A brief pictorial history of early motoring and the automotive trade in Tasmania, from 1940 to 1950.

Introduction -- Motoring in 1940 -- Australia goes to war -- Motoring from 1940-1945, the war years -- Boyer makes newsprint -- Bridge across the Derwent -- Tas power schemes -- The age of prosperity -- Motoring from 1946-1948 -- The release of the 48-215 Holden -- Big changes in design (1949) -- Building for the future.

Continues two earlier volumes covering the years from 1900 to 1929, and 1930 to 1939, respectively.