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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #15 on: 29 June 2012, 23:51:24 »
Quote from: dbug on 29 June 2012, 23:45:53
Quote from: EMD on 29 June 2012, 22:47:40
Petrol doesn't taste like it use to  :(

Right on - remember the old 4 star ;D ;D ;D

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol  :y :y :y :y
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #16 on: 30 June 2012, 00:02:21 »
Quote from: Andy B on 29 June 2012, 23:51:24
Quote from: dbug on 29 June 2012, 23:45:53
Quote from: EMD on 29 June 2012, 22:47:40
Petrol doesn't taste like it use to  :(

Right on - remember the old 4 star ;D ;D ;D

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol  :y :y :y :y

So can I mate - got my licence in '63 - but 4 star had a better taste  ::) ::) ;)
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #17 on: 30 June 2012, 00:04:13 »
Quote from: dbug on 30 June 2012, 00:02:21
Quote from: Andy B on 29 June 2012, 23:51:24
Quote from: dbug on 29 June 2012, 23:45:53
Quote from: EMD on 29 June 2012, 22:47:40
Petrol doesn't taste like it use to  :(

Right on - remember the old 4 star ;D ;D ;D

just 4 star? I can even remember 5 star petrol  :y :y :y :y

So can I mate - got my licence in '63 - but 4 star had a better taste  ::) ::) ;)

I never had the pleasure of tasting 5 star  ??? ............... I'd only just got my birth certificate in 1963  ::) ::) ;D ;D ;)
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #18 on: 30 June 2012, 08:34:10 »
Quote from: dbug on 29 June 2012, 23:45:53
Quote from: EMD on 29 June 2012, 22:47:40
Petrol doesn't taste like it use to  :(

Right on - remember the old 4 star ;D ;D ;D

Oh i remember the stars and was it 2 0r 3 star for the 2stroke moped with a shot of 2stroke oil , a long while ago and beer at the time has fuzzed my memory  :D

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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #19 on: 30 June 2012, 09:10:17 »
OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol! ;) ;) ;) 8)
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #20 on: 30 June 2012, 11:00:58 »
Quote from: Shackeng on 30 June 2012, 09:10:17
OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol! ;) ;) ;) 8)

what was that
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #21 on: 01 July 2012, 18:55:45 »
Can you remember the Redex shot each time you filled up A fill up then probably cost a fiver and I believe the shot was a penny.
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #22 on: 01 July 2012, 20:40:23 »
Quote from: robson on 01 July 2012, 18:55:45
Can you remember the Redex shot each time you filled up A fill up then probably cost a fiver and I believe the shot was a penny.

I think it was a shilling, not a penny.  Even then, nothing connected with cars cost a penny.
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #23 on: 01 July 2012, 20:42:07 »
Forgot - the cubicles in the garage toilets did... :)
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #24 on: 01 July 2012, 22:06:14 »
I remember the taste of good old  4*  :y
will let you all know how it went tue night
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Re: Best way to syphon fuel
« Reply #25 on: 01 July 2012, 22:28:09 »
Quote from: bigtimecube on 30 June 2012, 11:00:58
Quote from: Shackeng on 30 June 2012, 09:10:17
OK, you asked for it, I remember pool petrol! ;) ;) ;) 8)

what was that

Something below 2 star I think, which was used during and just after the war, no not that one, the second world war! ::) ::) ::)

Edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a4110553.shtml
« Last Edit: 01 July 2012, 22:29:47 by Shackeng »
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