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Robbo begins what becomes an enduring love
affair with the Porsche Boxster, driving it
weeks ahead of its global launch
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THE WAY IT WAS
Our 15th anniversary issue lifts the lid on Holden’s coming ‘GTS coupe’, which would become the Monaro;
Press Conference Italian Style (as covered inClassic Wheels, February 2016); a story on flying cars in
which an expert predicts helicopters will be cheap enough for “a lot more people in five to 10 years’ time”;
XT Falcon and Cortina 1600 GT tested; Renault 10, Toyota Corona, Morris 1100S, Datsun 1600 compared
Boeing begins production
ofthe world’s biggest
passenger plane, the 747.
Twoandahalftimesbigger
than the then-ubiquitous
707, it still dominates the
skies. More than 1500 built.Jumbo birth
Human beings travel to ‘the
far side’ of the Moon for the
first time, aboard Apollo 8,
and take the first photos of
Earth from space, including
the iconic “Earthrise”.To the dark side
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The first part of Sydney’s
Warringah Freeway (now
called Expressway) north
of the Harbour Bridge
finally opens, 17 years after
planning began.‘Free’ way
First Gen movie star
ALSO IN WHEELS, May 1968
Gilltraps Auto Museum’s most famous exhibit
was a generally non-descript 1904 Darracq.
However, the twin-cylinder French car was
also the star of Genevieve, a low-budget 1953
British film that became a huge hit on both
sides of the Atlantic and in Australia, and
which is credited with starting the Veteran
car craze that swept the western world in the
1950s and ’60s.
After spending time in New Zealand,
Genevieve came to Australia in 1958 for the
Blue Mountains Rally. Initially she was on loan
to George Gilltrap, who eventually bought the
car for his Coolangatta museum.
In 1989 the Gilltraps sold Genevieve, for a
then-record $583,000, to Paul Terry for his
museum in Albany, Western Australia. When
Terry died and the museum folded, the car
returned to England in 1992, after a 36-year
absence, and competed in the London to
Brighton Veteran Car Run, an event that had
formed the basis of the movie. The Darracq
and the film’s protagonist Spyker now belong
to the Dutch National Motor Museum.
A charming, old-fashioned comedy,
Genevieve remains a must-see film for any
old-car enthusiast.