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Old 8th February 2017, 07:08 PM
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Way back in the day, many years ago, once upon a time etc.
When stationed in Germany there was an awful lot of surplus "av-gas" available. It was suspected contaminated and therefore could not be used in aircraft. It just sat in a load of 40 Gallon oil drums. We were warned not to use it in our cars because the octane rating was much too high.
Of course some of the lads just used it anyway and nobody that I know of had any problems. The majority mixed it 50/50 with normal fuel.
I never did try it, but at the time, though it was rationed we had petrol at one shilling per gallon. (I kid you not, best fags were also one shilling for 20). This of course was leaded.Save</span>
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