This photo of my father and I in 1967 shows a Valiant in the front and a Holden at the back. It was probably on a family Sunday drive. The Valiant is an AP6 model (or maybe AP5), according to my study of photos on the web. They were introduced in March 1965. Wikipedia says [...]
EJ and EH Holdens
When I started writing this post I thought the picture showed me standing in front of an EH Holden, aged 1, in 1968. After looking at some photos online however, I think it may be an EJ Holden. Unique Cars and Parts says: “Produced between 1961 and 1963, the EJ was the first of a [...]
The Austin Freeway
This photo of me was taken in 1969 when I was two years old. The vehicle is an Austin Freeway. I don’t remember that being our family car, so it was probably one that Dad brought home from work. He was a car salesman at that time. I looked up Austin Freeway on the web [...]
Good or bad fortune?
I was minutes away from having my car pulverised today, possibly with me in it. I took my car to a local garage for a service at 10.30am. When I got back to the office we heard on the scanner that ambulance and fire crews had gone to the scene of an accident, where a [...]
Letter from the police
I received a letter from the police today stating that my vehicle had been involved in a collision on or about 5pm April 19 at Kilburn. That was news to me because I was in Queensland at the time and my vehicle was locked in a long-term car park in Melbourne! The letter went on [...]
