 From there, the teams and their cars had an eight-day boat trip to Fremantle, Western Australia.The cars then traveled across the Nullarbor into South Australia before finally crossing into New South Wales and arriving at the Warwick Farm Raceway in Sydney on 18 December.The Ford Works Team cars, which included Firth in the driving line up, survived the tough conditions of the marathon rally and finished 3rd, 6th and 8th and claiming the "Teams Prize".