Further Reading & Resources

Website links:-

Automotive Historians Australia Inc   https://www.autohistoriansaustralia.org/

Car body makers   Australia - COACHBUILD.com

Historic Vehicles   https://historicvehicles.com.au/

National Motor Museum (George Brooks Library and Learning Centre)  https://motor.history.sa.gov.au/

Sporting Car Club of South Australia (Eric Rainsford Library)  https://www.sportingcarclub.com.au/

12 weirdest cars ever built in Australia - Car News | CarsGuide

Wikipedia

Books which acknowledge a contribution from Ivan Hoffmann: -

  • South Australian Motor Cars 1881...1942 by George Brooks & Ivan Hoffmann 1987 (Tilbrook Brothers)
  • Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile by GN Georgano (Routlege UK)
  • Chamberlain Australian Innovator by Bruce Lindsay 2007 (Everest Printing, Hong Kong) [photo page 62]
  • Duncan & Fraser Ltd "Legacies Left Untold" by David Chantrell 2008 (Hyde Park Press)
  • Early Australian Automotive Design by Norm Darwin [photos on pages 105, 230, 316-326]
  • Restored Cars (an Australian magazine) by Eddie Ford Publications P/L (bi-monthly editions commenced 1973) articles by Max Gregory [in editions 49, 54, 84, 111, 115, 119] and edition 279 page 13
  • She's a Beauty by Don Loffler 1998 (Wakefield Press)
  • Still Holden Together by Don Loffler 2000 (Wakefield Press)
  • The FJ Holden by Don Loffler 2002 (Wakefield Press)
  • The Good Old Aussie Ute by Larry O'Toole (Graffiti) [photos pages 214, 224-228]

Other Books: -

  • 1932 A.E.C. Government Roadtrain by Liz Martin (NT Print Management)
  • Aussie Cars by Tony Davis (Marque Publishing Company)
  • Gilltraps' Australian Cars from 1879 by T&G Gilltrap (Golden Press)
  • Car badges of the World by T.R. Nicholson (Cassell)
  • Elfin Sports and Racing Cars by J Blanden & B Catford
  • Elfin The Spirit of Speed by David Dowsey
  • Great Ideas in Motion by Gavin Farmer (Illinga Books)
  • James Flood Book(s) of Early Motoring 
  • Motoring Association Badges of Australia by AB Petterson (TP Typsetting & Photography)
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trucks an Busses by Denis Miller (Golden Press)
  • The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to Present by GN Georgano
  • The History of the ERA (1935-1980) by David Wesgurelin.
  • The History of Ford in Australia by Norm Darwin (Eddie Ford Publications P/L, 1986)
  • The History of Holden since 1917 by Norm Darwin (EL Ford Publications P/L, 1983)
  • The Holden Collection Souvenir Edition, A Nostalgic Look at the First 30 Years of Holden Cars in Australia by AC Bushby 
  • The Holden Story by General Motors-Holden Corporate Relations Department
  • The New Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885 to the Present by GN Georgano (EP Dutton New York, 1982)
  • The Summit, The Story of an Australian Car by Dennis Harrison
  • The World's Worst Cars by Timothy Jacobs (Bison Group)
  • The Vauxhall File by Eric Dymock (Dove Publishing)
  • Vauxhall by Michael Sedgwick (Dalton Watson Ltd)

Sunshine

Sunshine Motors was started by HV McKay  from the  suburb of Sunshine, in Melbourne , Victoria  and was a switch from making agricultural ma...