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Shell 100 or 120 was good if you could get it. I didn't realise that there were so many old fart's here that had a mis-spent youth. And for some of us it probably kept going for a few years after that. Yes Dot, ahhh the memories. It was fun getting old wasn't it.

The old BP 135 green avgas and shell M oil so the rings didn't tear the bore to shreds, good for around 11:1 compression, no forced induction on the street back then so it was all multiple carbies, high compression and big valve heads...... and keep your fingers crossed you didn't snap a crank or have a flywheel come through the bellhousing, great days that converted a mths income into a nights fun or heartbreak

AV gas was always available at Moorabin airport during petrol strikes.

We used to be able to get 20l drums on Nitro Methanol fuel from 1 servo in town, you know the stuff top fuel drag cars run - we used to add 10l to a full tank of super, didn't actually do much for my old Hillman except if it backfired it would blow the exhaust clean off.
However my mate had a Mk2 Zephyr with 120 thou off the head, decked the block I don't know how much, bored it out and had Bedford truck pistons in it, with triple carbs a huge cam etc, well he had to run the Nitro fuel or it wouldn't even start.
Reckon he must have had 15/1 compression in the dam thing, but it sure did go.
Of course it didn't last all that long, when the engine died it did it in a big way, never did find some of the crankshaft.

Good times indeed.

Gee, There is more petrol heads than I thought. It was mostly fun then, but now you would be classed as a hoon and get your ride confiscated.

I fitted my Austin A30 with a new Morris 1100 motor complete with twin SUs, a Morris 1000 remote shift gearbox and telescopic shocks in lieu of the lever action ones. A friend with an MGA couldn't understand why he couldn't lose me between Liverpool and Gosford via the old Pacific Hwy.

George

Oh dear George, what a hoon you were! Will you tell your lovely son about those dubious mods that you did to your car and how you drove it?... just thinking out loud there.

Not just us old farts had all the fun , I have my son's "HQ" ute here at this time 350 chev full worked big supercharger sits up thru the bonnet .
He used to drag it at Willowbank race way , now has SI plates on it and its his fun ride still .
Bernie .

David I think the difference was we paid for all this stuff, so couldn't afford to be too reckless, now they just get off their face, steal someones pride and joy and don't give a poop

Yea daughter has a xr 8 Sprint that's good fun for a blast on a country road.....my old RTV Ute has extractors big exhaust bigger air intake, a flash tuner had a couple of runs on a Dino goes alright.

Bob