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Gold Coast Mayor, Alderman Ern Harley welcomes Mr and Mrs Gilltrap at the Kirra Auto Museum, Kirra, Queensland, 11 April 1965, Photographer unknown

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Gold Coast Mayor, Alderman Ern Harley welcomes Mr and Mrs Gilltrap at the Kirra Auto Museum, Kirra, Queensland, 11 April 1965

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"Gold Coast Mayor, Alderman Ern Harley welcomes Mr and Mrs Gilltrap when they arrived back at the Kirra Auto Museum at the Gold Coast after having driven the star veteran car, 'Genevieve' from Sydney. Mr and Mrs Gilltrap recently competed in the 1,500 mile International Veteran Car Rally in New Zealand, where 'Genevieve' won her class in the event."--Information provided with photograph. 'Genevieve' is a 1953 British comedy film. The story revolves around two veteran cars, 'Genevieve', a 1904 Darracq and a 1905 Spyker, and their crews participating in the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The script originally called for the rivals to be driving British cars, however no owners of such cars were willing to lend them for filming, and eventually Norman Reeves loaned his Darracq and Frank Reese his Spyker. The Darracq was originally named "Annie", but was permanently renamed 'Genevieve' after the film's success. 'Genevieve' returned from a 34-year visit to Australia in 1992, and takes part in the London-Brighton Run every year. In July 2002, 'Genevieve' and another Spyker participated in a 50th anniversary rally touring the filming locations. Both Genevieve and the Spyker are, as of 2012, on display at the Louwman Museum in The Hague. [Reference source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_(film) viewed 1/9/2014.]

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