | 109 | Bruce Collier | Bruce Collier John Bryson | Holden EH 179 Manual | 55 |
| 9 | 117 | A.J. Thiel | Tony Thiel Garry Chapman | Ford Falcon XM 170ci | 57 |
| 10 | 112 | B.S. Stillwell and Co. Pty. Ltd. | Malcolm McPherson Ian Home | Holden EH 179 Manual | 71 |
| 11 | 115 | L.L. Fiebig | Lance Fiebig Gilbert Ahrens | Holden EH 179 Manual | 88 |
| 12 | 103 | Ron Marshall | Ron Marshall Ian Butcher | Holden EH 179 Manual | 95 |
| 13 | 41 | W.F. Hartigan | William Hartigan Martin Hartigan | Volvo 122S | 95 |
| 14 | 44 | Goodwin Motors | Harold Goodwin Terry Robinson Tom Edwards | Volvo 122S | 97 |
| 15 | 70 | Victorian VW Agents | Ray Christie David Dunlop | Volkswagen 1500 S | 106 |
| 16 | 121 | Ford Motor Company of Australia | Ken Harper Frank Kilfoyle Bob Forsyth | Ford Falcon XM 170ci | 109 |
| 17 | 108 | Pat Cullens Garage | Pat Cullen Mark Markwell | Holden EH 179 Manual | 122 |
| 18 | 64 | Continental and General Distributors | Ron Green David Johnson | Peugeot 404 | 123 |
| 19 | 114 | Kevin Bell | Kevin Bell Ron Wilcock Lionel Long | Holden EH 179 Manual | 134 |
| 20 | 61 | Graham Ward | Graham Ward Bruce McPhee | Volvo 122S | 143 |
| 21 | 104 | Seike Motors | Maurie Seike Keith Hughes Robert Beasley | Chrysler Valiant AP5 | 162 |
| 22 | 113 | South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club | Jim Johnson David Harris | Holden EH 179 Manual | 163 |
| 23 | 7 | Tom Bentley | Tom Bentley Dean Ryan Bob Johnson | Volkswagen 1200 | 171 |
| 24 | 55 | Alan Crabbe Motors | Alan Crabbe Des Pike | Peugeot 404 | 177 |
| 25 | 13 | Peter Warren Motors | Don Garard Jim Roberts | Volkswagen 1200 | 178 |
| 26 | 80 | Ray Heffernan | Ray Heffernan Des Turner | Fiat 770 | 224 |
| 27 | 47 | Laurie Boyle | Laurie Boyle Graham Jones Robert Schaefer | Hillman Super Minx | 231 |
| 28 | 140 | Cronulla Tool & Engineering Co. | John Priddle Lindsay Adcock | Ford Zephyr Mark II | 245 |
| 29 | 63 | Toyota Motor Company Limited | Geoff Russell Ron Burns | Toyota Crown | 247 |
| 30 | 75 | Hemco Safety Belts | Stewart Hughes Alan Mottram | Ford Anglia | 254 |
| 31 | 142 | Bill Burns | Bill Burns Brian Lawler Bruce Kaye | Fiat 2300 | 258 |
| 32 | 93 | Milo Team Murray | Jack 'Crackerjack' Murray, Jnr. Peter Barnes | Chrysler Valiant AP5 | 262 |
| 33 | 45 | G.L. Crown | Gerry Crown Nigel Collier | Ford Cortina GT | 264 |
| 34 | 17 | Dalex Motors | Alan Leahey Don Hyam | Volkswagen 1200 | 274 |
| 35 | 62 | Bruce Hodgson | Bruce Hodgson Ralph Baulch | Ford Cortina GT | 276 |
| 36 | 59 | Continental and General Distributors | Bob Holden Monty Love | Peugeot 404 | 290 |
| 37 | 33 | J.A. Witter | Jack Witter Ron Maloney | Volkswagen 1200 | 296 |
| 38 | 126 | NSW Banana Board | Russ Hammond Jim Palmer | Chrysler Valiant AP5 Safari Wagon | 296 |
| 39 | 19 | Motokov | Ron Bird Jim Horman | Škoda Octavia | 327 |
| 40 | 54 | Continental and General Distributors | Jack 'Gelignite' Murray Roy Denny | Peugeot 404 | 333 |
| 41 | 1 | VW Motors Pty Ltd | Leigh Moore Pat Lawless | Volkswagen 1200 | 347 |
| 42 | 136 | B.G. Sloane | Keith Dosser John Weare Graham Robinson | Holden EK | 347 |
| 43 | 128 | Eric Vigar | Eric Vigar Neil Morrison Graham Stafford | Ford 1958 Customline | 363 |
| 44 | 37 | Regal Motors | Brian Hilton David Duncan | Morris 1100 | 371 |
| 45 | 116 | Bob Gudgeon | Bob Gudgeon Henry Jenkins | Holden EH 179 Manual | 377 |
| 46 | 20 | Team Travelodge | Ken Tubman Alan Greenway | Morris 1100 | 385 |
| 47 | 16 | Light Motors | Adrian Callery John Lock | Volkswagen 1200 | 393 |
| 48 | 35 | Western Australian VW Agents | George Reynolds Ivan Tighe | Volkswagen 1200 | 398 |
| 49 | 48 | Commercial Motor Vehicles Pty Ltd | Lance Grosser P. McCarthur | Hillman Super Minx | 416 |
| 50 | 52 | Henry Dalton | Henry Dalton Neils Hansen | Hillman Super Minx | 417 |
| 51 | 150 | Fred & Mary Murray | Fred Murray Mary Murray Keith Thallon | Ford Falcon XM 144ci | 426 |
| 52 | 111 | A.A. Anderson | 'Duck' Anderson Tony Anthony | Chrysler Valiant AP5 | 440 |
| 53 | 152 | Canberra Speed Shop | Jack Byrne Ray Gulson | Morris Cooper | 446 |
| 54 | 86 | Wes Nalder | Wes Nalder Trevor Stanley | Hillman Imp | 451 |
| 55 | 151 | R.W. Haycock | Bill Haycock Garry Welsh Noel Bottle | Ford Falcon XM Pursuit | 455 |
| 56 | 4 | C.J. Bond | Colin Bond George Shepheard Andy Frankel | Volkswagen 1200 | 460 |
| 57 | 51 | Toyota Motor Company Limited | Doug Hughes Ross Farmer | Toyota Crown | 462 |
| 58 | 8 | Joe Freedman | Joe Freedman Hayden Cadwallader | Volkswagen 1200 | 474 |
| 59 | 53 | David Tweedle | David Tweedle Marshall McCarroll Jim Smith | Standard Vanguard | 477 |
| 60 | 74 | Yorkshire Insurance | Jacqueline Price Neville Price | Ford Anglia | 480 |
| 61 | 29 | Mrs Maureen Adams | Maureen Adams Yvonne Johnson | Volkswagen 1200 | 483 |
| 62 | 67 | Sports Car World | Ron Phillips Ian Smith | Porsche 356 | 484 |
| 63 | 153 | Preston Motors | Bob Watson Tom Myers | Holden EH 179 Manual | 504 |
| 64 | 5 | Lanock Motors | Yvonne McKeahnie Gayle Sach | Volkswagen 1200 | 512 |
| 65 | 94 | John Newmarch | John Newmarch Tim Bonython | Chrysler Valiant AP5 | 540 |
| 66 | 43 | Toyota Motor Company Limited | Shihomi Hosoya Masaharu Terao | Toyota Crown | 542 |
| 67 | 98 | Don Faulkner Motors | Evan Thomas Les Barren | Holden EH 179 Manual | 549 |
| 68 | 146 | W. Huezenroder | W. Huezenroder Jimmy Sweet Stewart McLeod | Holden EK | 552 |
| 69 | 68 | Wal Truscott and Company | John Hiscock Wal Truscott Bill Roche | Humber Vogue Sports | 584 |
| 70 | 30 | Geoff Hood | Geoff Hood Pat Crea | Volkswagen 1200 | 589 |
| 71 | 65 | Bill McLaughlin | Bill McLaughlin Alan Clarke | Ford Cortina GT | 592 |
| 72 | 139 | Ford Motor Company of Australia | George Hughes Peter Coffey Doug Rutherford | Ford Falcon XM 144ci | 619 |
| 73 | 36 | Keith Gamble | Keith Gamble John Old | Datsun 1200 | 649 |
| 74 | 34 | Motokov | Syd Fischer Bill Coe | Škoda Octavia | 682 |
| 75 | 58 | Ross and Hurst's Ampol Service Station | Ron Turnley Brian Cross Alan Lockyer | Ford Cortina GT | 702 |
| 76 | 46 | Toyota Motor Company Limited | Kevin Lott Michael Flanagan | Toyota Crown | 709 |
| 77 | 131 | K.A. Dean | Ken Dean Edmond McGee | Holden EK Station Sedan | 729 |
| 78 | 6 | Arthur Treloar | Arthur Treloar Richard Barker | Volkswagen 1200 | 797 |
| 79 | 28 | Bert Ruddy | Bert Ruddy Eric Johnson | Volkswagen 1200 | 814 |
| 80 | 69 | Reg Lunn | Reg Lunn Rex Lunn Jeff King | Ford Cortina GT | 842 |
| 81 | 105 | John Steward | John Steward Andrew Richards Peter Richards | Chrysler Valiant SV1 | 851 |
| 82 | 76 | Tony Fuller | John Stephens Tony Fuller | Morris 850 | 865 |
| 83 | 57 | Claude Ruwolt | Claude Ruwolt Richard Ruwolt | Peugeot 404 | 884 |
| 84 | 87 | S.H. Badger | Sidney Badger Edward Cram | Morris 850 | 896 |
| 85 | 132 | Mal Longmore Ampol Garage | Bruce Darke Ron Willis | Holden FC | 951 |
| 86 | 10 | Ken Ogie | Ken Ogie Trevor Smith | Volkswagen 1200 | 930 |
| 87 | 143 | D.C. Shooks | Desmond Shooks James Ubrihien | Holden FC | 1,076 |
| 88 | 9 | Motokov | Gerry Merrett Peter Buckley | Škoda Octavia | 1,084 |
| 89 | 27 | Wilkinson Datsun | Bruce Wilkinson Peter Wilson | Datsun 1200 | 1,112 |
| 90 | 135 | Enterprise Auto Service | Martin Arentz Ron Williams | Ford Falcon XM 144ci | 1,159 |
| 91 | 141 | Neil Harrod | Neil Harrod Les Ring | Holden FB Station Sedan | 1,185 |
| 92 | 95 | Sunrise Eggs | Blanche Brown Vince Brown Cathy Price | Rolls-Royce Phantom I | 1,333 |
| 93 | 125 | R.A. Walker | Bob Walker Majorie Walker | Dodge Phoenix | 1,367 |
| 94 | 11 | Mac's Car Sales | Joan McAulay Lorna Gamble | Datsun 1200 | 1,594 |
| 95 | 31 | Dorothy Sibley | Dorothy Sibley John Sibley | Volkswagen 1200 | 1,692 |
| 96 | 116 | Jack Baker | Jack Baker Ern Hines Jack Guest | Chevrolet 1938 Master | 1,841 |
| 97 | 133 | Harvey Lane | Harvey Lane Jim Thompson Stan Viles | Holden FB | 2,693 |
| 98 | 107 | Judy MacDonald | Judy MacDonald Scott MacDonald | Vauxhall 1938 Wyvern | 2,821 |
| 99 | 3 | Goblin-BVC Vacuum Cleaners | Tony Cornell John Harris | Volkswagen 1200 | 3,296 |
| 100 | 88 | Warren West | Warren West Peter Harden | Renault Dauphine | 3,950 |
| 101 | 78 | Lightburn & Company Limited | Ted Polgreen Ray Chapman | Lightburn Zeta | 6,185 |
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