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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Official Souvenir Programme, The RE-PO Meeting of Champions, Phillip Island Auto Racing Club, 24 November 1974
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Tom Naughton, aaaand Bond Takes Manchamp, Racing Car News, January 1975, pages 60-64
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- 1 2 Six months late but..., Australian Auto Action No 109, Friday, 25 April 1975, page 1
- CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, 1974
- The Australian Racing History of Ford, © 1989
- The Official Racing History of Holden, © 1988