The book for me has to be "Journeys with Gelignite Jack"
It was written by Evan Green and it revoles around driving a new Morris 850 and Austin 1800 through and around Australia in the early 60's.
Now most Aussie would have heard of Gelignite Jack Murray, he is the man who used to compete in the Round Australia trials and when he got borded or had waste soem time he would blow up dunnies or anything else that he could find. It is one ot the most entertaining reads I have come across.