One of our neighbours used to work for Holden in Dandenong and he would basically drive home with a new car every day. We used to sit outside and wait for him to drive past.

I jacked up the ‘mule’, removed the wheel, and a section of brake disc rotor fell on the ground. I will never forget the look on the brake engineer’s face!

When I arrived home, I would see the dinner right in front of me moving across like an assembly line. It was a very weird feeling until you got used to it.

Autoliv helped a lot of young families achieve what they dreamed of, like owning a house and supporting your children.

They just said, ‘sit at this desk. Here is the General Motors Engine Test Book which has got the different engine tests we do. You need to understand all that, because everything we do is based around this manual.’

Chasing History is about the men and women who designed and assembled our cars and their components around Australia.