Double J radio presenter and host of ABC’s Take Five Zan Rowe’s first car was a “junk heap” that left her stranded on a trip to Uluru – but she loved it anyway, she tells Jane Rocca.

Zan Rowe paid just $1800 for her first car – a 1983 Mitsubishi Sigma.

“I lived in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, and had a part time job working at the iconic Shell service station on the Westgate Bridge,” Rowe says.

“It was one of the busiest stations with 40 pumps as you headed out toward Geelong. I also needed my own car to zip there and back and owning this Sigma was my instant ticket to freedom.”

The cream-coloured station wagon with brown pinstripes was fitted with cream interiors – a charming nod to the ’70s.

“The seal on the driver’s side window was broken and I remember having to set a bath

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