VH-TOR  Auster  J/5G Cirrus Autocar                      (c/n   2928)

                            

                                Built as G-AJYY in 1948 and exported to Australia in 1955 as VH-DYY, this Autocar became
                                VH-TOR in 1962.   It is seen above at Bankstown in July 1966 in this photo by Bob Neate (via
                                Geoff Goodall). photo).    It was just finishing up being reconditioned as a J/5G Cirrus Autocar by
                                Austerserve Ltd (the Auster dealership division of KSAS) from its original J/5B status.  It was
                                restored to the register in September 1966 in Austerserve's name and promptly sold.   Greg  Ban-
                                field took a nice color shot of it (below) at Rylston, NSW on 21 April 1968.      Withdrawn from
                                use in 1978, the reamins of VH-TOR have now been acquired (Nov 2015) by John Morrissey
                                who plans on restoring it at his base in Temora, NSW.