Homes and fortune Peter Brock left behind

Australian motorsport legend Peter Brock built a property collection across Victoria. But a signed, completely blank DIY will kit left the racing icon’s multimillion-dollar estate in legal chaos following his tragic death in 2006. Court documents pegged the gross value of Brock’s estate at $3.3m, with broader estimates placing his total assets closer to $5m. At the centre of that fortune was a series of Victorian homes that tracked his rise from a teenage backyard mechanic to the country’s most celebrated driver. MORE: Dougie the Pizza Boy’s sad life after 90s ad Rick Moranis’ shock new life now at 73 ‘S**t’: Broke American Pie star’s shock fortune Australian motorsport legend Peter Brock built a property collection across Victoria. Hurstbridge Childhood Home Built in 1949, the weatherboard cottage in Hurstbridge was where Brock grew up alongside his parents and three brothers. The home famously went without electricity for its first seven years before being extended as the family grew. The garage floorboards historically retained oil stains left behind from Brock’s first homemade Austin 7 race car project. Decades after leaving family hands, the three-bedroom house sold at auction...