THREE of Allan Moffat’s best-known race winning cars have been brought to Melbourne for his public memorial.
The Australian motorsport giant was farewelled on Tuesday with a state memorial at Melbourne Town Hall hosted by Mark Larkham.
Joining the hundreds of attendees that included family, friends, dignitaries and motorsport identities was a trio of touring cars that were parked beneath the Town Hall stage.
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To the right of stage was his famous Coca-Cola Ford Mustang Trans-Am, brought down from the Sunshine Coast by custodians the Bowden family.
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To the left was the Ford Falcon XC that delivered arguably his most famous victory, the #1 Moffat Ford Dealers machine from the 1977 Bathurst 1000.
Its presence at the state memorial marked only its second trip to Victoria since Moffat donated it to its long-term custodian, the National Motor Racing Museum at Bathurst.
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Joining the iconic Fords was a Holden, the Rothmans-sponsored VL Commodore that Moffat and John Harvey used to win the opening round of the inaugural World Touring Car Championship in 1987.
Unlike the Falcon and the Mustang, the Commodore still makes regular appearances in historic races in the hands of its long-term owner, Melbourne collector Milton Seferis.