Two 'FJ Holden' cars were purchased for use in this movie. The 'FJ Holden' car needed to be shown in the movie both 'before ' and 'after' restoration. The 'FJ Holdens' were bought off an 'FJ Holden' club in Syndey.
This movie's official World Premiere was held at a drive-in. The drive-in was the Chullora Drive-in (the film had been partially filmed in Chullora, New South Wales). Patrons arriving in FJ Holden or FX Holden cars were admitted for free. Parallel premieres were also held in cinemas, in Sydney and Melbourne, on the same night of 29 April 1977.
The 'FJ Holden' was not Australia's first ever Holden car. The 48/215 known as the'FX Holden' was.
Frankie J. Holden: As Himself. Holden sings in this movie performs a cameo thereby making a unique piece of film history where an actor's actual name [F.J. Holden] is the same as the title of the movie he is appearing in.