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    GRAND TOUR!

    Dec 10, 2020 4 minutes
    WORDS MARK HIGGINS
    PHOTOS
    MARK BEAN ⋆ FORD AUSTRALIA

    The name John Gowland may not be the most recognisable name in motorsport but in 1967 as Ford Australia Racing Team Manager, he delivered the first Falcon victory at Bathurst and the following year he backed that up with the prestigious Teams Trophy in the gruelling London to Sydney marathon.

    While being the brains behind these milestone successes, Gowland wasn’t a motorsport veteran. He wasn’t even a Ford veteran. By the November 24 start of the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon Gowland had been with Ford for a mere three years and was just 26 years old.

    Ford contracted Harry Firth to prep the three-car factory

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