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Tauranac, Ronald, b. 1925
Tauranac studied engineering at Newcastle Technical College and joining his brother Austin Lewis, he designed the Ralt Mk1 racing car. He also acted as driver ...
Anderson, Alice, b. 1897
Anderson was a Victorian motor mechanic, opening perhaps the nation's first female motor garage in Kew, Victoria. She designed an "up and under" (known widely ...
Brabham, Jack, b. 1926
Brabham, working with Ron Tauranac, developed the Brabham motor racing marque under the name of Motor Racing Developments (MRD) in 1962 while continuing a successful ...
Sandford, Barbara
Sandford was a designer for General Motors Holden (GMH) Woodville, South Australia developing colour ways and interiors ("colour and trim"). According to Judith Glover and ...
Chamberlain, Alan Hawker, b. 1908
Chamberlain began his career in automotive design as racing driver, later developing a racing car identified as the "Beetle". He later designed the Chamberlain Champion ...
Cooper, Gary, b. 1935
Cooper was involved in motor racing as a teenager and in 1959, he designed and built the first Elfin Streamliner. In 1961, he was producing ...
Dean, Horace Charles, b. 1914
Dean was initially employed in engineering but turned to racing cars producing three Maybach special vehicles. He established the REPCO Research Centre in Victoria where ...
Irving, Philip Edward, b. 1903
Irving was a designer specialising in motorcycles after study at Melbourne Technical College. He was resident in Britain working on Vincent and Veloce motorcycles and ...
Molina, Louciano, b. 1920
Molina designed and built a number of racing cars and special models and competed in race meetings and rallies.
Purvis, Allan, b. 1947
Purvis began his career as an art director for print and advertising firms after technical college training in Melbourne. In the 1970s, he became interested ...
Tanti, Brian , b. 1962
Tanti began his career as a panel-beater, progressing into coach-building with training in the United Kingdom. He worked with the Fox Museum, Melbourne beginning in ...
Smyth, Brian , b. 1931
Smyth was an automotive designer working initially for Chrysler Australia. In 1959 he was their senior stylist and became involved in the introduction of the ...
OKA
The OKA all terrain vehicle was designed and developed by Framont Holdings P/Lm later changed to OKA Motor Company based in Perth WA. A prototype ...