GARRY JOHNSTONE

PART two of our look into the hot-car history of Garry Johnstone (see SM, Dec ’21 for part one) offers a veritable who’s-who of iconic Aussie models. While many of the rides you see here are long gone, a couple of Garry’s favourites were sold only to find their way back home again – some of them more than once!

GARRY recalls the moment in 1981 when his family quite suddenly found themselves in need of a new car. “We were travelling home from Cairns to Dysart when a piece of the bullbar fell off our XW wagon and took out its exhaust system,” he says. “This was the final nail in the coffin for this otherwise trusty old girl and