Thread: A bit of history.

There was a well known night run down our way,many years ago

Start,Springwood lights on the old Gold Coast HWY.
Through Beenleigh,up over Tamborine,down the other side back onto the HWY, at Oxenford,or it could have been Pimpama or Coomera,then finish at the Crab farm,north end of the Coast.Then back again.

Torana,V8 was the car of the day,i honestly dunno how we didnt get into some kind of trouble....

The only issue i remember ever having was cleaning up the occasional hare.

That brings back good memories but while the story may have been printed in 1979, the photos were of the very early 1970s.

I use to go to both Brickies and the other drag strip, at Shell straights in the mid 70s and the vehicles were MUCH younger than those in those photos.

Still, a good story and a great find V8Ian.

When I moved from the northside, to the west, I went to a recommended "posh" Italian restaurant.
Ipswich has never been known for its sophistication or restaurant strip, so the experience was disappointing. The mediocre cuisine was counterbalanced by the view from the al fresco venue.
I had unknowingly chosen "laps night" for my gastronomic reconnaitre. Repeatedly passing the restaurant were cars of various type and condition, ranging from muscle cars from days of yore, faded and tatty barn finds and show cars; the condition of said pride and joys varied illegally modified to barely roadworthy. The came in waves, all the XU-1s in tight formation, all the rotaries, all the panel vans, etc., etc..
The numbers slowly dwindled, a car or two at a time.
I later found out that every week, on the same night, the same cars turned up to strut their stuff in a continuous circuit of Brisbane and Limestone streets. Quite coincidentally, I'm sure, on the same night, every week the cops would set up a vehicle check at the bottom of town, where the convoy would turn from Brisbane to Limestone street.
This regular vehicle check was so well known that the local tow trucks would congregate, doing a roaring trade, removing the cars that had been deemed too dangerous to drive.
Rinse and repeat next week. Did l mention that Ipswich wasn't known for its sophistication?

Think this went on everywhere there were young men (boys). This version perhaps more for country kids. Everyone parked up in the Main Street then all of a sudden with no verbal command all into the cars and do a lap or two then park back in the Main Street until the movement started again

Hi,
Doing blockies on Saturday night in Hobart was part of growing up.
Cheers

We used to do Laps in Toowoomba in the 70's, call out crap to the girls on the street (very improper these days) & the police would pull us over to roadworthy the cars.
There was also an Un-official "Best Time" from the BP at the top of the range to Black Soil near Ipswich. The Marburg range had to be crossed & my 302 Ute would almost use a full tank of fuel on that run. Scary thinking back, crap lights, flat to the floor, lap seat belts, 3 of us across the bench seat & crap brakes.
We really were silly but I remember it as a great time.
Jonesfam

Paul, I've seen photos of some of the horrific crashes SES had to attend, on Marburg and Minden ranges, in that era.

Those of a certain age and geographic disposition, will recall the leader of the blockers.

Recollections of a Brisbane legend - Neos Kosmos