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The life story of Dickie Sutherland

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Ford

Ford Customline

The Ford a versitile Luxery sedan, surf chser, mussel car of 1954

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Dickie September 13, 1968
Singer

Singer 9 – surf safari with friends

The Singer on a surfing safari with friends

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Dickie December 30, 1967
Singer

The conception of the SingerChevy Surf Chaser 1967

Surfing, a new and exciting craze, agroup on mates pile into a car with surf rack on the roof loaded with surfboards, how can I convert the Singer sports to carry surf boards?

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Dickie June 16, 1967
Mini

Checking out the Surf Chasers

In the early days of the Surfing craze Big old, cheap sedans with a multi board wrack were the must have transport.

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Dickie May 11, 1967
Holden

Trundling in the 60s

Friday night in the City.

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Dickie September 6, 1963
Pontiac-1934-Tourer-Ray-BlueICrop-377
Pontiac

Family Friends’ Cars Growing Up

Family cars of the Pontiac variety, the enjoyment children got from them.

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Dickie January 24, 1954

A Life In Cars

This is the life story of Richard “Dickie” Sutherland, a Baby Boomer growing up in Adelaide, South Australia during the golden era of the motor car.

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