Singer
Singer 9
Singer 9 Tourer (1948) Mid-1963 I bought my first car. Yes a Singer 9 tourer, the Black Knight. How very exciting a sports car, my car,
Dickie
July 15, 1963
1963
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Holden
Starting Work & Buying My First Car
I started work on 14 February 1963 as an apprentice Panel Beater.money I had saved until this time. But equally, limited by my lack of knowledge of what was available to buy.
Dickie
April 4, 1963
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Heading Off To Trade School
Trade School, what an experiance, the Teachers were Tradesmen, good at there trade, use to telling apprentices what to do, no questions asked but filled with interesting stories of work, life and cars. The students, were fliied with the excitemt of there first job, a whole new schooling expeiance and Cars, and the very real entry into the adult world.
Dickie
February 19, 1963
Holden
My First Job
First job offer, Yes! well I was offered the job, a 5-year apprenticeship, at the Department of Supply Woodville Workshops, with a requirement to attend night school to complete my Intermediate certificate.
Dickie
February 14, 1963
Holden
1963 High School mates
Early driving Best friends Jeff, Kevin and I, would borrow a car and head out on the weekends to the beach during the day and
Dickie
February 1, 1963
Holden
Learning to drive
There were many lessons changing gears, clutch in, clutch out, now try double the clutch, and, do not, look at the gear shift, keep your eyes
on the road. Could I ever get this sequence to flow, to work, well in time I sort of got there?
Dickie
January 6, 1963