Holden
Astra CDX
My first brand new car. Well, our first new car. A top of the range Holden Astra.
Dickie
November 4, 2004
Darryl
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Diamond T
Work changing places
A change is as good as a holiday. Panel beating to Spray Painting. And a back to school for upskilling.
Dickie
April 15, 1988
Austin
Getting back to life in South Australia
Setteling back into Adelaide, need a Job, need a Car and cars were the focas.
Dickie
October 17, 1971
Ford
Morris Minor v Ford GT
Darryl had completed his National Service and returned to his previous employer at Woodville North, in the meanwhile I had set off overseas on the
Dickie
January 21, 1971
Ford
Dickie
June 20, 1970
Mini
Mini Van Mt Gambier Trip
Mini Van Supercharger or SUs
Adelaide to Melbourne and back.
Dickie
September 6, 1969
Mini
Trip to Puckapunyal
National Service scheme, 1964–1972
A fourth period of National Service was introduced in 1964, and in May 1965 the Coalition Government introduced new powers that enabled it to send national servicemen overseas. At that time Australian soldiers were involved in the war in Vietnam and with Indonesian Confrontation. The Menzies Government wished to raise the army’s numbers to 40,000 in order to meet overseas commitments.
Dickie
June 27, 1969
Mini
Mini Maintenance
Monday 1.1.68 By about 9 am at home I took the head off Mini ready to take to Auto Welder for repairs, then headed off
Dickie
January 1, 1968
Mini
Adelaide to Sydney
Christmas holidays Road trip to Sydney
Three in a Morris Mini Minor, what a geat idea.
The Diary is as it was, basicaly a Fuel and milage record with added coment made adhock developed into a Diary. Today the suprising relationship of prices and cost from 1967 comapred to current costs.
Dickie
January 4, 1967
Porsche
Dickie
July 8, 1966