He recalls: “We were lucky because GM Canada was just about to start importing the Monaro, and Holden had created a special rustproofing area for its cars, which we were able to take advantage of.

Since then she’s only ever owned V8s, with a Ford Falcon XW and a Holden Monaro CV8 part of her collection over the years. Laura has authored two books and worked as a journalist writing about science ...