A private buyer has snapped up a prized fleet of race and road cars from Sydney-based Muscle Car Warehouse in a deal revealed this week, including some of the most recognisable Bathurst 1000 winners and championship machines in Australian touring car history. The sale, completed earlier in 2026 under a veil of secrecy for an undisclosed sum, was brokered through Young Timers Garage.

The collection includes Triple Eight’s 2006 Bathurst-winning Betta Electrical Ford Falcon BA and its 2012 Team Vodafone “Kate” Holden Commodore VE, along with two Perkins Engineering Commodores: the 1993 Bathurst-winning VP and a 2003 VY that was Larry Perkins’ last Great Race ride. It also covers three Stone Brothers Racing Pirtek Falcons, including the EL driven to victory in the 1998 Bathurst 1000 by Jason Bright and Steven Richards, plus Marcos Ambrose’s 2001/02 AU Falcon and the BA Falcon that carried him to championship titles in 2003 and 2004.

Shaun Baker said the transaction was one of the most significant deals done in Supercars history and took six months to put together. He said there were strict conditions attached to the sale and that the cars had to stay together in one collection, a requirement he was able to meet. The Triple Eight Ford and Holden had been purchased directly from Roland Dane and Jamie Whincup after in-house restorations, while the two Perkins cars were restored by Perkins Engineering. The Ambrose BA had already been restored by Ross and Jimmy Stone before Muscle Car Warehouse bought it.

The cars had been accumulated by Muscle Car Warehouse over recent years, building a line-up that reads like a roll call of modern Supercars and Bathurst lore. Several of them had already stepped into public view during 2023, when some of the collection appeared for Bathurst’s 60th anniversary celebrations.

Baker said the cars are not being hidden from enthusiasts and will be made available for display at selected events, including Bathurst. The sale comes after earlier news this year that four Holden Commodores — including the 2001/02 HRT “Golden Child,” 2003 “Lap of the Gods,” 2004 “Spiderman” and 2009 HRT cars — were sold to another private collector, tightening the grip of private ownership on some of the category’s most famous machines. For fans, the question now is not whether these cars matter. It is how often the public will still get to see them.